The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

THE POILIO LIGHTING.

Alderman Mllledge mild the °Plumlike. met last even-
ing, and many of the Gas Company Board were present.
He thought the most prudent coarse to adopt was to
ascertain from the ras proprietors, in the first piece, the
way in which they proposed to light the poblia lamps,
the 0014, as to meterage and how the meter. were to be
placed, and elan what aim burner was to be us,-d. It
was arranged that this information should be tarnished
to the Board at twat/nu meeting.
Alderman Howard celled attenUon to the different*
between the Act of Parliament for the Weymouth Gam
1 Gammon of 1856 and the new celopeny of 1867. That
lin the 1867 Act the Manes reetrieting the company to •
charge not exceeding es I. for lighting each midi°
lamp was omitted; so that they might charge £.5 or £lO
If they shoes
The Mayor: There La. limiL
Mr. Howard: They MD &ergs aa much as the lowest
price paid by any consumer.
The Mayor: Yes; on there Le • limit.
Mr. Howard: In the present Act also • Manse for the
removal of the gas she! to for certain purposes oat
omitted, and another very Important section-Alva 30th
of the old Act, which gave authority to the Lois' Board
to appoint some competed t person to test the quality of
the gas. In the new Act thin Gould only be done by
two justices, and he thought it most Improper that the
power Amid be taken from the Local Board, who
represented the ratepayen—the persons interested. He
1 whited to ask Mr. litteggall why them clauses were
omitted.

Mr. Pothecary : Because the Act. ant cousin to the
; Weymouth and Portlaed Railway Act. I never saw it
on this table. That's the way we are robbed of oar
rights. Hot it's ao use talking about it now we can't
' rut them in again. I see by the gas account before me
that the two lamps opposite his worship's house (the
lights for *hippies instead of the Jaek•ln•the.basket)
sonsonse 40 feet of gas per boar.
The Mayer: Very likely; I never tested them.
Pathecary I saa show you SOllle that eras%
bars coo foot aa hoer. Those two lamps cost £4O&
year.
The Mayor: That ia agca.t saris,; the Jecket-ia-
tb..bugsg light used to mot L'Bo or £9O a year.
Mr. Sterstorld he got • OGP7 of the Act by the
Mayor's d : be never had any Instructions about
the obtusee refined to.
The Mayor said the Bill wee laid oit that table.
Mr. Potbseary : I newer sew It: what samba of the
Conseil did?
Th. Mayor: I for cow Mr. Mason also said he dld.
Other Coseeillors said they didn't.
The libizr said the Coattail would Dever have wet a
dew la AO So Ibe gi Pelting wah Wip

to two guineas, and in the arbitration Mr. Darden it
ut increased amount because big enntreet would expire
in November, and it was understood that the proud
eompany would be able to get an enhanced jries.
"r• ?"heotri called attention to the 68th section
whieh prohibits absrehohlers of the gas conapany from
T"tine In any matter affecting them. and be ad only
three or four of tin m would be left to transact the
hnsines. as to the public lighting.
Ileyor : The rest can talk.
The subject then dropped.
lIIPROV 88888 .
Dr. Smith's offer u to the improvemeot of the
entrancs to the town, reported at Last Cana, woe
iweepted.
Arntoging for the watering of the *trate completed
the business.