The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03 00:00:00

MEETING A ROWLEY REGIS.

A etatntory public ne-ting of owners of pro
party and rat*payire in the district of the Rowley
Regis ',nal Board, convened by the Chairman of
he al Board in compliance with e requisition
ores ntral to that body by twenty ratepsyers or
ovnt4rs, wss held on Tuesday evening in Tloly
!'rinty Schoolroom, Old Mil. to consi iir the
pre-/in:oli the Soul-h Staffordehite Waterworks
rill no a. before Parliament, and to determine
ritother the Lottal Board should be empowered to
o that hi I wit' view to secure the insertio-
.,f clauses to protect th- interests of o,s. inhabitants
l'hecair tall ,:CCUp'd by Mr. WALTKR PAS3ANO
('lnti•naan of the Local Board, 'II !among the gee-
:l .men prqtent w: re Messrs. Roberts n, Connop
Lowe, AAA °berme, Taylor, S. C.v. A
Wright (Cterk to the Local B terai), &c. Th re were
oolv :about a score of persons tat etten!arice.
CHAIILMAX explained the voitiou why th,.
“tte: hoz had been e. 'led, to ani prove the itetoi rat
,vlrch the Local Bo .rd had det,rmine 1, anal saici
the bill which Vie W ifrermork% opnny wee
ngwa. ostensibly to c ssolide tits Acts under
whieh tbey supplied wat-r to the inhaid.a its 0,
the district, bit in reality it went n aool le:il
fart.:er. It propisel to repeal obligations whi Ii
rested OTI the co upany to m ake poi to the satin
faction of the lo,tal authorities any roads whirh
thy alight disturb in Laying the water supply qn,i
to iacree-e the i acorns..f th, c ampany by t
the Yalu •of holm, proper y what t a water-re',
was charged by peree •ta e. The proper brods for
.u... 11 a cal .n 1 i. n was the rateahle value of each
h Jose, but the company propwsd to add to that
a a ue.
In case of a .e 4 house to make it £4 Cs. Si., and
so on in proportion to he .e 9 10*. house, whoh
ker, ased to .2.10 2s. 31. A born that value, up to
1;15 there was Intl.' or to a3liion. and as the
reit r part of the income of the compsny svas
lerige,l from houses of an animal cable under £l3,
it seeni,td as if the company were inviting the oecit•
' piers of the bAter elate of house not to oop •s.
th m-in order that they might hi enabled too are
more on the stnalier ohne of houses. T.,ey algo pro.
oose4 to regulate at th-ir pi-At:sore the supply and
ret uro of water to houses where there w•re not
tn•ir.• than a certain notraber of houses hi s to •Ps.lity
rhea provi-ions w,re obvionfly so detrimental 1,
the in iv ate of th, r atepnyer. Ont the Lona 13 ar:l
ILll un,tnirn 'nay ria,olviti to opp set b'll in :rder
o @wit' • arnendisigat (1 these obj .eta able c:atiaos
is mo tot the other Loc.! Authoriti s within the

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ea which the conip%u, serve t had also resolvPil to
10, an y no v anted tht rAtepayets tompprove
%ncl authorise the w.ion an whi 01 they owl r.-ta lreil
tie trio . rc!! u eml,ofiyint tha- oppr,
Mr. LowE d, and that it the bili rr.s
I.llow.ri to pass in its present form it cruu.d prJs
onst iirdii on toe pore iatepayers.

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Mr S. CAVE t.uge.ted that at the nretinz was
attendei it ehouLt be adjolrneti, b :t the
CHAIRMAN said such a erourse wou:tr nett or be 1-101
p-litio; and Mr. Cava th,e2 urged the rateray
nre pre.ent u“t to unpr or sciion w •ich might com-
mit then to aYe y larg• expert V tire
T e 01:Af izmAN exit in previous cases where similar
wti,-,/1 had been, tAken the expenses h• d been vr.ry
nafl,,rs they had alwaya obtained the clauers thy
desired without carrying their oppositto, to the
fulle.t ex:eat, and they hop for the same rutr
ti th,- present iris anCe. It they had to fight the
cotnpary right. through there wont be Nix or ei4ht
local nuthori ies j 41:ing with them, and the swuse.
co tat not be great.
The relolut ion wac thon oarriod.
Mr. C.a.'s: I detnand ft poll.
Tire CHAIEMkN : An I I clan take upon myself to
tar a 'feat ear to your demand—(hear hear).
The matting than tertuinatQd.