The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-07 00:00:00

KIRKDALE.

Mr. Dover moved a sewerage rate of B'l for Kirkdale,
He stated that the rate was certainly very heavy, bat the
explanation was tact until lately there had been scarcely
any E ewPrage at all there.
Mr. Woodruff tlmaght it realty an injustice npo-ri the
()wren of property iTl:Kirkol.ale to come down upon them
for 81 There was little or no trade in that di,tr,et. The
streets were very much cut up by the traffic from the
docks, from which no revenue arose to the inh,bitan's.
Mr. Dover was very happy to say, that the position of
Kirkdale, so far from being as represented by Mr. Wocd-
ruff, one of despair, was quite the reverse. It happened,
unfortunately, for Mr. Weodrnff's argument, that the
docks were causing a great deal of trade in Sir kdale, and
a large number of buildings were being ereete4. which
paid very heavily to the rates. As a confirmation of these
facts, the rates were ld. less now than at the same time
last year. The Pante, remarks would apply to Everton.
The rate wee then passed.
The following rates were also passed :—paving, ls. 3d. ;
water, ld.; general rate, 3d.
Illaßvaarox : Mr. Dover moved the following rateq for
Everton, which were p9s,sed :—sewerage, 5d ; paring,lod.;
water, Id.; general rate 41.

WEST DERBY : The following rates were also passed :
sewerage, 6d. ; paving, is 6d. ; water, Id. ; general rate,
sd.
Torrwrn P;►Rw.: The following rates were passed :
sewerage, ; paving, lg. ; water, Id. ; general rate, 6d,
A fire pc.lice rate of one fartbng in the pound, and a
watch rate of about lid. were also laid.
Mr. Banner asked that so much of the proceedings of
the Cherch Expenditure Committee, as related to the
appointment of churchwardens to the Corporation churches
might be taken then, as it required confirmation as early
es possible, and to avoid the chanc3 of delay by adjourn-
ment.

The suggestion was agreed to, and the names of churc!-
wardens recominen led by Cie committee for the corpora-
tion churches, were read and confirmed.

FINLISCE COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee were read. They
comprised the following venom vend itions :—Recornmeda-
tion to increase the salary of Mr. Fleazer Roberts, Clerk
in the Migistrates Clerk's office, from £lOO to £l3O per
annum, the consideration of which was pnstp-ned at the
last monthly council, pursuant to the standing orders.
Recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. William
Jameson, governor of the borough gaol, at Walton, from
£450 to £550 per annum, the consideration of which was
postpone,' at the last monthly council, pursuant to the
standing orders. Recommendation to purchase a lease-
hold shop and warehouse, on the north side of Hanover-
street, in the occupation of Mr. Robinson, for ,£7OO.
Recommendation to accept the tender of Mr. E. T.
Kearsley for coals and slack for the establishments of the
corporation other than the waterworks.
Mr. Alderman S Holme moved the confirmation of the
first recommendation to raise the salary of Mr. Eleavr
Roberts from £lOO to £l3O a year. lie observed -Oat
the recommendation wis strongly supported by the
magistrates, Mr. Roberts having been in the service for
four years, and having fulfilled his duties in the most
,treditahle mann'r.
The recommendation was unanimously confirmed. .

Mr. Alderman S. Helene, in moving the second recom-
mendation as to the increase of Mr. Jameson's salary from
£450 to £550 per annum, said that the applicaion first
came before a meeting of magistrates, at which there were
-,.from Mitt) 18 gentlemen present. Nearly every person
Dreamt 'bore personal testitn ny to the efficiency of
Mr. 'Jameson; and it was unanimously resolved
to recommend the council to increase his salary
"'by
£lOO. Since then he (Mr. Holme) had procured the
returns of eleven of the principal gaols in, the kingdom,
including those of Manchester, Birmingham. Salford,
• .3Xaidetone, Ho.-semongor-lane, &e., and he found that the
average number of prisoners in each of those ga Is was 566,
and the average salary paid to the governor £465, o e or
two having salaries as high as £6OO. In Liverpool the
average number of prisoners amounted to 832, but in
,February last they numbered as many as 1,144. He should
confess, however, that when the application first came
before the magistrates his impression was that Mr. Jame-
- son was paid a very reasonable salary. He, however,
visited Kirk late for the purpose of seeing for himself the
duties which Mr. Jameson had to perform, and from what
be witnessed was led to c-onsider Mr. Jameson's anplieation
a. very reasonable one. He might observe that Mr. Jame-
eon was twelve years in the service—two years as prosecu-
tion clerk, five years clerk to the magistrates, and five years
governor of the gaol.
Mr. T. D. Ar:derson seconded the motion, and observed
that the Corporation had not a more meritorious officer in
their employment than the governor of the Borough Gaol.
His duties were very enerou, and he devoted his hest
energies to the execution of them. The chief reason,
however, which indnced the magistrates to recommend the
increase was the Increase of Mr. Jameson's duties consr-
queot on the change of the system in the rear gaol. The
old gaol was conductsd on the associated system ;
the new gaol was cenclueted on a far be-t-r system—the
B,pirats, system, and the differeece in Mr. Jameson's duties
lay in this that whereas under the old system one visit would
do form
ny pi-severs, the separate system required a sepa-
rate visit to e-ch pris eier.
The r!Tommer,2arion was unanimously cor,firmed.
Mr. Allerrean Holree moved the third recommend ition,
and explained that ;sore.: years since an act was obtained
for the wideniag of Hanover street. At that time a con-
siderable portion of property fell out of lease there, and
these leases were not renewed. Other property was also

purchased, but for some reason which he could not explain
not having been at the time d member of the council, the
improvement was not m e. The act was now out of
np'retur,, hut a, thev had A very l 'rg'' "Inn" of proWrtv
at the bott,n of Ro.k 1.-tiee and else,k.here, the time livd
4rrived when they snould carry hut- i- --nts 1:i the
cootragted qi4arifoL.. he hete,,e-ii ettestion vifts heught by
privatcSate, hilt lie ventured to say that the price would be

tunnd a very moderate one,
Mr, Fernibough secondea the recommendation, and
observed that the improvements referred by Mr. It&me
were necessary on sanitary and moral grounds.
The recommendation was confirmed.
Mr. Alderman S. ilolme, moven that the tencier of Mr.
E. T. K-arsley fir coals and slack be accepted, and stated
that it was the lowest of the seven tenders sent in.

The retommendation was confirmed.
Mr. Alderman Holme then• in )ved the confirmation of
the general proceedings, and-. in doing so referred to -the
motion brought forward •at -the last Council by :'Mr
Robertson:Gladstone, for a return of all the property of
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the corporation let to tenants at will and lease. That
return was prepared, and was now ready to be laid on the
table—(Cheers) and he (Mr. Holme.) proposdd that wit
only should it be laid on the table, but that it should be
left the oce. of Mr.. Topping, in. order that evary
member of the Council might• have the opportunity of
examiniogt it. (Cheers.) -
In answer to Mr Beckwith,
The Town Clerk said that the Council had power to put
back or bring forward eny premises for the improvement
of the line of streets.
Tho general proceedings were then coafirmed,
WATCH COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee contained the follow
iag reports :

TO THE CHATRMLN OF THE LIGHTING COMMITTEE.

In accordance h the instructions of the committee the
inspectors beg to report that the practice in lighting the
town has been to place the lamps at an average distance
apart of sixty yards, and alternately on opposite sides of
the street. This practice had been in existence for many
year under the old lighting committee, and has ever since
been adhered to.
As light diminishes in intensity in the ratio of the square
of the distance, the true principle of lighting is obviously
to use lights of small size, placel at short distances apart ;
but the practice here is directly at variance with this
principle, and opposed to the practice of other large towns.
In London the distance is about twenty yards, in Edinburgh
alkert twenty-six, in the recently lighted streets of Paris
abeut sixteen.
Suppose tha lamps to be ?keen at thirty yards apart,
then midway between them',the light -Feuld be as intense
as et present, with about one-foutth the consumption of the
present quantity of gai. Withhalf the quantity of gas the
light would be double: ,
As a counterbalance to the better diffusion of lightd
there is the increased cost of pillare,. and lanterns,
lighting, and cleansing, which,-to -the- bestrof- our-ability
we show in the following etatememt :
At the present time there are in
Liverpool 2,158 Lamps -
Kirkdale.. . . 144 „
Everton ..
West Derby .
Toxteth Park .. 428

3,415

Which, at the contract priee-of --£3.lsaZd aachror
f)r gas, and 17s 3d for lighting, sc., amount to £12,828
las 9d. Supposing therefore the number of lamps to be
doubled in accordance with the princip'es above stated and
only one half the quantity of gas to be consumed by each
lamp, there would be-
-6,830, at £1 9s each for gts ... .M903 10- 0
6,830, at 17s 31 „ lighting, &c 5,890 17

£15,794 7 6

As no higher rate can be levied than the average expen-
diture of the previous seven years, the deficiency must
necessarily, as at present, be paid out of the borough fund.
The ra+e last year was calculated to produce £ 8,46-0 0 0
The expenses were - .

Leaving a defleimcy to be borne by the
b rough fund of . - , , .£4,524 0 0
But if the additional lamps are lighted, and the cost of
lighting is the same per lamp, the excess of expenses
dyer income would be about. . £7,:32-1 0 0
To which must be
-added interest on the cost
of 3,415 lamp-posts (quoting the price paid
for the last contract, #2 2s 3d each, and
adding 1()s each f,,r workmanship in erect-
ing, the amount is £8,921 14s, the inte-
rest on which, at 5 per cent., is
tusking the d,ficieney... ......... £7,770 0 0
It is probable that in consideration of the greater num-
ber of lamps which, under the supposed arrangement,
comaUn tar alior aw0..1 3leNstoa Ly 0/112 WAIL, 1110 c.as vvu.L-
pany might make an abatement for their charge on these
hear e. _

It may be well to remark that in the out-townships,
especially, there exist& g:cat irregularity in the disposition
of the lamps. This arises from the piece-meal way in
which the land has be:n laid cut for building ; sometimes,
for instance, a road has been laid out through land, and
has become only partially built on one side. When appli-
cation for lighting has been made, the lamps have been
necessarily placed on this side only. Then, the other side
of the road has become gradually occupied by houses, but
without any change in the arrangement of the lamps, and
the road. Now, a street remains lighted on one side only.
Paddington and Pembroke.place are cases in point : here,
all the lamps are on the s ,uth side.
The lighting of such places the inspector begs to suggest,
should be readjusted.

C)UBTS AND ALLEYS.

The propriety of lighting the alleys, considered as a
question by itself, admits, we conceive, of no doubt,
but regarded as a matter of finance, it assumes a serious
aspect.
We have made as close an approximation to the number
of-courts and alleys in the borough as could be done,
without an actual survey, and we have reason to believe
that the number hereaf er given is sufficiently accurate to
enable a trustworthy estimate of the cost to be formed.
The court and alley lamps may be assumed to be fixed
on irons attached to the wall.

The average cost of a lamp, iron, and workmanship, we
estimate to be £1
The number of lamps required (allowing
one for each court and passage), is
2 668, which for gis and lighting, at
£2 6s 3d, amounts to
Cost of irons and fixit g, each /1— C. 1,668,
which at 5 per cent is

£0.,169 15 0

133 8 0

£6,303 3 0

Which, added to the former amount of
deficiency, £7,770, makes a total defi-
ciency chargeable to the borough fund,
of £14,073 3 0

LIGHTING OF LARGE LAMPS,

The inspectors have great difficulty in regulating the
consumption of gas in these lamps, ovviug to the varying
pressure in the ditf rent. localities, and at different hours
of the night,
The I amp in Scotland road—to which the meter is
attached, with the intention of making it a standard guage
—is so exposed to this varying presiure that unless a
rew ilator he anpliA, it will not fulfil the intention.
'But the inspect Ors respectfully suggest that a meter
and regulator be applied to each of the lamps, as they are
of opinion, that by this being done, the cost of lighting
Kill be greatly diminished, and the risk of disagreement
with the Gas Company prevented.
The cost of each regulator, as stated in Parkinson's price
list, is 905., making; with the annual rent of each 18 light
meter at 16s. 6d, she cost of applying the apparatus to
the eleven lamps already erected £l3 45., and the annual
cost of applying it to each additional lamp 16s. 64.
Sites approved for large lamps now in stock :—Old Hay-
market and Manchester street ; Wavertree road, entrance
to New Park ; Low hill, at Necropolis ; Great Croashall
street, Tithebarn street, 'Mary bone, New Quay and Chapel
I street:

Sites suggested, for additional lamps :—St. James's place
and Mill street ; Upper Parliament street, Blair street, and
St. James's road ; Upper Parliament street and Prince's
Paqz road ; Everton village and Everton road ; Kirldale
road aid Notherfield road North ; Kirkdale road and
Boundary street; Scotland road and Athol street ; London
read, by the Monument ; Berry street, Renshaw street,
and Bold street; St. George's Bath..., east side; Hurst
street and New Wapping ; Great George square, Dr.
Raffle's Church ; Waterloo place, the present large lamp
to be removed to Wolstenholme square,

If the committee think it advisatle, it is easy to intro-
dace a fountain in lieu of the g anise base, or 9therwise
to vary the ornaments of the limp pobt, an ,t even to reduce
its cost.

In respect to the introduction of reflectors, the inspectors
hwe to observe that this would necessitate the use of
argand burners and glass chimneys, because the jets at
preent used would blacken the reflectors in a few minuteg,
aid render thern, of course, useless. The apparatus would
be expensive, the consumption of gas equally so, and the
trouble and consequent cost of clea.nirg and keeping in
orde' would be much increased. Probably, all that the
committee desire to effect may be obtained by substituting
some polished metal for the roof glass, and also, it may be,
for the upper portion of the side panes. Still, the difficulty
of keeping these quasi reflectors in order would be very
great.

LIGHTING OF URINAL/1,
The inspectors beg to report that it appears to them