The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

The CLIRR road his report which be had prepared
in accordance with • resolution passed at • former
meeting relative to the question of liability or son-
liability of the trustees of the late Mr. l'hilip Dod•
son, to pay compensation for any damage that might
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have been done n breaking up the surface of the
roads in carrying out his contract under the
Local Board of Health. He first of all quoted
from the deed under which the contract
was taken as showing that Mr. Dodson was
liable to compensate for or make good all damage to tho
surface of roads or lands, all drama, walls, buildings.
fic., done by him in carrying ant the contract, reported
by the Surveyor or engineer to the works. The con-
tract had been carried out under the engineer who had
given his certificate for Mr. Dodson to receive his
money under the contract. There might have been
damage done to the surface of the roads, but he (the
Clerk) thought that the matter ought to have been
looked into at the time. The present surveyor was not
in a position to say in what state the roads were previous
to their being broken up, codas three years had been
allowed to elapse since the work was carried out, he
could not recommend the Board to take legal proceed-
ings against the representatives of the late Mr. Dodson
to recover any amount for damage that might now be
alleged to have been done.
The luspector of Nuisanoec presented his report.
lie complained of several IIUisaIICES which were ordered
to be attended to.
There were a large number of applications for water
and drainage, the whole of which were entertained.
The Surveyor, in reply to a question by a member said
he bad made two hundred connections from private
properties with the main drain.
'Hie CLEM( said he had a letter from Mr. Pouncy,
photographer, in reference to the drainage of his
premise. He understood it contained some very severe
remarks re meeting himself, but he had not read it, nor
did lie intend to read it. Any member of the Board
could read it if lie chose.
'hue 51.‘loit said Mr. l'ouncy had written a very foolish
letter which he thought that gentleman, on serious
reflection, must feel heartily sorry for.
Mr. GALION asked the Surveyor if it was true he had
sometime since urged Mr. Pouncy to drain his premises.
The Suavgrou replied that when the water was laid
on in October last, he stmcgly urged upon Mr. Pouncy
the desirability of drainage, but Mr. Pouncy positively
refused. He said he only wanted the water, be
did not want to drain. He (the Surveyor) considered
that drainage was needed very badly.
The Board, nuder these circumstances, declined to
open the letter.
The Surveyor's report was also read. He had ex-
amined the encroachnients made in the erection of the
Wilts awl Dorset Bank, as directed. The window sills
were within the prescribed limits, but there was •
moulding in Friary-lane, two feet above the pavement
at one end of the building and three feet above the
pavement at the other end, which projected over the
pavement inches beyond the original foundation,
and which was very inconvenient for foot.passengers.
There was also a moulding 9 feet above the pavement
which extended 8 inches over the boundry, but this
was not an inconvenience to foot passengers on account
of its height.
Mr. ANDREWS read • report from Mr. Gregory,
the builder of the new bank, to the effect that 60
superficial feet had been given up to the public.
Mr. Jowerr said that the new building had been
set back an inch and half at the lower end, coming
out to a point at the upper end of the premises.
Mr. GALVIN said that under these circumstances
80 feet could not have been given up. He supposed
the moulding could be reduced so as to do away
with the danger at present existing.
The SURVEYOR said the moulding could be considera-
bly reduced without injury to the building, but not
to so great an extent as 3i inches.
Mr. GALVIN thought the projections very objec-
tioniable, especially in the CUR of children who
might knock their heads against the angular projec-
tions and greatly injure them.
Mr. ANDREWS proposed that the Surveyor should
• meet Mr. Gregory upon the subject in order to decide

the point. -
Mr. Gstrtu thought they should act upon the
report of their own Surveyor, and he therefore pro-
las:ed that the Mayor be requested to see the pro-
prietors of the Bank to request their removal of the
projection. If they would not consent to do this,
the subject must be brought before the Board again.
The report of the General Purposes Committes was
also read. The report set forth that the Committee
had carefully considered the suggestion of Mr.
Buser for borrowing I:2,000, to be repayable in 20
years, for the purpose of new paving the borough, and
they had contrasted the results of that plan with that
of a usoderate outlay annually. A question might
probably arise how far an authority would be granted
for borrowing money for repaving a part of the
borough to be charged on the rates levied over the
entire district • and if authority should be obtained to
.raise the L'2,060 on the whole of the rates, there would
be • payment of £lOO in liquidation for 20 years, besides
interest which during the first 5 years would amount
to £450, the and 6 years 1325, 3rd 5 years LIMO, and
the 4th 5 years £75, total interest £1,050. On the
other hand an annual outlay of 000 would in the
course of 5 years go very far to place the pavements
of the Borough in a satisfactory condition. The oom-
niittee had authorised Oa provisional employs:wait of
competent workman to prepare a ilaisaiity of old
material for curb stones for the narrow thoroughtmes,
and they considered by this plan and the purchase of
purbeck fletnera, Bell-street up to Wollaston-field.
Friar-plane, and Church-lane, and other places might
be repaired during the present year. They therefore
recounnended this course as most advisable. The re-
port was adopted, and after the transaction of other
business, the meeting separated.