The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-10-14 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, OOTOBER 14, 1873

Superintendent? Will Oat be " extraordinary r Sir,
• wise men In his own business inputs extraordinary
expenditure as be calculstea o• bed debts, and the
business of • Town (Nstumil is not likely to be exempt
from oommon vicissitudes. The ratepuere have no
reason to upset the ordinary us will more than
meet the eurrent outlay, end meanwhile the mortgages
remain, till we at length Isiah that miserable oondi•
ion whoa reckless outlay hu no aeonmulated debta th.t
they ate only be I,qul4elsl by • Bareash Bate. Let
us be who in time. Let this burgesses sire their
heartleit support to Alchrensta Oslplu to directing at.
tention to the finuoial poei.ion of tho b +roe th, so that,
our true oondition bing known, a middy may be
devieed. And, sir, I should like to ask the ratepeyers
whether they Wok the lecia/ dignity of our borough
pollee force is worth to thus td 0 a year? For It
00roes not that LOW the borough establiehmuut
costs £570, to say nothing of the area'. outlay
Imminent, wherses the Town Comma hod the
opportauil of confrere:leg for the oeuuty
to do the watching for I'M, th.t Is £l3O, les. money I
Yet it was deollued. Ie this economical management of
borough funds? Had Dorchester a wealthy Cori oration
I (*aid onderetud it might add to the municipal
dignity to have a eeparate pollee establishment provided
that we paid the but price cud got the best men. But
we are too p nor to indulge in pride; and the leareeeed
wages we eau ill afford will not ensure on expirieused
men ; Dorchester must still be "a police nursery."
For although we dignify our pollee with the nun,' of
Sod clue, lel elate, Sergeant. and Superlutor lent, we
only get men who In a large fore, would be of lower
grade, and who, when they remove from us, do take
bumbler plaice Why than should £330 • year be
squandered? Now that the let of Nevi mber Is
appreaohing I hope the burgess,i will consider this
question, and act aceerdlnely. Coo It be supposed that
the management of • (cm of six eonetablee ri quires so
mush Srp:rartrudence as to occupy one MAU'S snire
time? The question only Mete to be put fee it.
absurdity to be apparent. Yet I understand our
Superintendent dose no duty: he soperlnteade ; and I
should say bee about as oomfortab'e a sinecure as there
is going in therm parts. If the borough contrasted for
the quality ooestabolary to do the testable's, we should
get • fore* of experienced men and a sergeant who
would take his turn of duty ; and that'. what we want.
We have no need of ornammtal moo, with nothing to
do but to see how they avec run up leeidental expeases.
All we replies is the necessary work done, in the best
way, and at the hint expense. These oondltione would
be fully met by using the twenty fore. ; and
we should have an immediate raring of over .1:300 •
year, whisk &preen', applied to the litpwistiou of our
mortgagee, would in • few years winettily reduce them.
Without taking some such wane, I see nothing for it
but a Borough Kate, an Aldermen Gelpla says, and that
soon. Amid let me remind the bargenees of the fatel
facility afforded by a Borough Bate for oetistutly in-
eroaaing the burden, on the ratepayers. It is like the
IJOOtee Tax; adopted specially to provide for • war, it
le now securely fastened upon the neforteestee within
Its grasp. Yet, the leseale Tax only affects the middle
and upper glares; a Borough Bete falls uniformly on
riots and poor &Übe. Lot the hardly.proseed working-
elegem remember this, and that now is the time to eat
If anything useful is to be secoompliehed. They must
take oars that eandidatee for the Council are firm on
this Polies Question, and that they will have out •
statement dour actual liabilities and ratite some proper
efforts to bring our 'pending within our income. Thus
the evil day will be averted ; but unless eons such
resolve is carried into salon, • Borough Rat* is
inevitable.
Warcum N.