The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-25 00:00:00

MITIIOIITH BM:MAINZ" =MIL

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The report of the Bridges and Buildings Committee
with reference to this Bridge was read by Mr. Steward
for the chairman, Mr. Hambro, who was unable to
attend:

Your Committee have ooasidered the estimates for the
nevem! schemes, prepared by the County Surveyor. for the
reparation and improvement GI dill Bridge. and your
Committee are still in favour of merely repairing the
bride., the poet of which will not exceed a 300 lf carried
out in acc3r4atice with the plane and aperaficationa now
before the Court.

-1,;;al;Co-ii-be Peace has informed your Committss
that the necessary advertisement. in resard to the Outs
try the reparation of the bridge have been publicised as
required by the Board of Trade, and that object:ons ti
such plans have been lodged and are now under the
con...tido-Won of the Board.
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--Y-Oiii7C;;;:giOsigt;e--h;;;;Irc. eived tenders for carrying out
the repairs of the bridge.
Your committee have considered the quoition of provid•
fag the money for the works, wad are in favour of naming
the amount by mortgage under the privirons of the Statue
4 and 5 Vic., c. 49, the prinepal and intereat being paid off
in It years. . .

Four eebeimas had been proposed, and estimates were as
tollows :-
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--ifo 711—For repairing, £3.809, and an annual oast o
4140.
No. IL—Reconstruction, reducing the length 2031 t, and
making iron bridge, £12.917.
No.S —C12,000.
4.—Repairs and new iron construction for centre,
44.000.
Your Committee have now to recommend the adoption
of the scheme for repairing only (subject to the plans sub-
mitted to the Biard of Trade, being approved by the
Board), but to enable the Corporation of Weymouth to
communicate their clews in rticard to co-operating with
the county in the proposal submitted to them before the
question is finally disposed of, your Committee recommend
that the acceptance of the tenders for the execution of the
work be postponed to an adjourned session to be held for
the purpose in the event of the answer of the Corporation
being unfavourable
Should the Corporation of Weymouth make a favourable
offer in regard to bearing the expense of reclaiming portions
of the Backwater, your Committee recommend that the
whole ocestion stand over for discussion until the next
Epiphany Sessions, on the faith of the undertaking not to
press for judgment contained in the Town Ckrk's letter
of the loth Met.

Mr. STEWARD moved " That a rum not exceeding
£3,000 he granted towards the works necessary to be
carried out in the reparation of the Weymouth Back-
water Bridge.
The Noble CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt the best
economy would be for the county to join with Wey-
mouth In getting as gooi a bridge as possible. At the
Adjourned Quarter Sessions they could know from the
Clerk of the Pesos what the people of Weymouth at
their meeting to-morrow had determined to do. If,
however, the Weymouth people declined to join with
the county, then the court would have nothing to do
but to authorise the Bridge and Bail lines Committee
to proosed with the repair of the bridge, according to
the plan moved by Mr. Steward. (Near, hear.) The
noble lord was very anxious it should not be thought
that because the county had this burden placed on
them they were going to patch up the bridge in any
way. He was very anxious to let the people of Wey-
mouth on-operate with them in the work, but of course
if they declined to does then it would be their duty to
spend as little money as they possibly could, consistent
with the effective repair of the bridge.
A discussion ensued as to the means of raising the
money required.
The CHAIRMAN threw out • suggestion that they
should, before they decided to borrow the money,
wait till after the Adjourned Sessions, when they
would know the amount required, and then that
the £l,OOO about to be handed over by the Asylum
'Committee should be devoted to that purpose; and if
not, if they should determine to borrow, then there was
the Superannuation Fund from which they could pro-
vide the money.
Lord ELDON, as the Chairman of the Finance Corn.
mitt.., said be was afraid if they adopted the sugges-
tion of the Chairman, and utilised the £l,OOO of the
Asylum money, there would be somewhat of a disap-
pointment for them, as w the committee had hoped to
devote tat £I,OOO towards reducing the debt already
existingint the
considered it came to pretty much the
41116 in e end.
Mr. G. E. Sum said it would be an advantage to
the county to borrow the money from the Superannua-
tion Fund, as it would increase the fund and stave off
the time which apparently would have to come, when
it would be helped by the rates of the county.
Mr. PLOTS& could not understand how borrowing it
from the Superannuation Fund would help that fund.
Mr. ELIOT : At the present time it is inverted in the
Consols at 3 percent., and if the county were to borrow
it they would pay more than 3 per omit.
Mr. &wean asked leave to withdraw his motion,
and on a division it was agreed to adopt the report of
the Bridge, and Buildings Committee, with the excep-
tion of that part which recommended that the money
should be raised by mortgage, so that the matter te
virtually left over for the Adjourned Sessions in order
to see what the Weymouth people would do.

TEI MAIN HOLDS.
It WWI agreed to allow the clot entailed in the 'Trish
of the main roads, with the etception of those amounts
for clearing away the snow.

TEI COUNTY ASYLUM.
The report of the Asylum was read by the Chairman
of the Committee, Mr. Joas Ploys*.
The Rev. CBlll GLYN said, looking at the report,
with hardly one exception, theirs wag the very lowest
sum charged for the maintenance of pauper patients,
and he thought the people of the county should know
this, because a great deal was said shout the rates.
There was another point which ought to be more
generally known, and it was this. Owing to the greet
kindness of the uouaty some time ago, the sum of
£2,000 was raised in or ler thst in Dorset those who
could not afford to pay 20s. or 21s. for a private lunatic
asylum should have the power ot sending their friends
to the County Asylum at the rate of 10.. a week. He
mentioned this so that, it should be read throughout
county, and generally known. It wes a greet boon
to the county, and he hoped it would be continued.
(Haar. hear.)
The:report of the Committee was adopted.