The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

T;:t SVIIVETDU AND TIES RnAD NORA Prim

The M Aron, after reading the report of the lii-peetor
of Ntasalusta. I 1111111111 l talon the mil lie of the listed a
its pet, • ...eh% h. wami the sit. worm aunt In quieter
✓e.; ectiag two pateat red svrapera. It will he re.
eolleetail that l time since, a commiitee wile
to define the &diee of the win...pm end
t▪
he ias,..etir, and that they allotted to the livoiectur
t'r or ,erving and avrecriiii; of Om nada, the I
rein at if nitlwaleci, Sm. The Inspertor
to I. ke law-a ielion of to.i rout-ow umehities
whiel. wem in me, lout the Sarveyur refused to let hint
have ti else, 11. In. said they ware his own private
pruy Ia y, he had oceasi 111 l ally set his men to, scrape ;
the ro.ids iii defiance of the initructione that he had .
Ti.. )layor said that the Surveyor had
aum .1 that the scraper* were really his
.. iv—that they sere pureltasisl by li.ni.in.l that
he TAT not ainaeotiently give them up to *tom. U-
Liilbury. fie hail made Inullllrlell re-peeling
the titattyr, and it appeared (hunt they 'tree °shred by .
the rim vt yor last year of Mr. Jesty. They had never ;
been paid for. and Mr. Jeity hid Lady made
esiion to the Town ('lark for payment, a. Im
umber:mod they were •uppliml for the use of 1111.1
Mi. Pitman maid, the subject haul been fiequently
bruurlt lefore that Ititanl. There was no doubt that
these patent maelines saved a great deal of militia
labour, aml as they were bought for the town, he mom
tend.tl that the Surer) or, alter the duties of road-
serevitil were taken from him, ought to give them up.
The surveyor, having been called in, a iii that the
server* were his OWII private property; he purchased
them hitimelf at Err 10s. each.
Mr. Thompson proposed that the Board should order
• new
Mr. Hibbs inquired what kind of machines there
were with regard to doing their work.
Tim Surveyor replied that they were very good ones.
Mr. Deventsh asked iihether It- bought them for
himself, or whether it was beam*, he was surveyor to
the Boast ?
The Surveyor said he law one at work, and when he
saw Ma. dusty he told him to semi • couple. Ile sup'
purl that the Board would want them.
The Mayor—That 14 West I bare given to un-
derst.ool. You bought them for the board.
The :surveyor said he had not. lite did not kunw
that the Inapector hail to scrape the while of the roads.
Tle M .)or--% 1' by it is in your instruettims.
The Surveyor said it was not in Ida instruct one.
His ilnti was to keep the roads in repair, sail 1 wis
impos•lde for him to he ram...loth:Ai for the proper re-
pair .4 tin roads if they were to be 'weaned by others.
Mr. hlibtu. thought that as the Surveyor wee held
respowohle fir tin, repair of the roads. that the scraping
of them should alms be under Ilia mound.
Mr. Pitman said the. Inspector ••iiever toed to serape
no limas," but when tim committee was appointed thay
decided that he was the proper party to .crape, awlep
and water them.
The Mayor—And the Surveyor has since set men to
serape the road* with these acrapers contrary to his ill.
structiohs.
Mr. Devenish—ls this in the copy of instructions
furnished him?
Mr. Pitillstt —lle laui been tad over wail over again
tit it is the Imireetoes duty.
Mr. Devenish—li doei not appear in the Surveyors
i nal ructions.
Mr. l'itanan—What I mean to say is, we shall never
gvt ..ii if we go on in this fashion.
The Surveyor wag then told to knee the 'OOlll.l
31r. T 1111 l alas mid he was one of the 1111 l to de-
flue liar utuitun,, of the Stirimyor and Inspector, hut he
wit, ii pinion that the two °dices should be merged
taut,) One.
TM- Mayor—l have told Lowman myself that he
must not interfere in the at ell, and it ot 510
use for him to say he did not know he most not serape

the road
lievenish—The surveyor IPs responsible for the
raising, lowering, and altering the surfaae of the streets,
an , I cannot are bow lie is to be remains tale for that,
if bia instruetiona are not to serape the streets.
The Mayor—l have told I not to into-fere with
the stn eta at any own house ; if you sopoort him
ag dust my instructions I shall give no further orders.
Mr. Pitman—Mr. Li 'Miry is willing r.o ilis all in his
power. lie don't want no favour our alike snows
him but the eurvernr won't let him have the aeralll 41.
Me. Tie aid I Ile rot Mono him if they are his own.
The Surveyor, on being called in, was wilted by Mr.
LA if he w.iul,l undert•ke the duties of in-
,peetor iit the same salary as hews. now reeriving, and
1.. r. 1u d in the affirmative.
The M iyor—l will not be lininhugged as I have been.
I cannot go on one Jay ordering one man anal the
neat day another.
Mr. Devenish—This all arises from—
Thu Mayor—lt all arises from the Mayor not being
oupourted.
Mr. tyling—Now when you purchased the scrapers,
dial you not purchase them tor the use of the town?
Surveyor —Yes. certainly I did.
Mr. man —He sent for them for the Council.
Mr. Devenish —You would uot have sent for this,.,
if you had not beeu surveyor ?
Surveyor—Certainly not, 1 should not have had any

use for 'rm.
Ur. Devenbeh—llove you paid for them?
The Surreyur said he beet out.
The )(spa—That is just what I have sail, and the
Town Clerk has hail the bill went in to him. The
machines are nut his. They were purelisaesl for the
loan.
Mr. Pitmen said the surveyor and inspector did not
pull together, and the surveyor was ia iiireci opposition
to thi. .yor.
Mr. Devenish—Then I would discharge him. We
ought not to remain in this state. What is right should

be done.
The Ilaror —I will not give soother order
hr. Hibbs thought that the road gasping and other
duties transferred to the Inspector tartetly belonged to
the Surveyor. When • drain, for instAnce, minima
altering, be thought he should report the matter to the