The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-06 00:00:00

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The C )uacil derided t • af.ply to the Plitdie Lotot Goa.
thiesionere for money. for the pour,' . of c 1, tying oat the
MoPosed drsinage of it, h•rrom)..
Ti., Ma I OR r.,n•rkett that Mr. If•wke•ley 61.1141%03 his
opinion th•t .C23,M10 would be the ootpide lirnit.

THE PROPOSED NEW FIER.
OPPONITION TO THB INT ,NInCI APPLICATION.

On Moody morning • meeting of ratepayere and
owners of pr..p.r.y of the litrotigh wit held in the
In pursuanro of a rerpibiti. n to tho Mayor. to con sid-r
the airirability of l*.,n a rerolution authorising the
Town C.mucil to marts tho intended application by the
Piers C .mpany (I..miter) to the Iloard of Trade to
construct a promenstle pier in the Ilwr at the opening of
K.mr.atreet. The 1f.r.0. presided, and war eupnorted by
the Two Clerk, Mr. Pelly Hooper. When the proceedingt
commence.l there Wen,' net many persons prerent but
lator there war more thin the average number of persons
who usually attend • town's nyeting. Amongtt those
present were—Mr. R. Thomas. Mr. J. B. Kittens. Ur. T.
11. Charter, Mr. E. 0. Hallett. Mr. T. H. Groves, Mr. J. G.
Row.. Mr. R. K-rridge, Mr. rarPODIP. Mr. E Lanning,
Mr. IL F irwell, Mr. Elook„ Mr. Nangle, Mr. T. Wall*
Mr. J. Inc. Mr. ?,.Sono. Mr. Humphrey, Ur. O.
Rowell. 1.0. A. ambito, Mr. W. Grant, Mr. If. Wheeler,
Mr. G. Mr Pi•t, M A. Asbe, Mr. W. B. If clan.
Mr, Mrc., Mr LockwoNl,

The CHAIRMAN, In opening the meeting, said he always
looked up on outsiders. etroorgerg, a strange company like
this, who come In • place like Weymouth, with consider.
able suspicion. He might he right or wrong, but he had
• strong feeling tloat genrlcm n c ming here a ith the
°Meet that this company hod ,lid not come here with any
patriotic Idi-rs of giving them • benefit or meeting a want
mob felt in Werrosiath, and which they were unable to
pr.ons•ite themiselyur. Tay come here am the proruwers of
an ob.'. et for their o,n per fit Prot advahtage, and the
profits and adyanteg e to ) Weymouth were a secmdary
consideration to this leroTWlt ere of a company like this one.
Therefore they ought to nem% very narr aly their intui-
tion, and look very closely into the object, they had in
view before they could in any way natant to the works
which the 031111/111Y vo pewit to csrry out. This meeting
was cilia I. as they load Aresoly been Informed, to enable
the Giuncil, if the ratepayers of thi 'town felt *codlings.),
to oppose this measure. Ile might Mete the facts, which
were probably kuoon to them ail, and he thought he IMPS
✓ight in saying that the Conned unanimously decided to
°pros, the scheme in the first instance, but to enable them
to par the expens a the seight be incurred in opposintit
out of the to-Tough fund, it was n-oeseary by the Act of
Parliament to coil this meeting, and take public opinion
on the subjce'. He earnestly hoped that the upshot of the
meeting would be that the ratepayers would give the
Town Council their cordial and isesnimous suppol in
opposing the measure. Ito might state the reasons they
considered they were bound to give in opposing
it, and these reasons would have to toe forwarded is
as plaueible a manner as possible, because the law
required that the oppositgos shout! not be of •
flimsy character. but of such • nature as sirs uld enable
the Board of Trade to give proper attention to it.
Objections arising out of comp otition or opposition to
local interest they would attempt only to settle. When
paths could not canoe to terms, the Board of Trade
would order a local enquiry. Therefore the opposition
they most give to it must be of a substantial character.
There seemed to the Council to he three or four serious
objections that could be put forward in opposition to the
scheme. First of all they had got another pier close by,
within • certain number of yards, and this was one very
strong objection. If this was an open coast without any
pier, or the advantages which a pier weld confer, it
would be a differeot thing ; but theylbod already in exis-
tence in the town a pier, not rasny yards from the place
where it was proposed to erect the new pier, nomeiy,
opposite King-street, the opening to the station. Another
objection was that it would interfere very materially with
the hashing. The bathing in Weymouth was a thing
which they ought to foster with the remotest core. It was
• yreat attraction to the town of V. eyrnonth as a water-
ing-place in the Slimmer. and if they allowed anything to
damage their bath; eg. that woold interfere with the
influx of vieltore There was • third reason, ...I it 5e
that it wool sin a v.iry materist way damage the beauty
of the bay. (Ariel suse.) He load Leant it remarked upon
by strangers of all clo,see that they came hers on summer
to enjoy boating, that our bay formed a ccmplete
He thought the lay wog • great attraction, but he might
be prejedieed as a Weymouth man. If, however, they
were to all-ow a modern or fl ii. rto be stuck out in the
boy, it would break that beautiful harmonieue circle
which afforded such a charm to visitors who came here.
There was one other objection; bat it would not do to
place thst one before the B said of Trade, and that was if
there was any necessity for such a pier in Weymouth, they
were able to do it themselves. (Hear, hear.) They did
not want a ptrange company here to inform them what
Moo es.sential t or their watering-place. If a pier was
wanted here he thought the inhabitants of Weymouth
were spite •ble to understand the wants of the place, and
quite able to provide the reqeirements of any new works
necessary. These were the objections which had occurred
to the C tune- L He then proposed the following resole.
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"That the Council of this borough be authorised to
oppose an intended application to the Right Honourable
the L 'was of the Gdurnittee of Her Majesty's Privy Council,
for Trade and Foreign Plantat.ons be the Piers' Coin-
piny (Limited), to wake a Peoriatonal Order, pursnant to
the General Purr and Harbour Act, 1851, and the General
Pier and II erten rAc 1861. Amendment Act, anddeslgnated
an ' Apo ic.vion for Provisional Ord-r, for powers to erect
a pier at Weymouth, and to levy tills, and for other put-
p ,ses, and to apply the borough rate for the purpose of
such oppositirn under the Pn,visions of the Municipal
Corporation (Borough Funds) Act, passed in the Session
of Perlianient, 95 and 36 Victoria, cop. el.*"
His WORSHIP remarked that this was the third Urns
they had the annoyance and expense of opposing • scheme
of this kind. He could not say that It was proposed by
the same company, but • company came here and proposed
to erect a pier in the bay, but they did not go so far sa the
present one had gone. and therefore it did not assume such
• serious aspect as this did now. They had no alternative,
he thought. but to oppose it, and to put up with the
expenses, whatever it might be. He should be pleased to
hear remarks and opinions from anyone on the subject,
who were interested in the matter.
Mr. Giorgi enquired if anyone was present to represent
the Piers' Company, when the MATO* said he did not
know. He, however, asked the question, but no one
responded.
Mr. GRAHAM seconded the resolution.
Mr. Giorgi said Into principal objection to the pier was
that it was proposed to be put in the wrong place. To
erect it in the centre of the hay, just opposite King-street,
would be to spoil the beautiful contour of the bay alto-
gather. Ile thought • short pier might he run out with
great advantage from opposite the Greenhill Gardens, as
much liner view could be ohtained from there than from
anywhere else, whilst bathers would have the advantage
of getting into deep water at once: He was certainly
opposed to the erection of the proposed pier, and remarked
if anything was required to be done, thoy could do it
without calling in the assistance of a foreign company.
There were many advantages attending a pier in • water-
ing Phsc,, almost every watering-place had • pier, for
it drew people to one focus as it were, and broke up the
monotony which he bad heard complained of by people
who came her, to reside for • fortnight. He did not,
however, think that opposite King-street was the pro:
place fora pier, and therefore ha should *Plow it.
please)

Mr. LANeINO asked for the information of himself nod
others, whether, if this company obtained power to erect
the pier, they would be able to land cargoes from ships.
there.
The Maros, after referring to the application, said they
were epplyir g for powers for landing passengers there and
other purposes.
lit. NVALus said if the Cherbenrg and Channel Islands
steamers landed their passengers awl cargoes there, the
dues at present derived from them wou'd he fol.
The Manta remarked that was very uulikelr.
Mr. Watt is "guessed" that was the °bidet of the pro-
motors of this company, adding "the creel ,n of a pier
it our hey puts me in mind of an asaassin plunging •
dagger into the lot mof • beautiful woman." (Laught
Me contended this was only the thin edge of the wedge
being got in.
Mr. Prrr enquired if it was Intends I to do anything
with the present pier so as to make it attractive, when the
Mayor replied in the affirmative, saying negociations ware
going on at the present moment, end he hoped before the
summer slt in the works would be far Avowed.
No aco, ndment being proposed, the MAYOR declared the
propoottiou carried, and a vote of thanks to Lim for pre-
siding claiscd the meeting.