The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

BRIEILLEY HILL.

Lee %T. BOMA) OP iiIW.TII. —Am adjourned meeting, of
lid; Beard was held on Monday last, at the Survsyor's
etlises, High-street ; Mr. H. Cook in the chair. The fol-
lowing members of the Board wire also present :
Menem Cele v. Ces•nn. Fletcher, Grove, J, rtieA,
Scriven, Idemett,l3-theri Steward. • -
Th.• Rua Is Committee rweortel that the question of the
p•rnernsitt improvements required by the streets and
roads had been considered, and it was Britight that the
Level, Jeltn-street, Mill-street, Amblecote Bank. Bank-
street, Moor-street, ttell-street, Turner'a-lane, Chapel.
greet, Williams-street, Senth-street, Fenton-3treet,
Delph-lane, Lower Delph-roml. and Hill-street, ahould
be permanently improved. This could he done for
CL•2I3 7t, from the plans and specifications prepared by
the deptity surveyor. The committee ohm repotted that
owners ill certain undedicated streets should be served
with notices, as in the eases of Albion and Cottage
51w-eta. Tire report pledged the Board to apply to the
railway compury to make secure the fencing in Bell-lane,
and recommended that the B.rminghatu Canal Company
should be written to relative to the bridge at the leve'.
The report wee adopted ricer c..l.—The Sanitary Com-
mittee renorted that Mr. min's contract won'd termi•
note on tine 1-t January, 15ti9. Tire committee hart ob-
tained information from Oldbury. and fonnd that the
plan of the removal of the nightsoil was dillerent in that
town. They recommended that the offer of Mr. Corbett,
to find a piece of had at a nominal rent upon which to
deposit the rubbish. should be accepted, and that the
retepayers should be informed of the change by adver. 1
tisement. Those parties who declined to empty their
privies should Inc charged a certain sum, according to the
size of the house. to be fixed try the Board. The report
concluded by directing the inspeetor to visit the ilaugh.
ter houses in the town, and report to the Beall. A
nnmber of member* believed that ifs spot were provided
for the deposit of nightsuil, many persona woeld cleanse
theirown aolrpiia, ite. A horse and cart might be hired,
and the privies of those who dealieed to empty them
might be cleansed by the Board. The Clerk read • letter
fr•rio the Oldbury Board of Health, in which it was stated
that the plan adopted in that town was succesaftil, and
cost the Board a little more than £5 per year. Th 3 re-
port wan received anti adopted.—The Chairman rend a
letter from the Wolverhampton Office of the Great Wet.
tern Railway Company, drawing the attention of the
Board to the state of the street near the Level crossing st

Brattell Lane. It was almreit inipawrible. The Clerk
%Ili directed to reply, and point oat the various places left
in a dangerous condition by the companp.—Thin was the
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whole of the business.

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Cantos OF AS3 WLT.—At the Petty Sessions, on
Thursday last, William Skidmore WIN charaw I by Benja-
min Abberley with assaulting him on the 2nd Mat. Fr )tn
the evidense it appears a row ensued, and tars dafeudant
threw a st me at him, nod knocked too of his teeth out.
Several witnesses were called on eieh side. Def, u lant
wss lined lOs and costa; in default three weeks hard
labour.