The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-03-08 00:00:00

"Ewing Mathoron."

"1.-mdoa. lit Mara. 1881.

" To the May -a. or tiialtnoutb.
"Sir,—l have Your teleg 'o Irk
Is. aut the lrao. gaw it
on Friday last, when the tivn were put.:ng the ilnitbing
touches to it. an I they wore Imm-distils, to elientenni
talc, ex down to mini it away. I 4 • not. tharefore.... an!
d"IA outs beim!. soot 0:( ttni n o. ao4 when y 111 de., Its
nature sod extant yon WM Ugh .g much Leriur has linen
expended on it.
"I remain, sir, y oar &milord annraill,
"EWING Ilarassox.-

"Deer Sir,—The best answer tn your letr,r ill be the
anival of the iron hr .114, in ‘lf‘ yin ut, and Lave
Messrs. Handy Iliad t M. AV net We to-tive.r,w
the actual firti is to the welding off of tie. bri.tge. Vitun
I was at Derby hit Friday I errtaitily under.t Al that
the taking down end rending off would at any rate be
commenced this work hit that the she and %TWA and
number of pieoes would involve about three days in
doing it.

" Yours truly,
"Ft MATHISON.

Pally Hooper. Beg, Town amt." -
Mr. Whettaos also wrote ti tha Karla and Corpora•
tion
" Weymouth, March 3rl, ISIBI.
" Gentlemen„—l have received a letter (um the Town
Clerk tilt .11 filorch 2nd, requestinc my preen ice at your
meeting to ha held hie day, to rice some .acc mat of the
supposed delay in a unpletion of the alteration: connected
with the Weymouth Bridge. I regret that I cannot give
you env iutrination on this sqbject, beyond whit you
have already received from the engineer at your last
mootio:, that it iii very c• :nplicatod, nice niece of work,
rsquirlng very melt accuracy of fitting, and necessitates
a reit deal ot t:rua being spoilt on it, and I have beets
%soared by the iu,kera, Me-,re. Mandyside a Co. (who
are will qualified to judge) that • work of this description
It an much different from ordiusry fixed bri ig.es that it Is
almost impossibl- to estimate a-curately the time which
may bars to be spent on it, I ts•lievo the utmost diligence
has been used by them. and I have been writing to thins
daily ta batten its ocmpletion. Under these circumstances
, I beg respectfully you will exCII4II my non-attendance at
your meeting, as there Is no further information I c old
give, except toilsome you that I will do everything that
Is in my power to get the bridge reopened in al short •
time as possible. I beg to enclose for your primal the
last letters I have received fr ma the makers in answer to
my correspoodenco with them. It cannot hut be a serious
cause of regret that my oder for improved accommoda-
tion which was ma le on ti e recommendation of Mr.
Ewing Matheson at an intervi .tv of tbo TIVAI Mayor in
July lest, wee no: accepted by sour breed, as tho incon-
venience which might arise *WI foreseen at the time, and
although the con'ract wan then signed, the works were
not commenced (or a consider th.le time after that period,
to enable your .3lerd to con,ider this subject (some
members ot which received it in • cor.temptuous manner).
You will thus see that the statement tussle as to the time
thee work has brit i.e hand is very erroneous. In con-
clusion I have pleasure In addle: Oast the g nrlecuan also
will superintend the erection Min arrived in Weymouth,
and has celled on me this morning to say that the iron-
work is being taken down to be forwarded on.
"I aro, lent'emon.
"Your o.mdient Servant,
"Joux T. Wurrran."

Mr. Jeffry al, t wrote "that I. wa. the to•al receipts
..r two treks' titings in his rtmp, adding—• No iron has
come, ant lan, mry to tr mid° 31:12 with 1116 COMU3III2iCS-
Ind. a‘ mr trade cans 4.-me. I really Unit hr your
kind c mrideratien mid 'rely lira& f the jot,. Tuank•
lag you tor the eyrup:thy eare.ext on my tamed.'
}row.. oe:featly.
"W. It, P. JEMMY."

It struck Mr. ..-:17111151 VIA. Si the iron work hid mo-
ose-I. Ima will dime Mr. What'ain had beets at VOe a arks.
it eramini intro it non '•i Cave pracitaded if Mr.
Wh.rtt...:ll hal horn the,' a it ;i
Alleroten LegrenC•sid they A: e;u; d ii here rah:vie:4
all excn•••• ad oull only he -thy Ii t i,ven! e.e.
Hr. Dereits rn-vat th It the Teat Cerk Ia r..; 'o
take the u•c r-ary e• •p ; 'lnfarct, r the
rentreer. II • •1 .'• ly Ia- !v..: n a. verat
y..eir• me. in I • a., Inc ne n ae ..ev rhe I .r. is C. E.
I enaliT.CP I' think of—" Ciev. it eudiass," "CI, NE' e-a
entuale...l." Mr. Matheson .• —"1 amnia-, Mr.
Wg. • taw jo 0tt.1.1,.l 1.. 41 Of ff.e, hirsll
decide when the thee of nt canes. ' The Town
Clerk asked for reason, ; hut Mr. Marhe•on key: limn .0
lebvisef ; onion-a It VI- A ere patient, V., ph Ind
know the rlns,n. Mr 'AI Ald he iva• N van
in•iirtned of fuss bei•ia . arise (iglu hi .•traiice '0
Whet waual thee te'; ..• • deet• r. whr, all
when he elite off the wins art-. v. "1 was never Info:wet
bleeding wee likely to envie I' Yst the mein art. ry of
oui town, with the vary Helliii d our cotonetrc . is cut
off, and lee dors thiek -if toil as lik•ly Is ensue.
Why! sea heyvh Clink V.,. lint .4 Children. A•ni in
the te,g/pg,,gy }Tug.. they no-. infecund the closing of
the bridge wonld le for alien a 11011 pa: iod, that the
ggp w el curing .7 .it justified.
Mr. DC•V cit lci Ur. Des nn.
Mr. Tll9lllB nai.4 li. Math--5n dil net Pomfret the
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aczioraiimdati n till the c intr W.lll entered ihto ; if he
bat, they would baye eatiniat.sd the cur, and w.rhaps
tried to raise mare money. 0 is, renoin for not having a
carriacww.iy was ths4 it would impede navigation ahye
the ttroetuie. The feu4 r wed itlt Mr. Matheson 0n1..e
M. (atone qiiestioned aleth-r the time hail orilved
no entree tie e. Mr. WiIeVAIU w to
eotepls.e sv,rk in proper C.,.,'. lett had been misled.
• Kr, Malloug engicatea soot member should go and s
the eta.' nt t'e• ironwork.
Mr. Bonsai printed out cn, C mifort—the whole would
he complete before it conics down; and they world only
have t :mt up • strecture i,•ady completed.
Mr. Mums "a lit WY the Coundl would only
say—" Finish I deb.'s:lliu.b F rud when it was finished
wo ild ray n, thing more abtra! it. The Survey, ou4ht to
have found out every sr, p it 1t toatter. and if there was
denser of delay he sea& t bay r p toted t the Board.
The Smergyor 1101 ho was u..t to take any rerpoosibility
as to the inechturcal port ot the work, only with re,pasi
to *he muter al..
Mr. 'Snows sold the Surveyor als:iuld have been in
position to ILGOIrOIt rho (tarn on every p ,int.
M. Dirsis r •ionr: dno sin tie o..etscle has been put in
be rosy of M. Wire t.m or Matheson.
Th- Nana said the tiounil hal to deal between Cl,.
puha,: and the contract ir, then was Wi ground for
any leniency, mem, orb n.'n considering they had to
neil with the iniervot of 15.000 teyiple. The machinery '
was maid tote intricate ; but t'io engineer ought to have
been able to se, that by tookinz ,t the plane, and he could
not lie taken by inmate. If Mr. S-aman had seen them
ho would have been alibi ti judge of their intriercy.
Surely a man knowin4 hie business should have known
that for himself, and the eugihee•, when down Isere, seeing
so many thousands of neept• On olld ride and the other,
' ought to hove cold—" Ill, net t.on,i the stonework until
• the it nwuk is ready." It was said the works weyi not
rollout wed for a considerable time after the signing of
the cohtract in order to enab'e the Board to consider the
qu stion of • bridge tor et:rive,. Bat the delay was
only • fortnicht, and the Council went on in faith that the
closing wool I only require thugs menthe. Why, in
Oct doer or Novetub7r Mr. Tetuplemen step”d • vessel
goitig up becrume be thougat it world delay the widening
of the bridle. The s xcuso was comPletoir • flimsy one,
and the Council had left no stow u..tumed to facilitate
the %roil,. lie linpul that Mr. Dennis nod Mr. Dunn
would n.d yr,st thtir MAUI, bit leave it Over to the next
meeting
Mr. i Mesta and Mr. DUNN elrsed to wlhdraw, and
Mr. CURTIS ea Itbat • vote of c •nsura on Mr. Matheson
stinted to re anthill.