Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

;s to her 31

d to be £74-71

?lan of a

Iroache3 to the new Library and Museum
council agreed upon in August, 1857•
it features in the plan is a hi ;h-level terrace

e-yard will be appropriated

ius the northern boundary of
the Islinnton end

The terrace at

.t the Dale-st

will be eigl-

'end, the

and ascent will

rm. ounted

Nl4sti
ka.,°t4aoi

will be fronted

;ervals, thirteen

The- terrace will be

aple carriage way, with room

width of the st:

the (

t will be

en or sixteen yards to about
considered that the communi-
g-t. on at the one end, and
Aber, will be
tions. The c

facilitated and
st of these approaches

the extent of land izilich the
the purpose will be about 4,000.

.ed that the recommendation

of Mr. Johnson, who had been in• the

arteen ycars,
!condo(' the

be adopted

Loiioa,- which was

the allowance to Mr. Baines be
from £lOO to £2OO per annum.
aced use made of the Liverpool
council, and other public bodies,
lied Mr. Baines to take larger
and the. finance committee,

r. Baines'S gFcat knowledge, great efficiency,
acquaintance in the local affairs and genefal

time ha

to the sa

114,,1137 opposition.
tee Alderman Holme proposed the adoption of
til;,llendation regarding the approaches to the Pre.
the brY. He said, some gentlemen seemed to consider that
tot 'ti,°Posed plan was getting in the thin end, of the wedge,
lt,lien,-;e'burpose of carrying' out the "high-level bridge
He now wished to state, with all frankness, that,
idea considered the originator, as probably he was,
‘,N -;„;,.;j100 of a high-level bridge there, having b.
Ll/411'h scheme before the council, and the council by a ver,
intend Illajoritv having rejected it, he never since had
,414a-l'el) nor did he now intend, in opposition to so large
as y, to moot that question at all. (Hear, hear.) So
4tvQ;Pese plans were concerned, he never saw them, and
te,,,',uad the slightest communication with the surveyor with
to them ; and knew no more about them than any
trikZ,lrlernbr, until they were laid upon the table of the
)ek.'"ttee. This much, however, he found that, -some two
tf s aZo in consequence of difficulties regarding the levels
George's Hall and the neighbourhood, which included
Geo'evels of Shaw's-brow, a joint committee of the St.
tliatr4e's Hall and library committees was formed, and to
got onllll,ln_i_ttee, the
_whole subject of the levels was referred,
-'s Hall, but also with refer-
-- Thecommitteemet in

trough

- ueu c. George
t°ll,ll,22evels around Shaw's-b.
43',,`"1—be believed he was himself absent at the time
fbc,„the drawings which he now held in his hand were
4 roe The plan was brought before the council, with
kbies,-PraMendation that it should be adopted, and it was
theiloted by the council. ' The plan now brought up by
ty v Tillice committee was precisely a copy of that sanctioned
bee,;le council in 1857, and, in consequence of its having
' the platform of the building was erected.
t(ist bad, been asked, since he came into that room, what the
ti%„the platform was, and whether the surveyor's estimate
,Nbryo was an addition to the amount. He had ascer-
kr that the original estimate of the surveyor for the
krb,°l',lll of the building was £2,000, but he stated as a
tltii,?nat marvellous circumstance that, instead of £2,000
bon!Pent, in consequence of the excellence of the founda-
kaih-' entire cost of the platform was ,E 1,452 18s sd, being
Naill'°/lsiderably less then the original estimate. Then, that
,',,aving. been approved by the council, it became the
ditee-fiel's duty to carry it out. He had carried out the
riaeris which he then received; and although the
as at present contemplated, might be as, under
Niifattell:nstances it would be, a high level 'platform, it
ee so constructed that it might, at any future day,
,4eia',„:4llded without anything more than merely the end
'trot' taken out, if the council should even hereafter think
it rPSite to construct a high level bridge for the purpose
°the leving the pressure of traffic upon Church-street, and
places. It would not, however, be at all necessary,
lite:,spthe council so thought fit, to carry it out beyond the
N the baildino. itself. At present, Shaw's-brow was
fkilr:Plirteen yards' wide, and it was now contemplated to
t4l- all imnroved street by means of land purchased under
ekt,t4 provement Aet—a street of twenty yards wide—thus
tkc't ing cut in that neighbourhood a very great and impor-
to" improvemea If the plan had not been sane-
qed, they would be in the same difficulty as with regard
(14 t• George's Hall,' only to a much greater extent. The
lily,bther course would be to have a line of steps, which
1,(l have been so objectionable that the whole town would
letei Condemned it. The surveyor had therefore made a
area approach to the building, so that carriages could drive
lre'„the upper portion of Shaw's Brow, and set down
44,1.`"Y at the door ; and in so doing, had made the only
blamable safe and proper approaches to a building of that
ever and importance ; and had scrupulously, in
,
gen' respect carried out--and only carried out -- the dime-
-41,1,4 Which the council gave him in 1857. Mr. Holme
ai moved that the recommendation be confirmed.
,111; Cooper seconded the motion.
e •
e
tie" Town-clerk read the following memorial on the
e' which was signed by a large number of inhabitants
4 20 tiejeidtbonrhood
Ilrorshipful the _Vizor and the Corporation of the
Borough of Liverpool.
I,IIIIZJ'Y it please your Worship,—We, the undersigned,
I,La'ats of Dale-street, Shaw's-brow, Byrom-street,
`4ll.6,llllarket. and Whitechapel, beg most respectfully to
th.e,me attentiOn of your Worship and the council to the
Rotate
proposed to be made in the approaches to the
11% ar in Shaw's-brow. While yielding to
Re T
.y,
eeding the 'desire of seeing improvements made in the
are thoroughfares of this great and rapidly rising town,
;Net'apprehensive that the platform, proposed to be con-
din froni. of the Free Public-library, is but the thin
ohotlftipe wedge, adroitly attempted to be inserted, whereby
illenitie for a level bridge leading from the north
''t• George's Hall to Dale-street '(iVhich was rejected
tbe-a,rge majority of the council in 1852) is now expected
,afalfarrled. If the platform, with the intended street
ii.ratz el thereto, should he executed as proposed, the whole
o;e„_cif the district will, in the opinion of the undersigned,
140‘,:eifted from the existing channels, and consequently will
41'4111 re' dicial to the interests of the inhabitants of
ltb he klJac ill
k Port ent streets. 'We are of opinion that great and
f
t improvements may be made in the gradients o
'kt
the_ , and :in the approaches thereto, . and
tie se will render the proposed platforM unnecessary.
enh.
th Plea that is advanced to us by- your surveyort
're a‘ of gaining access to the Free Public-library , bu
e(lft4it'clii,l;(lresnectfull submit to .your Worship, that all the
lacl"ve plans for that structure exhibited a ready mode
'mPeet' from the existing street' level. Trusting that this
Lant subject may receive the attention of your Worship
highcouncil, and. 'that this attempt' to force upon us the.
I'6ll bevel bridge w ( hich we have always, strongly opposed)
rejected- ' -
thi
Alderman Parker said his attention had been called
subject by a large number of the inhabitants, and