The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-05 00:00:00

BOARD OF HEALTH.

The I`..uncil having rei..lreil itself into a Board
li, Coe '2lerk rcad the inututes of the pievious
me;h4;:.
i,,peetor (if Nuisances presented his report.
•ses if def,etive drainage and other nuisan
m
ces e -
tiled out. Notices were ordered to he
re ps.
parties creating ~he nuisanc.s, and
id already heel' screed, V 1 ithout pro.
ii Icing I result, SIIIIIIIIOII/le6 were (inlet ed
to he issued. A
long we respecting the uniedisfactory
discussion rs.
opany and other parties left
state in which the thief\
the piddle o down the pipes. It ap.
wls, after lav;ri,„, hen in,throw the
•ft earth last, so that
peered that the gws mon of tew
hard inakrial in first, and the a,
the Board is put to a serious ot'"" putt the
vo.r. stated that
cads again into repair. —The Sur/ft
he had 'p ken to the men and they vs,. Ivan* of
n
him. --ilia Board said that he had bette.
the master of the works, and that he was to .wite","l"
leave to break up any.,..f the roads in future ttee'e
. _

they left them in a iedisfactory state.
A large number of applications ware granted 17" r
drainage and water supply for domestic purposes;
arrangements were also made with several parties for I
the supply of water for trade purposes.
/41: RV T OR'S Hi PORT.
" I leg to report that in accord .oce with instruction'
receivstl at the last meeting of the Board, I have ex-
•iiiincii Mr. Haynes and iither premises in Fordinirtnn,
and the nuisance complained of that is,thedrainage front
the i•retilises flowing upon the road, could easily be
remedied, and at a siti,ll cost. I would recommend
that a surfsce grate with it and trap, connected with
the sewer in Bing-street by a 6 inch atone ware pipe,
be formed on each ..f the preini•es. I understand Mr.
Ila)ne is willing to do this at once.
" We shall require 150 tons of broken flints or other
material for the repairs of the roads I luring the j,reserit
year. We have only PO tons in stork, and this i•
wanted on the thads st once, an they are in a very bad
state. . •

"Ihave preparedaplanslinwing the 'unposed improve-
in North-square. It is proposed to make a foot-
path, ax shown in the plan, in front of the Gaol
cottages, to form the road an shown by the acction.
The coat will he L'l7.
"The leakage from the reservoir at the Waterworks is
atill &creasing. The loss of water was, on Friday laid,
at the rate of 1,600 gallons in 12 howl', against 1860
gallons in 12 hour., in Dec. last.
The lollowing is the result till day's pumping hint
week —The ',Mops were worki•g 13 hours. We
should have continued working, but the ras,rvoir wan
fill. After pumping 10 hours, the water in the well
W." lowered to Go eats nt of the suction pipe. In
this time, 124.000 gallons '.re rased ; for the lent three
hours (liy reducing the speol of the engine) the quantity
.1 water rsistl by the [MOWS was equal to the yield of
the well, 9,000 gallons per hour. 1 have no doubt we
ltight have continuel working at this apeed, for at the
end of 3 11-intw, the tell wan the rattle. Total quantity
of water raised in 13 hours 151,000 gallons ; for the Brsl
10 hours with the pumps vi iking 23 'strokes per minute,
121.0111 gallona were ranied, or 12,400 per hour ; last 3
houre, !Auntie io, king 19 strokes per minute, 27,000
gallon. r.Oxed. The lift of the pumps for Gm lam. 3
teurs was 271 t. The water wan at the usual level in the
well tnt morning at 7 o'clock. 11 cwt.. of coals were
cot sumeil during the 13 hours' work.
" I would relantfully call the attention of the Board
to the state of the doors, win,lown, Am of the engine
house. They require to be painted ; also the interior
of the engine anal boiler house might t• be covered with
lime sr lilting. 'The mati ri•ls only will be required, the
man that attends the engine ciin du the work. The
mat. Hale will coat about
.£2 10s. . .

" Tile private works of water supply and drainage Are
being CArrird forward. The number of houses drained
•t the present tune is 110 ; supnlied with water 118.
(signed) J. JOWEIT,
Surveyor.
The Board thought that the report respecting the
state of the waterworks was very satisfactory.

With regard to the stone ni.vessary for metalling
the rinuls, Mr. Pommy said Mr. Judy hga
ishcd Mtn to state that he had the two gravel pits
at Moreton, mid that he would be glad to simply the
Board with gravel for the roads, serwenea,beeheu,and
delivered at the railway swim' at 3s. 9d. per yard,
or delivered to any part of the borough at Gd per
yard extra. —The NIAVOIt Wilt Mr. Ensor had intor
med him id some stone for sale at 21. 11. per yard.
He thought the best uay would he te call a meeting
of the I leneral Purposes Committee for Friday, and
in the meantime Mr. dowett had better go to More-
ton and see the stone, and he would inquire of 111 r.
Eimir respecting the stone he spoke to him
about. _

The report of the Finance Committee WAS read,
and several lolls ordered to lie paid.
The report of the auditors— accompany•ing the
statement of accounts—was also read. There hail
been one general and two special rates made during
the past year. The accounts and vouchers had teen
REunillied and found correct.- -The CLERK &IA Re-
Oirding to the Act of Parliament, it was necessary
that an abetract of the accounts should be published
in one of the newspapers. Hitherto they had been
published in the two no printedin the town.
—Mr. FROEULiinoght it an unnecessary expense, but
The CLERK said they were oblige to do it.
Subsequently it was agreed that the accounts should
be published in both the Dorchester impure as
usual. _ . .

Mr. STANTON brought forwmil the question of
which be had given notice—' To Consider the expe-
diency of taking such proceedings as may be neces-
sary against the estate of the late Mr. P. Uodain,
rot compensation in respect of surface and other
damage caused during his construction of the pub-
lic works and water supply, said also for such other
matters as Mr. Bodeen', estate may he liable to
under the contract.'' lie stated that considerable
sums of money had already been expended, in pay•
went of what Mr. lhalsou a estate were clearly liable
utider the contract, and there were probably other
autos due from the estate other than the amount
already paid by the Board. lie did not want to go
into the question at the present meeting, all that be
propoeul was that the Town Clerk be instructed to
ascertniii what 611111 S the trustees to the estate of the
late Mr. I'. Dodson were liable for under the contract,
fur surface and other damage ; that application bet
made to them for payment ; and that in the even
they refused, lie be instructed to take the mammary
steps to enforce payment.
Mr. SvNION 01 said the better way would be fur
him to ascertain the ailment due from the trustees for
damage under the contract, and to report to the
Board before any legal steps were taken in the
matter.
Tho latter portion of the resolution having been
altered it was seconded hy Mr. Mantleld auth carried.
, A letter was read from Mr. Charles White
, respecting the 'tate of the road in Nlill-street. The
letter set forth thi.t the inhabitants of Fordingtou
I Uunsidered that the amount expended in the repair of
the roads in that part of the lairotiadi will IP.t pro
piirtionale to the taxes odleeted therein.— Several
members of the Board evoke of dm had state of the
mid in question, sod it was undcrsUasl —rkat.....ho Nur.
veyor would attend hi the matter m1)04,11611 possible.
A notice was read front Messrs. ticurge Henry
Dario and Joaeph Robinson, of their claim for Colli•
I"isati,.ti for damages done in the construction of
I part of the public sewer, and of their appointment
of Mr. IVilliani Abbot, of as arbitrator ii
their behalf, and thrir request to the Board to ap-
point an arbitrator to act with him suit iheide
thereon. —A iliscursion foible el the reading "1 thy
notice. It apisortal that unless the It.ntril appointed an
arbitrator w ithin 14 do's after this receipt of this
notice,which wax dated January 31,the arbitrator ail.
, lutut it by Messrs. li.rvis atol liobilison would he
I ailiiteell to act by himself. Me‘sts. Bit, is and
Sit ariseased their damages to considerably above
alit, and the quest ii was, whether it would be
better to appoint a aumyor or
.a inendrer of the
bur. By appointing a sinvey..r it was agreed they
would tacitly admit that they were indebted,
w hereas the inajority ro the B .ard bit thiit ii,
,dauuuagi, liii been ilute; that consequently they were
I not indebted; Mill OA it c.U11.0 Wollid IM the bent
j arbitrator. as he would decide on a point f law.-- lt
/ WSW Rlll.44eltted that the Clerk gouda obtain the
I opinion f the r;eneral Boma in the first instance, NI
ti whether the notice not defining the actual amount
claimed, was solheient, ad the meeting was ad•
jourued till Wednesday.