The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-05-18 00:00:00

BRIDPORT TOWN COUNCIL

A quarterly meeting °tibia body wan held on Tuesday
at noon. The Mayor (Mr. C. Tucker) presided, and there
were also present Aldennan .1. Williams, T. Reach, and A.
Reynolds; Councillors D. E Riddlecombe, T. IT. Edmunds,
C. Kimunds, .1. Dunham, R. P. Giundry. It Howell, K
Loggin, W. Swain, and R. Tucker, and Mr. F. W. Gundry
(Town Clerk).
The minutes of the last quarterly and subsequent meet-
ings were read and confirmed.

IMINSCOMIDE.
Mr. Robert Ash had made &communication to the Town
Clerk relative to renewing the lease on a dwellinghouse
and several portions of land at flonscombe, held by him
under the Council, the present lease expiring in October
next. The present rental was .C 55 a year. He asked for
a reduction of £5 per annum.
Alderman WILLIAMS thought matters of that kind were
generally left to the valuing conimittee.
Mr. Ash was called in, and raid he wished to know
whether he had to keep on the property or not. On the
last occasion it was let by tender for £55 a year; it was
not worth on much as that, arel he wanted 15 a year taken
off. When he took it, seven year.. ago, he had to put up•
new dwelling-house, and do a lot of repairs, which cost
him CR) altogether, towards which he had only been
allowed £l7 by the Council. It was in a shocking state
when he entered upon it, no stiles nor fences to a lot of
the

-ii-IfirMll WILLIAMS said if he took it under another
reven years' team. he would reap the advantage of the
improvement.; he had made.
Mr. A.ll said there want no houae fit to he in when he
went there.

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Mr. ft TUCKER thought he must have been let the pro-
perty very cheap, or he could not have afforded to make
all the iniprovements he said he had—flaughterl.
Mr. T. H. Ennuwirs strongly advised Mr. Ash to hare it
on the swim terma as before, and not allow the property
to be offered by tender.
Mr. Ash said if it was let by tender, the only thing for
him to to would he to pull down the bou, he had erected.
and leave the place in the same state as he found it: but
he was toll he must not do that.
Alderman WILLIAMS thought it would he decidedly to
Mr. Ash's advantage to take it on the same terms as
before,

Mr. Dtsii An understood the Council had agreed to allow
Mr. Ash Of 7 towards the improvements and repain but
it WIIA said this was not on: a mutual arrangement was
come to, and Mr. Ash was allowed CI? out of the second
payment of rent.
Mr. Ash then retired, and Mr. Dunstan proposed "That
the property be offered to Mr. Ash on the same terms as
before—a seven years' lease, at £hs per annum—in con-
sideration of thc improvements be had made."
Mr. R. l'oc.n..ta seconded.

Alderman WILLIAMS remarked that land was more valu-
able now than it was seven years ago.
Mr. II Lootgig said certainly If the property was worth
4:55 • year when last offered, it was worth more now it
wgt7. so improved...
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--"i6.-HOWILL said if anyone held Corporation property
in the town, and improved it, he had to pay extra in non.
sequence, it he swished to add a new life.
It was said Mr. Ash was a capital tenant, and the pro-
perty was kept in an excellent state of repair.
The proposition a-as carried, and Mr. Ash was called in,
awl made acquainted with the determination come to. lie
said he hliould liked to have had it for 1.3 • year less but
he should not like to see any one else take possession Pow.
and he supposed, therefore, he must accept the terms. lie
drew attention to some repairs that united to be attended
to, and
Alderman Wimissis propciail. Mr. II Gummy
seconded, and it was earned :—"That the subject of the
repairs at Bonscombe be referred to the valuing connni
that they may a.-ertaiti what repairs arc actually lucre.-
ary, awl rsport thereon."

THE LAMPS.
Th.. NI nit retuarkedl on the re-distribution of the lamp.
Nt•rtli .%Ilington. and mi,l the lo,nll Would won have
to enter into a new rontract with the tias Company for
lightin4 the public lamp,.
.‘literilign BEACH proposed "That the queation of the
re.arnumement of the lamps i North Allington, and the
terms to be made for the ensuing year with the Goa Cont-