The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL BURIAL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this board was held on
Tuesday, at the offices, 12, Clayton-square,--Mr. J. R.
jeffery presiding. The Rev. Rector Campbell and the
following gentlemen were also present—Messrs. Cor-
bally, Bairstow, Jackson, ThOinton, and Baxter.
The minutes of the last monthly and special meetings
were read and confirmed, which amongst other proceed-
ings included the following correspondence, that had
taken place between the Burial Board and the Walton
Board of Health relative to a sewer the former board
contemplated making through that township.

TO TIIE LIVERPOOL EtTRIAL BOARD.

Walton-on-the-11111, sth Oct., 1860.
GENTLIOIEN, --I am directed by the board of surveyors for
this township to transmit to you the following resolution,
passed at their meeting on the 4th instant :—Moved by Mr.
Arkle, seconded by Mr. Roberts, " That the application from
the Burial Board to construct a sewer from Mere-lane to
Walton-road for the present be refused, in consequence of the
gross deception practised upon the committee in recently allow-
ing a public sewer to be constructed through the t )wnship of
WELIton." Carried unanimously.—l am, i gentlemen, your
obedient servant,
Tsto'iAS EILJSECK, Assistant Overseer.

TO TILE BOARD dr suarT:youS FOR TNg TOWNSHIP OF VrALToN.
12, Clayton-square, Liverpool, Oct. 9, 1860.
GENTLEXIEN,—The executive committee of the Liverpool
Burial Board have had before them this morning your com-
munication of October 5, accompanied by a resolution unani-
mously passed by your board, refusing permission to he Burial
Board " to construct a sewer from Mere-lane to Walton-road,"
" in consequence of the grass deception practised on your com-
mittee in recently allowing .a public sewer to be constructed
through the township of Walton. As the committee of the
Burial Board are perfectly ignorant of the deception referred
to. they request your board to favour them with an explana-
tion, and the reasdns for visiting upon the Burial Board the
consequence of such deception. The refusal is surprising from
the fact that your chairman, Mr. Garner, has hitherto pre-
ferred personal communicatios with the representatives of
the Burial Board, and has led them to believe that no objec-
tion would be made to the construction of the said sewer.
The Burial Board will derive no pecuniary advantage what-
ever from the proposed drain; on the contrary, it will be a
costly work for them, available for your board, having for its
object sanitary considerations exclusively. I am, gentlemen,
your obedient servant, S. B. JAcirsox,
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
The following resolution was passed at a special meeting of
the board on the 16th October letter received from the
Walton Board of Surveyors, containing their resolution on the
outlet sewer, having been read, also the reply thereto by the
chairman of the executive committee, it was resolved, "That'
in consequence of this communication the board does forego
making any outlet sewer in Mere or Spellow lanes for the
present."

The CFIATIOIAX—Tiave ''on received any further com-
munication from Walton ?
The SURVEYOR—No. But at a subsequent period of
the meeting he read a note from the clerk to the effect
that the letter had been received and had been placed
before the board, but that previously the Burial Board
had abandoned its intention of making the sewer on the'
grounds that it was not actually necessary at that time,
and although it would have been a benefit to the pro-
perty in that neighbourhood, the board would save
£2,000 without putting themselves to any inconvenience.

THE EDGE-HILL AND BOOTLE RAILWAY.
From the proceedings of the Executive Committee it
appeared that several communications had taken place
between the solicitor of the London and North-Western
Railway, with reference to a proposed Branch Railway
from Bootle to Edge-hill, which would intersect a
portion
of the New Cemetery, and that the board having sug-
gested a deviation from the plan proposed, the company
had invited the attendance of the Law Clerk and the
board to London, .on the 7th inst., for the purpose of
Coming to some amicable arrangement, and that the
'Committee had instructed such officers to proceed
forth with.
Mr. J. S. JACKSON, in moving the confirmation of
the proceedings of the committee, said he was happy to
find that the board, through the exertions of the law
clerk, had obtained possession of nearly all the land.
Mr. Johnson's had already been secured, as he had
given it up, and Mr. Harrison had agreed to give his up
on a very early day without compensation. They
would also observe that the committee had been
unfortunately prevented from proceeding further ;
indeed they had been stopped at the commencement of
the works, by an intimation that the London and North
Western Railway were about to construct a railway,
which would intersect a portion of the cemetery. Thus
they might be prevented from proceeding with the
boundary wall, and also with the sale of the cot-
tages upon the land. These proceedings, in fact, bad
completely caused a stagnation to the works. He
(Mr. Jackson) had waited upon Mr. Stewart in respect
to the Land Tax, and that gentleman had recommended
that a clause should be inserted in any bill they might
apply for to include a provision for the commutation of
tithes ; and the committee had instructed the Law Clerk
to give the necessary notices for the application to Par-
liament, and to take the responsibility of the proceed-
ings, in order to carry out the resolutions passed at the
Special Vestry. They had been taken aback by the
communication from the Commissioners of Sewers for
Walton, which refused the board the permission to make
a sewer. The committee had considered the subject,
and as they did not consider it actually necessary.
although it would have been desirable, had abandoned
it. He concluded by moving the confirmation of the
proceedings.
The CHAIRMAN-Then we shall save tilt expenditure
of about £2,040. It .would have been a enefit to the
Sewer Commissioners more than to the board.
Mr. JACKSON—Exactly so.
Mr. Corbally seconded the adoption of the proceedings.
After a brief conversation on some routine points the
proceedings were confirmed.
The CHAIRMAN said it was necessary, as the proceed-
ings had been confirmed, that there should be two
substantive motions placed on the record of the proceed-
ings,—one authorising the treasurer to pay the bills
which had passed, and the other to confer upon the Law
Clerk the power of giving the necessary notices to Par-
liament to carry out the resolutions of the Vestry.
These . resolutions were then formally moved and
adopted.
On the motion of Mr. Jackson, seconded by Mr.
Thornley, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Robertson
Gladstone for having acted as treasurer, and for the
statement of accounts he had rendered.
It was also decided that in future the meetings of
that board should he held on the first Monday in every
month, at ten o'clock.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the board had saved
£B2 in paying a fixed sum for the raising of the loan
of £23,000, instead of a commission.
It baying been decided that the Chairman or the
Deputy-Chairman should affix the seal of the board on
the deed for the above loan, the board adjourned.

GROSS JOBBERY OF THE GRAND TRUNK
RAILWAY DIRECTORS.

MR. H. C. CHAPMAN'S REVELATIONS.
A crowded meeting of the share and bondholders of
the Canada Grand Trunk Railway Company was held :
at the Clarendon rooms, yesterday afternoon, for the ;
Purpose of hearing from Mr. H. C. Chapman, of this
town, who has lately visited Canada, an explanation of
the charges which he has preferred to the London
Board Uzainst the Canadian directors of the company.
Mr. T. Edwards Moss, banker, occupied the chair.
Mr. CrrarmAN having drawn u.p his statement in the
form of a report, and it was principally intended to
impugn the polipy of Mr. Blackwell, the present general
manager of the Grand Trunk Company's affairs in
Canada, and of the Canadian Board. Mr. Chapman
asserted and quoted local Canadian newspapers and
other publications in support of his opinion, that the
Grand Trunk Railivay, though capable of immense and
most profitable development, had not been managed
as a commercial speculation, but had. been used
as a means of gross political competition, that
the tariff of rates were fixed so high as, instead of being
calculated to attract traffic, positively prohibited it from
" trespassing" upon the line ; that contracts, instead of
being given on the ground of merit and necessity, had
been granted as the price of political services ; that the
board. in London had been grossly imposed upon by the
Canadian directors ; that the people of Canada pro-
nounced the Grand Trunk Railway, a political fraud ;
and that nothing would restore their confidence but a
complete reorganisation of the management by the
English shareholders, upon a strictly commercial, and,
he might add, on his own account, a postal subsidy of—
say £25,000 per annum. (Applause.)
Upon the motion of the Rev. Mr. Stuart, of Rainhill,
seconded by Mr. J. Owens Johnson, a vote of thanks
was passed by acclammation to Mr. Chapman for his
important communication.
Various resolutions were proposed as to the course to
be adopted, and much discussion ensued.
Ultimately, upon the motion of Mr. Miller, of Edin-
burgh, seconded by Mr. George H. Lawrence, of Liver-
pool, the following resolution was adopted unanimously,
—" That a committee of five members be appointed to
make a searching investigation into the present state of
the company ; to co-operate with the London and other
committees ; and to suggest and report means for re-
organising the entire management of the company in
Canada ; and pending their action and report this meet-
ing deprecates any legal proceedings on the part of any
share or bondholders."
r.
Upon the motion of Mr. Taunton, seconded by M
_e
Maxwell Hyslop, the committee were appointed
follows :—Mr. T. Edwards Moss, banker, LiverpoolMß Messrs.
William Fenton, banker, Rochdale ; and
S. J. Arnold, RObert Dagleish, junior, and George
M'Corquodale,. merchants, Liverpool.

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