The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-16 00:00:00

THE DOCK BOARD

The 'Week!, tueetino• ef thts bdaid tVas t'estei(tay
in the dock Offices. -.21:c. tharlea Tnrue-I, " otc tehtr
• •
The othei Meinheis. k eAiiVtFore,—
hand, IA ' ngtori raVra: Alfred,, Atkin 3t ~ndell,
LOckeitt, Pin•hysfli e, Sear, 13oult, Bushel, Farnworth,
DiotANbank, Inman, Rubbvk, Evans, and Littledale.

The business before. the meeting comprised a recom-
mendation made by the committee for the .manage-
ment' of the docks and quays, to grant -a retiring:
allowance of 4125 per annum to Mr.. Thomas Herbert,
late Albert Dock master; also a recommendation to
allow, the sum of £25 to the Brunswick DereX rnaster,
in aid of his expenses in realoVing from the
Dock and to eohstriiet and pa-6 a transit shed Fitt the
Wellington". boek; rition tWO ,gicind ailprOipriated to
Messrs: Allen; Br-Alien arid On.; and to Irec like them
to itly frint far the same at the rate of . 4006.
(Ai the reading
.of proceedhino's of the Works'
Committee, the tender of Aessrs„Menk and Berrington,
.for pavir6 roads, quays, and yardi a 4 tirkenheak was
aceeptedl as also the, lender of .Nr, Mullin, to
remove the Slim at thb WellingtonDoCh to the West of
the queen's Dock, for the sum of
.4480; was accepted—
the work to be completed within six weeks.
Mr. LAIRD asked if the chairman of the Works Com-
mittee could inform him if the tender' for paving inclUded
that portion At the upper part of the float at Birkenhead.
The CRAIRMAN replied in the affirmative.
SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCE. TO SIR. ItERSERT.
The next subject before the board was td,consider the
recon'irnendatioft of the CoMmitthe for, the Amingerilent
of the Docks and Quays td grant a retiring atiotVanCe df
£125 per annum td n Tliontas Herbert, late -Albert
Dock rnaster. 1.„
tt•ANS (who was very indistinctly• heard) wished
to know a little more abort this sultet. ife aiked
wilt salary Mr. rxerbert fihdOtite he Was tn. the i'ei Ice
Of the Dock Hoard.
The CHA.irokii said hat lie received £250 per annum,
I)esideS'being allowed a house td live in. The state of
his health was such, at present that in the opinion of
the committee it was thought desirable that another
person should be appointed in his stead, and that he
himself shouldretire on a superannuati(,n'pension, the
amount of which the committee fixed at £125. The
committee had reason to believe that the state of the
man's health wholly,incapatitated hint front perferniing
his duties in a satisfaetoty manna..
• I*. EVANS considered,that 4125 *as bid large,a SIM
to'allow hint. • '
Mr. tOcktiT stated `thAt the faiiiiiVua gam which
the committee Wei'e generally in the habit of awarding
serVants was put down for Mr. Herbert.
Ito had been an old servant, and'a.very good servant, f
the board, and had performed valuable services while in
active duty; brit now, being in his declining years, it
was found that he could not perform his work so efficiently
as formerly. He hoped that the board would adopt the
suggestion of the committee, and recommend that stun to
be awarded to him

Mr. EVANS was opposed to the. granting tit the Open
annaation pension in this Cisc, it *Ad be establish-
ing a bad precedent, which he did Tiot at all wish to.sce
carried oat. lie wished to know, how long he lia,d been
in the service of the board. ,

The CHAIR:VIAN.: replied that h I'va's in 'the'
for about twenty: f'ou'r
. Mr, lite'EftriEiiii3Or'. said that Mr. Herbort was about
silty-four yipars of age: •
The CHAIRMAN remarked that there bad been several
complaints as .to the Working of the dock, and the
harbour master was of opinion, that as Mr. Herbert's
health had been for some time in an indifferent state,
he was wholly and totally incapable of perforating the
'duties of his office in a satisfactory manner. The Matter
came before the board, and on being referred to the
committee, they recommended- that it was absolutely
necessary he should retire,
_and a superannuation
allowance should ve alloWed hint..

This- sugpstion-Df -the- eoltraittte*az -thtn brottght
before the board.

Mr. LotitETt paid n, high enlogiitm to Mr. Herbert's
condact while in office, and said that he Wie One of the'
Moit npn'glit servants' that:conid fie ifo\ine,
Mr. Rune/wk. obseried that ttle edlirse usually
adopted in Awarding s4pehnndation allowance, was
that the retiring officer was to be awarded one-third of
:the salao he received while in active service.
he CHAIRMAN said that taking that average, the
one-third of Mr. Herbert's salary, exclusive of what his
house,was worth, would be about £1,50. •
, Mr.; ;EVANS moved as. .an amendment, that he be
alloted-only a retiring pension of £lOO per Ondthil•
Mr. BROCRLERANK seconded the amendment:
Mr. :MoithEr,' had knorin the clockniaster tor a
number. of years—since .1836---and always.belieVed he
was a-person possessed of considerable-#:.11: " ;NI as.a
man of unquestionable ttiletitt•:;-: I.l.edel 11'4'14.) lie
also thought that the Servioes of this man could be made
available and. valuable tor :the doek estate, by Placing
lib% for instance, in the position of surveyor of. ships!.
cargoes, or some such 'anointment, ,and Where his
knowledge, •eperienee, and skill could h iiide most
valuable and remunerative tp thb lidarch It Was- quite
evident that hid neiVes alid strength, at present, were
not safikient, to meet the requirements of his situation
as aockmaster.

The CHAIRMAN then read the letter that had been
written' to the board by Mr. Herbert, at the time that
he applied for this allowance. In it he stated the ntim"-
ber of years he had been in the service of the board,
and the efficient, faithful, • and trustworthy manner in
which he had performed the duties of his odlee. lie
now felt that his declining health incapacitated hint
from discharging these responsible duties so Well as he
had done when in more hearthy'and invenile Cond4;•
tion. Ho was sixty-four Years. of age, fOr.the last
two years his nervous system had 'sustained g'rea't shOeits
from the harassii* and label:ions Wott, both by day and
night, had 'at seaiddt of the
,year, which he was
caned upon. te Perform. On the (1)., lid of March,. 1837 y.
he enterea the service of the Dock Board in good health,
Leung and strong, but now, from the arduous duties he
bad to get through. for the last twenty-four years, he
found his constitution had undergone an alteration for
the worse.
The -chairman then took the votes d the 'board on
the 'amendment.

Against .ohairman; Messrs. Boult,
'Farp.Avotti,
.itankin, Inman, Laird, Langton, Littledale,
Lockett,,Darbyshire, Mondel, Aikin, Arnold, Shand. and.
Smith-16.
For it.—. Messrs. Evans, Brocklebank, Hubback, Se-
gar, _ and Tobin-5.
The CHAIRMAN declared the amendment lost by a
majority of 16 to 6.
Mr. MoNvEr., proposed a motion to this of eat, that
if:any suitable employment Toad 'Vacant .under
the Dock Board, Mr. Iterbert Simuld be appointed to it,
and that his snperannuation allowance should then cease.
1-AE TRANSIT SHED OF THE WELLINGTON DOCK.
In reply to. Mr. Boult relative to the berth appro-
priated. by Messrs. Allan and Co., and the amount of
rent they are to pay for the same,'
Mr. LOCKETT said the secretary had written to Messrs.
Allan on the subject.
'. 'A letter .was received from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and
Company, relative to the difficulties they triCoanteied
the indemnity laid by the board on,shiOs iii tirkenbeacl.
It was referred to the Committee tot the Manageinent
of Docks and (ittayS,
A letter as gig) read from the Liverpool dock gate-
graying the board to adopt some measures whereby
they could be accommodated with suitable dwelling
houses within the walls of the docks, .and not be put to
the inconvenience of having to ,walk sOrne.miles to their
residences, as at present,
fter some discussions the tatter was referred to the
~rks Committee.
Other 'Unimportant cornmniiicationshavinm been read,
and referred to the several committees to which the
subjects contained in them referred, the hoard rose.