The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-05-14 00:00:00

TEM PAIUC QUIIIIOI.

The Marla said this b,ana quarterly meeting, he
wished to latrodum • very important matter for dig-
a• c.. The tints is come rhea the qoutioit of the
Park might to Mantled ; only yesterday to his asperity
se Obtef IL•Mstrate, he heard a very large number of
eammeasea, against people resident to toe Park, who
Wass to pay their rates. A technical objection was
railed; bet the real objection wee that people 000ld
not ham the heads of soo money they pad tor rates,
while tree Park roads, kit., are in such a bad state. Toe
Park had long base a need einestion, sod it was some-
thing like the queetion of Intel in the imperial Par-
liament, it turns up from km, to tint.; but nothing
imatiefeetory is done. Tile Park is an intend part of
the borough, and the inhabitnte are entitled to as fall
vales for their money as any other pert. awl he wee
anxious to approach the question in a spirit of fairness,
The Board had a &Minn duty to perform, • duty to
the whole of She ratepayers of the borough, as well..
to the camapien of We Park. He Unroll went yester-
day sad nude so inspection of the plum with their
Berveyer, sad it was idle to deny that the whole of the
footways Mare are in a very discreditable condition.
The Lewd Board are about to pat the whole of the
tows to perked sanitary 000ditioo, and he believed the
sanitary minorities in London would not allow such a
state of things to entinue in the Park. The people
these are bound by law to pay the rates of the borough,
bet he ithought that in equity they ought not to be
tolled upon to pay. Beim; within the borough, they of
mane dative advantages from the improvements in
other parks, but they cannot have the full value for
their mossy. He found the matter steeds thus : The
Park is boos Ma private property, and has never bees
dedleated to the public, and the owners are bound to
pat the roan in really good repair, to have the foot-
ways legged in front of the homes, do., and that being
dose, tits tiorveyor °int !aspect them on the owne,s
wishing to dedicate to the public, audit all is satisfac-
tory the Local Board will receive them and keep them
in repair afterward& as (the Mayor) wee not • suM•
Meat 'edge to be able to say whether the Park roais
were Is good remit or not, so be took Mr Seaman with
sod the Surveyor said distinctly that the roads
required a very sonsiderable mm of money laid out
upon them, to put them in preper repair Wore the
town can take them. He asked the Board ti form a
ounealtiee to report upon the state of the Park 1.044.111
te the Board, that then some satire massurss may he
taken. The owners of the Park, by plating its roads in
good eondition, will benefit themselves very materially,
for the plots of the Land unsold will lAA higher prices,
and the religions@ manned higher MAW.
Mr WiLLVOID was sorry to beer the Mayor's remark
that the Park people We not in equity entitled to pay
the rates. The ream of this borough are not for the
purpose—
The ILATOI begged to explain. He did not say the,,
persons are not entitled in law to pay ratio ; he said
they were; but they do not got value for tleir money,
the same as other inhahitant,.

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Mr. WiliifokO: I nuderstood your worship to say
that they ought not to be 6.1,6,1 upon to pay the rat.w.
Now the rates of the borough ore not (Or One etreet
only ; bet for the gerierel items& of 6/1 she ialmoitente.
The ociettplare of the Park will be equally eggriev.xl
with other Inhabitants if Si. Mapareet or St.
Thomas-street were not lit night. Toe ratle are for
keeping the whole town in order, it is sos that the
Inhabitant' of the Pedk are not sir, Out of the Park;
they must nose in in bore t/ their business. and they
eenaot move oat of the Pak without remising the
Weddle that other people rimeive. There is a great
Ca LINI of eomplidot by the occupier,; but the qamtlon
of the state of the Park Is entirely one for the owners
and leaseholders of the land, So far as the roads are
Marred to, it is the duty of the owners to put these
reada in proper repair, and when that is done 1141 d. the
Sorcerer eau certify it, the 01,11011 can Gall upon the
Board to aompt them ai pUbho roads, and repair them.
He must objeot to tne Sarveyor or my one else being
milled on now to impost the Part. It is a qoestioe
simply for the embers of the Park to give notice that
the roads are dediemed to the publio, then let the
Surveyor go to the Park and revirt upon the elate of
the roads, and it they Sr. in • good state of repair,
they ean be aosepted.
The TOWN (AARE: After • month's notice:

;Cr -IP-filar -0-11-D-o,;niii,;«f that II lb.Sa.rveyor is
now ;ailed in or a committee formed, the public will
think that the owners laud occupier. of Wm Park hese
some right to expect the Board to do somethin,c. But
the duties of the owners of the Park are not fulfilled.
When they have done that duty, then lot them 04.11111
to the Board, tie should now refer to the question of
drainage, white is entirely different from teat of the
roads. Sir John Ooode bat said the Park drains moat be
raked, and this is rosily the serious question, and not
a moment should be bet In bringing it before the
Board, that what is neeeseary may be done. It would
be advisable to assertain from bit Jobb Goode what Is
neneeary, and this to lay lowa snob main drains a•
the Board ought to lay, as Ise Palk is an Integral
part of the boraces. Bat if, se Sir John Ooode *aye,
lin drains must be relied, the retie mast also be
raimd, and that will be • work for the owners of the
property to do themselves. Before a single other
fonadetion le laid in the Park, they might to know how
far the reads must be raised, not by aed by for a
=ls find that ins ground door is a foot or two
the level of the road.
The Karon again Bind the Park people have a
mistreat" la not receiving the full benefit from Ilse rates,
and they are entitled to all the Meat' that other
parts of the town receive, as quite target that there
was ao ebilgatioa is the Local Board at present to
leaped then reads, and he had sot dose is odiettily
bosom they did set esegasise the Pork ea hslnssias to
the Lail ANA. BO the lasi &sod hoe Ilty