The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL

A meeting of the Coancil was held on Monday.
The members present were.—J. Ga Mayor;
Aldermen Mannehl and Curme; Councillorsliodges,
Enter, Bennett, Bishop, Frond, Allmon, Andrews,
Lock, and Devenish. The Corporation leases to
Mrs. Mary Harvey and Mr. Bennett, in accordance
eith an agreement at a former meeting, were signed
and pealed, and the Clerk read the report of the
General Purposes Committee, recommending
the open space behind the Town.hall to be built over
for the ottices of the town clerk, surveyor, &C.
After some discussion, the plan was referred back to
the Committee for the purpose of obt %ming a p!an
and estimate of the propwed works, and making a
specific report on the subject.

BOARD OF HEALTH.
A large number of applications for water and
drainage were received, and agreed to. lu reference
to two applications for a water supply to publi>
houses in Mill-street and Holloway. Fordingtrin,
where there are no stables, the Board were divided,
some of the members considering that as there was
a good deal wore cleaning required at public-houses
than in private ones, in consequence of the number
of persons who visited those houses, they should be
dunned under the heads of trades requiriag addl.
tioual water for trade purposes, and charged Rome-
thing additional yearly accordingly. On a division,
however, the motion was negatived.
DRAINAGE OF PREMISM—The INSPECTOR reported
the existence of nuisances on premises in Grove-
buildings, of which Mr. King was the owner, arising
from defective drainage, and the SCRTZTOR reported
that chore and the adjoining premises referred to had
not been drained, as ordered by the Board. and
urged the necessity and importance of the work being
carried out.—Mr. WESTON attended to get the order
alluded to reversed in refereuce to the three lower
houses, as he said they did not in the least degree
need drainage, and that, in short, • drain passing
through his premises would be a great nuisance to
him.—The Mayon said that so far as he understood
HIS taw, thew three houses of Mr. Weston's formed
a portion of twelve of the block of houses that re-
quired to be drained according to the Surveyor's and
Inspector's reports, and that it wan necessary to go
through Mr. Weston's land to connect the houses
with the public sewer.—Mr. Werros said the order
to drain would not have .-een made in the first in-
stance bad not Mr. Wellspring applied to drain.
But if Mr. Wellspring wanted to drain, let him do
it, but not compel the drainage of other premises
that were not needed, and where the works
would he a great nuisance. Mr. Wellspring did
it simply because a quarrel had taken place be-
tween him and one of his (Mr. Weston's) tenants.
—The Mayor: said the Board hail nothing to
do with the quarrels of private parties, they bad
acted on the reports of these officers who said the
drainage was neccessary, and wished to take the
sense of the mating upon it. —The question having
been moved that the former order to drain should I.
auforced,,and there being no amendment, the Mayor
said it might be considered as carried.—Mr.
WesroN considered it a great hardship to be com•
polled to pay for another's drainage, and such
would be the case in the present instance. The
drain passing through his premises, he would have
to pay a portion of Mr. Wellspring's expense for
draining his houses —The CLERK said they would
pay proportional to the extent of their premises for
the work done.—Mr. Weston then hoped the Board
would put the work by contract. —The CLERK. said
Mr. Weston and the other parties might have the
work done by contract, but Mr. Wellspring having
already expressed his willingness to comply with
the order of the Board, they could not take his
portion out of his hands. —Mr. Wr.sroN said AS
they were so severe in his case, he trusted they
would be equally severe in all other cams, and
prevent the washing of carriages and the cum
-
mission of other nuisances and obstructions such as
the nashing of carriages and the opening of cellar
and coach-house doors upon the public streets.— Mr.
MA NFIELD asked the Clerk if he washed his carriage
in the street. —The CLERK replied that his was
not • public road.—Mr. MANFIELD would like to
know Mr. Weston's opinion as to whether the road
leading to Mr. Symonds's coachhouse was • public
road. Mr. WesroN replied ihat he was not speak-
king in reference to Mr. Symonds's carriage.—Mr.
Emson's and Mr. Curme's carriages were washed
in the public roads ; Mr. Devenish's cellar doors
opened on the pavements ; and he asked for these
parties to be ordered to remove their nuisances. Let ,
all he tarred with the same brush. The CLERK
said there was no doubt that the washing of car-
riages in the arteets was • great nuisance, and that
parties having coach house and cellar doors opening
upon the streets could be proceeded against.
—Mr: Weston hoped the Board would proceed
against these parties at once.—The Mayor appre-
hended the complainant's must come before the
Board in a proper form.—Mr. Mason Give a notice
in writing. —Mr. Weston said, —Well, he would givea
notice in writing if it were necessary.—The Clerk
said that if Mr. Weston had any complaint to make,
it would be quite sufficient to name it to the
Inspector, who had to report any complaints anyone
had to make of existing nuisances :—Mr. Weston
said Major-General blichel's carriage was always
washed in the public street. Ho had no animus
against the parties, but the Board ought to act alike
towards all, and especially should the members of
the Board be guiltless.
Ma. BOLLER'S APPLICATION. The Finance
Committee, in recommending the payment of a
number of bills, said that they did not fe 1 justified
to take upon themselves to recommend the payment
of Mr. Bollen's claims, as they cousidered the
question was one for the whole Council to consider. ,•
—The Clerk produced the bills sent in at various I
times by Mr. Bollen. The first was a bill of
£2 12s. 6d. for damage to a carpet, mate, and other
articles by the flow of water into his house on Sunday
the 16th June last year. Subsequently another bill'
claiming& further sum of F7l7s. 61., but not specifyie
when any damage was committed on which thg
claim was made, nor what was damaged. A short
time since the Clerk received an envelope addressed
to him by post, and on his opening it was a bill for
work done in October last by Mr. Hussey for Mr.
Bollen, such as laying down a new floor, repairing
skirting, he., and amounting to £9 14s. 61. It
would thus appear that Mr. Bollen claimed a total
of £2O 4s. &I. from the Board for damage done to
his property by the water flowing into his house.—
The Mayor said that with respect to these claims,
they had had them before them previously. Ho had
understood that the water had gone into Mr.
Bollen's house on two occasions, and he now made
three claims upon them for damage done. —Mr.
Nlanfield said he understood that the water had
entered the premises four separate times.—Mr.
Devenish asked if there was ony dispute as to
whether the water had entered Mr. Bollen's house
and spoiled property on each occasion for which
bills had been rent in t —The Clerk said that not
long before the 30th October Mr. Bollen called him
ioto his house. He took him into the kitchen and
showed him the stone floor. There certainly were
two or three damp patches on the stones, but he
told him that he thought he (Mr. Bollen) would'at
have much to complain of dampness if he kept •1
good fire there two or three times a week. Mr.
Bollen did not complain of having experienced any
other inconvenience. He did not know whether or
not Mr. Bollen had had the stone floor taken up
and replaced by a new oak floor and charged to As
Board.—Mr. Curme asked whether there had been
an injury done to Mr. Bohan.' premises in cense-
quence of the system of drainage carried out by Has
Board If there had been, he supposed they were
bound to make compensation. Of course he did
net think they were bound to compensate so far as
the laying down of new oak floors.—The Mayor
thought the better way would be to understand, in
the first instance, what had already been done. •
Perhaps the late Mayor would inform them what
occurred during his Mayoralty.—Mr. Hodges said
that the water het got into Mr. Bollen's
house on two occasions. On the first oc-
casion he made no claim, but on the
second occasion, which happened on the 16th
June, he sent in a claim of £2 12s. 6d. The subject
was discussed at their meeting in August last year.
It appeared that previous to the alteration the water
flowed down the passage in a surface gutter, but
that afterwards it was made to run under the pave-
ment: The alteration was made at the request of
other parties, and to prevent a nuisance. On the
16th June there was, ss would be recollected, a great
hurricane, and the streets were flooded, the sewer
under the pavement in Mr. Bollen's pge got
blocked up, and the water ran into Mr. Bollen's
house. Whether or not it would have run into the
house had no alteration been made it was impos-
sible of course to tell. The demand however was
considered moderate, and the Board placed the
matter in his hands to arrange with Mr. Bollen for
the payment of the amount, without however ac-
knowledging their liability, and without prejudice
to the justice oh the OWL He accordingly went to
Mr. Bollen, but that gentleman told him that he
should not be satisfied with the amount of the first
claim he had sent in, and that he had sent in a
second bill. It therefore appeared that be had sent
in an additional claim of £7 17s. &I. for the damage
done in the beginning of June, and for which
£2 12e &I. had already been claimed.—Mr. Man.
field believed that the second claim was for damage
dons subsequently to the hurricane in the beginning
of June.--The Mayor said that the meeting at the
time felt itself placed in • rather unpleasant position
with regard to the claim, as the water ran into
several houses on that occasion, and if they
acknowledged their liability in this instance, they
might be called on for compensation from other
parties.—Mr. Manfield considered that they had
acknowledged the justice of Mr. Bollen's claim for
the damage done in Juee, by offering him the
£2 12.. &i.—The Mayor said it was not so. The
meeting was divided about offering anything at all,
but as there really appeared to have been consider-
able damage done, it was left to Mr. Hodges to
pay the money if be thought proper, without at all
prejudicing the sass, or admitting the justice of the
olaira.-142. Bishop thought there was very great