The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-25 00:00:00

SATURDA Y, JUNE 25, 1881.

a•,;• eeby a,: Local Board. The portion in-
ap dui big he past month had consisted, prin-
cainpiialhlye,
s,vfastiLea.i.raand theo
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ably of them as all the roads already reported upon.
The roads in Cradley, especially near the station
i
where there is so much traffic, are not in a very
satisfactory condition, and will require a consider-
able triiourat of attention and repair within the
next few months to render them in a fit state for
traffic against winter, He thought. those repairs
may be carried out without extra weekly expendi-
turegangs to assist Smith's local gang pro fem. With
by bringing some of the men from the other
referenre to the New Road at Corngri ayes he had
met Mr. Hunt during the last month with a view
of taking possession of it ,or the parbh, and setting
men to work to break the cinders and to form and
metal the road, but on examining it he found it
was about two feet too low for about t,oellitds of
its lngrh, and, therefore, not yet in a fit state to
put their men on. It was probable that he may
have to set a few extra mcn on this a ork temporarily
to break the large cinders piece-work. Mr. Hunt
recommended that an iron fence, similar to that on
the adjoining bridge and road, should he used, in-
stead of the wooden post and rails agreed upon as
being more substantial and less costly in futute re
pair, the extra cost, about .Q3O, to be paid by the
Board. He may add that the fence referred to had
been up about 14 years and.had not rcquired any
repair, and it was still in a perfectly sound and
good condition. In reference to the alteration to
the Powke Lane Bridge, proposed to be done by
the Canal Company, he had taken a section and
found that those alterations would entail an ex-
penditure of about £3OO in raising the approaches,
walls, &c., beyond the Company's 1 oundary as
shown on the section. There was a plan which
struck him as being a desirable one, if the Bea:d
thought fit to entertain it, and that was to lower
the road so that the canal should cross over it by
a cost of an aqueduct, but this would render it
neces,a,ry to lower that part of Powke Lane, north-
wai ds, near to Mr. Hingley's furnaces. That
would render it necessary for the canal to he above
the road near Mr. Guest's offices as well as at
Powke Lane bridge, making those roads as nearly
as possible level. The work would cost a con-
siderable sum of money, but advantages would be
gaineJ. In the first place it would get over the
difficulty with the Canal Company, because they
would doubtless feel they could centribute towards
the work, as it wonld relieve them of the ques ion
of liability of raising roads beyond their boundary
for the future, and it would relieve the parish of
possible law expenses in connection therewith ;
and in addition it would be a less costly under-
taking in the future to both parties to raise an
aqueduct or roads as they became necessary. In
further reference to the bridle road at Rowley re-
portal last month, Mr. Hadley had, practically;
left the road in the same imperfect and dangerous
state as when last mentioned. Mr. Plant had
called his attention to the defective means a;
present existing for taking the surface water from
the main roads at Old Hill, more particularly in
reference to the heavy thunder storm of the 28th
ult, when half-an-inch of rain fell in one hour,
which caused a flood to the depth of 20 inches in
some of the houses and premises between Trinity
nail, and the New British Iron Company's
bridge. He had gone carefully into the matter
siuce that date and had had some of the connec-
tions opened to inspect the same, with a view to
advising as to the best msans of curing the evil.
The stream at the back of Black Wagon Street
came under the fishmonger's premises opposite
Trinity Hall and was then joined by the stream of
pit water dc.c., from Garratt's Lane, and crossed the
road by a 3 feet culvert, where it was again joined
by a stream from Haden Hill and Ord Hill Station
through 18-inch pipes, under the main road and
footpath ; but from this point only 24-inch pipes
had been laid to the open watercourse, on Mr.
Best's property, a distance of 85 yards. Those
pipes were evidently too small for the quantity of
water to be dealt with in wet seasons. The 18-inch
pipes in the main street also appear to be inade-
quate to conduct the water collected and brought
down to them in time of storm. To remedy that
state of things it appeared to him that the 31t.
cu vert under the main road should be extended to
a little beyond the outlet, and another range of
16-inch pipes, at present discharging into the
watercourse on Mr. Best's land, and a new range
of 15-inch pipes laid in the maia street on the east
side from tlie fishmongers up to the chapel opposite
the Police Station. The cost or the work apparently
would be £2ll. With regard to the complaint
made by Mrs. Cole, which was referred to him on a
former occasion, he had examined that locality and
found that the floor of her house on the ground ad-
joining the road was about 4 feet below the road.
way ; that the road water was discharged on to teis
low land and then carried under the road by a
defective cinder drain, which discharged itself
under a pit mound, a distance of about 130 yads.
The cinder drain being defective should be re-
placed by 12 or 15-inch piped ; but as the greater
part of the water that affected Mrs. Cole's premises
came from a colliery at the back, he thought the
owners of that property would contribute to auy
work done by the Board making a proper water-
course under the road for their water. lie would
suggest that a Committee be appointed to inspect
the locality before arriving at any conclusion on
the subject. With. reference to the new drain at
Tividale, ordered to be done at the last Board meet-
ing, as had to report that on examination of the
ground. and taking a new section on the line of
the drain, he found the level was so much altered
that he considered the men and means at command
would be unable to undertake that work satisfac-
torily. He, therefore, communicated with the
Chairman and made a special report thereon to the
clerk, and it was decided to advertise for tenders
for the work. Tenders had been received and were
now on the table for their consideration, together
with the plan, section, and details upon which She
tenders had been forwarded. The drainage of Fox
Oak Street, Cradley Heath, he found to be in a bad
state. lie was told that the watercourse had been
destroyed by the mining operations of the adjoining
colliery. Now standing it would cost £BO to repair
the ancient waterway. The owners in Fox Oak
Street would probably be willing to contribute to-
wards that work if their street was improved there-
by. Mr. Connop had called attention to the state
of the watercourse close to hie premises. He thought
what was defective there may be remedied by their
own men in the usual way, but before doing so he
must have permission from the Cakernore surveyor
to alter the drain so as to connect the gully near
their boundry into the drain in the Cakemore
road. While on the subject of the road drainage
he might remark that many of the gully grates
appeared to be too small for the duty required of
them, and he asked for their authority to remove
gradually, from time to time, those .small gulleys
and replace them with larger ones. The notice as
to the dangerous house at Tividale had been dull
served, but the time allowed to secure the building
had not yet expired, and he must give a future re-
port at tne next meeling. He also informed the
Board of a nuisance in Black Wagon Street, Old
Hill, and asked for a Committee to be appoitited
to go and inspect it.
The question of the bridle road at Rowley wa°
allowed, to stand over for some time in order that
Mr. Hadley could carry out his promise, and unless
he oid so the Board would indite him at the next
quarter sessions.

- On the motion of Mr. Green, seconded by 211.•
Sirowson, it was unanimously agreed that tile
tender of Mr. Herbert Hughes, contractor, °I
Gornal, of .2100, for putting the new drain lid
Tividale, should be accepted.

CRICKET.
KIDDERMINSTER ST. MARY'S C.C. v. ST. JOlire°
WHITE Rosx.—This match was plsyed on Saturday
lust on the ground of the former, and after a very
pleasant gains ended in a win for
tbe visitors. Te
witting or P. Chance for St. John's was very grain,' The fielding on both sides was very good. Tile
fellowing is the score :

ST. MART'S.
T. Lloyd, b Perkins
Atinton, c Squires, b Perkins
Parker, b Wall ..., 1
Evans, c Blakemore, b Wall 7
Burton, b Perkins 0
Curtis, st. P. Chance, b Wall l2
lioiyinan, b Wall
Lowe, run out b Perkins 2
Pardue, run out b Perkins 7
Hawkins, b Perkins
6
J. Murphy, not out..
Extras

Total 64
WHITE ROSS. ..
P. Chance, not out
C. Chance, o Pardoe, b Curtis
T. Perkins, c Curtis b E wants 3
S. Bl4kemore, c Burton, b Curtis_ 6
W. Wall, not out
N. Porter,
A. E. Staples, 1
J. Green, 6
W. Taylor, } To bat.
It. Squires, i
J. Homer, j
Extras lO

Total

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