The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-15 00:00:00

IRISH PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION.

One of the subjects which the present Government,
on their assumption of office, decided to refer to a
Royal Commission was that of the development of the
material resources of Ireland by means of Public
Works. This commission was constituted in October
last, and consisted of Sir James Allport, as chairman,
Mr. James Abernethy and Mr. J. Wolfe Barry, two
leading civil engineers; and Mr. Joseph T. Pim, a
prominent Dublin merchant. The reference to this
commission covered three main subjects: (1) Deep Sea
Fishing, and the harbours and communications needed
for it; (2) Arterial Drainage, with special reference
to the three great rivers of the Shannon in the
West, the Barrow in the south, and the Bann in
the north ; (3) Railways—the 'management of
existing lines and the provision of extensions.
The commission ds3cided to begin with the second
question, which stands somewhat apart trona the
others, and which can more easily be dealt with in.
mid-winter than the harbours. They have personally
inspected the basins of the Shannon, the Barrow, and
the Bann, besides other districts where important
arterial drainage works exist, or are in progress, and
have taken a considerable amount of evidence both
on these special cases and on the general question of
arterial drainage. It may be gathered from Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach's reply to the Ulster Liberal
Unionists, reported in the newspapers of Dec.3l, that
a report may be expected from this commission
before Easter on this branch of their inquiries. After
disposing of the question of arterial drainage, the
commission will proceed to the consideration of the
railway question, about which so much interest is felt
in Ireland, and thence to that of the Deep Sea
Fisheries.

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