The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-07-19 00:00:00

THE LIGHTING OF THZ TOWN.

Previous to the opening of the tenders for lighting, Mt.
WISTIIIN raised the quettlon—to whom did the paraffin;
tanmpa as pc...int in u. belong. He was of opinion they
wore the prnporty of the contractor.
On the nth-r hand. the Mayon, Alderman HAMILTON,
and Mr. DUODALE were quite satisfied they belonged to the
Council.
There were only two tender.. The first was from the
Illesarr. Haley, who are at presett doing the work. They
offered to continue the ligliciag cm the present system fnr
one year at £2 12.. per lamp, and for ti i.e years at £2 IC,.
The otter was fro. Mr. Ii con, and hie terms were—tot
one year 11r. 9cL, and for three years Li 9.i. 6d.
Why not take it unto their nwa bands, asked Alderman
HAMILTON. se they did et Wincheiter and other Owes.
If there was a profit to be made out of it, and he prrrrourrt
there was, why, the town would be very riled to have it.
Mr. If AUTON prop.ised. and Mr. HUDSON seconded. that
M. Barion'a tender be theept,d or one y.ar.
ALDIUDGZ mreonled what ke evidentiy thought wee
a risalution moved by Mr. Hamilton, that the town should
do. the lighting themeelve,
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It was explained to Lim that it wee only • suggestion
but Mr. Hann:row afters arta accommidsted himself ti
circumstances. by putting it in the firm of • reeolution.
It was in.t fair to put people to the trouh'e ol tendering.
Mr. MAU protested, if they thought about doing it them-
selves. That seas a matter that ought to have been decided
upon in the first place. If it had been proposed a month
ago he would glad sr have fallen in with it.
After the re•okt ion had been propowid,
The Town Ct.Eitx We. of opinion they could not accept
Alderman Mundt .eie susgoetion.
Like Mr. Kate. Mr. DUODALIS would bare been exceed-
ingly pleased to have supported mull a resolution had it
been breught forward on the teat cczasion ; for, he main-
tained, ((there were 11137 prAlt to be got out of env of the
Borough works it was the duty of the C wined to have it.
But, in the face of the resolution carried on the last
occasion, be did not see how they could consider the
matter unless they wanted to stu Lily themselves. The
very gentleman (Alderman Hamilun) who now eked
them to ignore that resolution, by which they decided
upon having tenders, himself seconded it on the Is.t
occasion.

--Tb-oy.--wers not bound. Alderman HAMILTON reminded
the C "to accept the lowest or any tender." Seeing
that they were going in for baths and flushing their streets
with salt wat.r, he thought they could want every halt •
penny they c mid got ti ease the rater.
To Mr. HUDSON it !peeved ?hey were Wedged tn accept
the lowest tnader. He thought it would be •r. fi-ctien
upon any public body, who, after advertieing for tenders.
did not accept the lowest—that wa, unless they had a
very rood r-amn to show for not 'loin,/ so. For hie Part,
however, he did not think the Council would derive the
benefit Mr. Hamilton sem, d to anticipate, even if they
did take the lighting in'o their own bands. The wont, he
believed, was derived from the careful supervision of the
o 'Director and the knowledge possessed by him of the
details of the business', and the Council would neither be
able to sive the one nor had they the other.
There was another consideration the 11 ATOM thought
Tit') Must remember the resolution deciding upon tender.
was passed at • very full meeting of the Council, sod be
did not think it would be fair to those gentlemen who
were then present, but were now absent, if they revers. 4
that resolution without calling a special meatier.
Mr. Hamilton's amendment was then put end Joe, tS•
mover and seconder alone voting for it, mid tine azalea
The original resolution that Mr. Sao WI tender be ecceldod
was carried by 11 votes nem. dis.

PUBLIC BraHa
The next btutineee was "To receive • ort retort hwin.
the Baths and %truth-house/a Committee, In purslane. of
the resolution of the Council, dated the I h day of May
Last, and In the event of the report hieing adopted, to per
I resolution 'doping the Baths and Wash-houses Acte
this borough."
The resolution of the 41.1 of May 'eked the committee
to consider whether It was not desirable to have prorate
baths se well earn public lathing piece, and whether ',rat
water could not le used for flashing the eireete.. The
e”mmittami now preaentet Moir report, replrist to both
rileetions in the effirmative, and tee outnetokto that the
plon• prepar,tl by the I”rourh marvel er•houli he adopted.
thaHtemw..atiliihnetobrzi
letters from
them, be
stainrim ...id, that dem
inhabitants of the town, some of whom were very lents
ratepare t
bye lox. erb.. n
pree..icut tbeir" thought i
hop... the,
a diCoez,nea to
ci would
cam no .
seaport town that there wee an opportunity for larlo 4
the place to learn swinttning. Or to both., withon, doter w'
from the open shore. Fl• received a great many tem-
pi, nos at the prevent time of ir dtee.-nt bathing,
d they intent to do a-yt int in the mater, ht..
flifialita want 4to know. Th y had h en d peuesong
for the lest 21 pare, and bed ale eta it.
(Laughter.) If they rally to -ant blunts.. he amulet he
very glut to beer it.
The M•TOR: You In, ve the &dolt' ion of tLe n port, end
the thing will he done,
The Borough Sorter., lben expleloed •h • detal. of hit
pile. H • prupee d to hay... la Ira swimming I ath KM.
Ity2ofr. , with a Itifor 16 "II three pirlra .4 it, ,Irfisaiat
other couven.rnre.. A gen•lemet '• •winitning lath
Bilft by Mft, And six privete laths for ladies end els for
Ce 11,4.111-11. Tee., there well.' 'lee 1,1 a "atm tower
11 hi. .h would he eke a t .5.k capable of ene•aining
30,000 denotes of Ira er. ad u ...mod he p bred •rt doe i.r pumping tee water up into st • tent, .nd t.unining env enrplue elver out 54the bathe. In reply te
Dugan., be aewl the d .pth of the nue% aaricarwat bans w sold romenence at etiont 3 t., roulade! to &lawn IV,
Mr. DUGDALIC C.. 0 dly rrm ,mt—t Its didn't Wok lift deen sno.igh IF e..eld • ua.n Wt. iihth 'aim • PionBs
Into water of that depth,
t.; ut,g .ut • 11.ttr• a • was the repreeents' i.e. of the pt... w.f.* rrtitHet-d notlts usage Mayor showed
how they suieht haya not only these. ite.l a. alio a
Capital evident of ft soing the town withrty. them helot
any necessity to make a call .5p n the rat
Strongly in favour f the cc .ensa for to.. Rotate* of the
town with salt water was Aldertnen Halaturoi, If am
enidernic should happen to hre.k that
with their present smell sypteiu of floahirt t..ay rrnald
suffer severely. It was ni.wt rieeirahle Vlore eboild be •
continuous system of Bustling, and he only hoped it would
be carried out
The dircurions was then tamed in • different din rtios
In Mr. Councillor Mans. who ohiected etroeley ii the
ohnwl• •Prd for thew' h•the—tha Om Quay. He d.cli sot
believe toe, would dad that ladt.s aad geetlemen would
go down to %ad dirty part of the town. The anisette*
arising front men bathing thous at the present time was
abominable,
iteverel ermattaittese, the Marra said, had had the scheme
under their consideration, and the conclusion the, had all
arrived at was that that was the only bit of corporati.n
pepper!y that was at all suited for the purports.
Mr. MATE Could not He why, "hen they moo bar, aa angina Soot' could not pump the wet., two of corm hundred yards higher up.
That the site Was not a gcrid Sn., Kr. CroliwAT lereed.
with Mr. Mate.
The Maros.: Theta you duty is to tall tut where We ran
got • bdter one.
Mr. Conway I Owtaitly not; I ani not on the coo*
mit tee.
Airmtler with the views of hit. Hate and Mr, Conway'.
Mr, WenTtetw thought whether it would OW he as 5.5.11.
hef.w• thse Proceeded in the mat's'', to onside, a unmans'
made by Lord Wimbonas 'doe t.me sex (s,,eatie
lettaht,r ) Hia lordship shadowed forth that a penile'.
Peat. the ladles' walking Geld, and pablo. bath, eoeld be
matters for his future consideration. (Hoek lenglraT)
He eould suggest that the Conseil should usage app&atim
to hie loniship to know whether that time had yea
arrived' (ite°•••d laughter.). I r Lord Wimbonse would
live there a site in the Ladies W .lking Phe'd, it he thought. be much more reipeetalde and much more
suitable thaa the ode sawed. übe Mayor ariok hE, hewl.)
Well, if they did not thisk they could get it, he woad
much rather they went se with their preseat settem.r
rather that that it should fall to the grouted.

Kr. Humor( mold not help thinking there woe • great
deal to be said in favour of getting • better site, if it Winn
pondble; but at Me same time be considered that upon
those who objected to the one that had been chosen rested
the urns of pooling oat • better one. Their primary
&Jett was to preside for the nereireldes of the p over
dais of the population, and he thought they ought to a
certain extent to mike a personal sacrifice for the ',meth of the mimes But then there was another consid-retion.
They must remember there was also • Caas from whom
they Itooad to set their revenue—upon whose &boulders
would Ile tbe burden of providing the revenue, and he
thought better reaunis than they lied yet heard tuust be
mlemiowi for rejecting the rep irt of the committee.
As regarded the Lull's' Walking Field. the MAYOR had
no doubt that that could be • preferable site, if they
could get it. Let them, however, redneuher their
experience with regar 1 to the h *vital. They had built
it, Lord Wimborne allowing them to .1., so if they Sed.l
the ground rent, and, at the end of toe lea,,.,when It fell
In, the property would revert to C inford. No doubt nom the mine term, they might obtain • portion of the Wise'
Walking Field, but the quintion was, was it Vim to build
under tbOal conditions I For his owe part he felt he
could not autumn such • scheme.
Mr. Duni:mut eared it wolid be unwise to build, unless
Lord Wimbnme was dint sed to give them the site.
The resolution for Me adoption of the p'.aas was then
seemded by Mr. Garyoso.
As an ansendmene, Mr. Mars moved " That the scheme
Ile es the table "—le other words, that the question he
adjourned for the present.
Me. Girrohs: You mean for ever
That auger be vim opinion, said Mr. Mays. but It
Isn't rnine. Fur his own part he would go err', eteetelY
fog such • scheme; but be certainly wmild n..t yore tor
the expenditure of a laze* oun3 of money for the erection
of baths where people would not g.,. He was as much in
favour of the scheme as any go.tleman sitting at that
table, but be was convit,cei it was the wrong place to go
te.

Mr. MATZ'S amendment was stc mded by Mr. COnwse,
wko, although he did not object to the scheme altogether,
thoaght that lookirg ahead there were many other ways
in wit ch they might not only expend money, hut cave it.
He affirmed, although he lied hem contra hetet& that
their rates were incfething and likely to Memoir, and
ha believed if they did not atiidy economy they would
eocn make the plane too hot to hold them.
The Moron: There veins to hare ben one little
ingredient ioraotten in this diecivision—aud that in that
it will not eat a halfpenny of the ratepayers money.
Mr. ilkesyrikelel leant Ile that
In the mom, of the somewhat " ac.rui • the-table" kin
Of dircumi in which follo•s I. vie Mayon said it wee •
fact Iddlre Wan no more advant.itious pin, belonging to the
Council thau the one which hal been mop sm.
If 1...0ri Wimborne would ',resent to lowa with a Fite,
Mr. Iit'IMON bail not cho slightest doub• but that it would
be moot gratefully received; and he thought, perique,
whether it wont.' not he an well for th, iummittee to
spelt to his ',Malin for his Reel decl.inn.
The &nether rem aked that if they fix al the site at
any other position in the town they -mild have to pump
up the whole of the water. This would entail a c...nsider-
able increase in the expense. They would have to pump
up all day long, whereas by his scheme &hint two Limn*
g-day would answer all requirement..
M-. MATO'S amendment .6a thou put, but the prop Aer
and seconder alone voted for, eight holding up their hands
aoinst it.
The or.ginal reed ution was then carried by eight cotes,
no member of the Couoed dissenting.

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DAMS SCNOOLII.
The C tuncil next had " receive • report from the
School Attendance Committee with refurence 1 the over-
crowding of the MOM tich als in the B trough. and to mos
all corn fellntatiOni lner..on as may be advisable' The
rep rt of the .ii. al Ofli air of H. alth stated that out of
20 IKIIOOII, eight Only e1:n.104,1 with the requirement. of
the •vr, and gave 80 cubic feet of air to each .choler.
Several of the private schools fell very ter chit of chili,
and there OM no doubt their erudition an. very preju-
dicial to the health of the chtidien, and ought not to be
allowed.

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It was ;imposed by Alderman HAXILTON. and seconded
by Mr. Althaionn, that ooLicAs be sent to all the schools
where Me ft guirvabenti a the Ad i we:. not complied
with. that the propnetors must forthwith do so.

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Till PROPOSED OTSTIR YISHIRE.
A letter was read from Mr. kiRRDIRSON, in behalf of the
company he represents, who heti neen in negotietion with
the Council for he renting of the bed of the Harbour for
the purpose of breeding oyster,, in • Web that gentleman
said he bad visitel Ibis grown:, and be wet vtry torry to
may test it did not oonse up to his expectation,; but this
wail probably °trios to the ground h.ving lie-n neglected
for to luog a time. He was, however, willing t she it
upoo • leme of 21 year.' ',minable at the end of seven,
uld the compeny desire it, or reoeweble at the end of
that period for another 21 years, at • rent of L2O per
annum. Tte extest of grouud which the c unoeny
required wee from the R.:cl Buoy, at the !cameo, to Poole
Quay, to the boundery stone above Russell's (4,11.. Mr.
Heodenon also mentionel that in conversations he had
had with fighermen, they had eiprsseed their amoral of
•nd trusted they would again be tuned.
Mr. DPODALZ and se•erel other u.rnabers of the C .uncil
express oi the opinion that the oder was nit worth cunt
161.1erat100.

It was strongly urged by Mr. WILSTERN that the C anted
should obtain 0107 information possible relative to the
treatmint of oyster(' from plates where there were breed-
ing (rinsed.. and take the matter into th or own hands.
They had th- finest site in the world fur the cultivation
of oyster., arid he b'diaved they might derive • very large
revenue ii 'hey took the matter Into Unit own handy.
It we. ultimately resolve', on the proposition of Mr.
Rupee& seconded by Mr. Mete, that the Town (lark he
tartrocted to reply t.. Mr. Itindereon, informing hi., that
hie over was itiad,qu ate : sod that • C numi.tee, consiet-
ing of the Meyer. Mr. Duglals, and Kr. Haruilt.n. be
Ukinged to give the neces-ary Instructions to the TJWD
Ckrk or making application ore provisional order.
This concluded the bombe...