The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Town Council
was held at eleven o'clock yesterday, in the Town hall.
The Mayor, Francis Shand. Esq., presided.

FIN ACE COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee were read, and
comprised the following recommendations :—ltecom•
mendation to increase the salary of Mr. Eleaz-r Roberts,
clerk in the magistrates clerk's office, from £lOO to £l3O
per annum ; recommendation to increase the salary of
Mr. William Jameson, governor of the borough gaol, at
Walton, from £450 to £550 per annum; recommendation
to appoint William Cort, as clerk in the weights an!
measures office, at the wages of 21s per week ; and a recom-
mendation to purchase 270 yards of land, in Dalrymple
street, for the sum of 40s per yard, for the purpose of
improving that street, by an arrangement with the owner
of the adjoining land.
Mr. Alderman S. Holme stated that the first and second
recommendations must, according to the standing orders,
remain over to the nest Council. He moved that the
third recommendation, for the appointment of Mr. Cort,
be confirmed, stating that it arose out of the death of Mr.
Kissack, of the weights and measures office, as whose
successor Mr. Jones had been appointed, thus creating
the vacancy now proposed to be filled up by Mr. Curt,
who had been some time upon trial.
Mr. Earle seconded the recommendation, a hich was
confirmed.

Mr. Holme then moved the confirmation of the recom-
mendation with regard to the purchase of land in Dal.
rymple street. He stated that about 2,000 yards of land
had been piarclased in that street, which led from Scot-
land road into Boundary street, for the purpose, he
hoped, at no distant period, of erecting baths. The street
itself was in a very imperfect state. Some negcciat ion
had taken place, subject to the approval of the Council,
to purchase from the owner at the north side 270 square
yards, at 40s per yard, amounting to £540. The com-
mittee had made arrangementi to sell to the c,wner of a
piece of land close by, an equal quantity, at 28s per
square yard, amounting to £378. Therefore only an
outlay of £162 would attend the arrangement, and it
might save a much greater expense at some future period.
Mr. Earle seconded the motion.

Mr. Gladstone thought it very desirable that such
improvements should be carried out, as there was perhaps
no town in the kingdom which had so many and such
conspicuous defects, in regard to the form of its streets,
ai Liverpool. But there appeared some inconsistencies
in this instance. It would seem that the Council were
paying 40s per square yard, while the parties who pur-
chased from them were only paying 28s. This, he
thought, required some explanation. He also conceived
it to be somewhat extraordinary that the land forming
the site of the old Borough Gaol should be only valued at
£2 lOs or E 2 15s per squire yard, while this land, which
was a very considerab'e distance further north, was
valued at £2. He should just recommend the Council to
consider that point.

Mr. Shell said that the piece of land in questinn had
been recommended for purchase by the Health Com-
mittee for the purpose of widening the street. It was in
the possession of an individual who did not want to part
with it, and it was quite necessary the street should be
widened. The council were, therefore, in great measure
in the hands of the individual who owned the land. As
an improvement, it was worth the money to the Corpor
ation, but it certainly would not be worth the same
amount to any one else.
Mr. Holme said, Mr. Gladstone was a little in error
about the land of the Borough Gaol. If taken at four
per cent., it would be equal to £2 6s per annum, or about
£3 2s 6d per square yard, taken at twenty five years
purchase. Besides, there was no analogy between the
two cases. Here was a person who possessed a small bit
of land only a few feet in front, having two earners, and
perfectly a front lot. The Council were going to buy
only a very small bit, and he waq going to take from the
Council a piece which .formed part of the street. The
piece for which £2 was paid, was a very small bit, all
front; and the piece the Council was selling for 28s,
was a piece simply taken to strengthen another man's
lot. The land of the Borough Gaol was also of enormous
depth, and the valuation must be taken as over the whole
space.
The recommendation was confirmed.

The general proceedings of the committee were then
also confirmed.

WATC II COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee were read. They
comprised the following : —Recommendation to increase the
salary of Mr. James Kissack, storekeeper and station house
clerk, from 33s per week to £lO5 per annum, the considera.,
tion of which wan postponed at the last monthly council,
pursuant to the standing orders ; appointment of assessors
of the lighting rate for the year 1857-8 ; proceedings
preparatory to laying a fire police rate not exceeding one
halfpenny in the pound ; and proceedings preparatory to
laying a watch rate for the year 1857-8.
Mr. Jame; Denton and Mr. John Whitby were appointed
assessors of the lighting rate for the year 1857-8.
The other proceedings and recommendations were unani,
mously confirmed.
Mr. Alderman Dover begged to direct the attention of
the committee to the state of Lime street in the evening No
person could pass through it without being seriously
annoyed by the number of bad characters who congregated
there. Ho was also informed that professed thieves were
associated with these parties, and that a complete system of
theft was carried out by them.
Mr. Johnson said that the attention of Major Greig would
be directed to the matter.

The general proceedings were then unanimously confirmed.
The proceedings of the Dock Committee were confirmed,
as were also those of the Improvement Committee.

COURTS OF LAW AND ST. GROROB'S ITALL COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of this committee were read. They
included a recommendation that the use of St. George's Hall
be granted on the 15th of this month, for the dejeuner to be
given to Mr. William Brown, on the occasion of the laying of
the foundation stone for the new Library and Museum, as
requested by the Rov. Dr. Hnme, Secretary to the Com-
mittee for carrying out the arrangements.
The recommendation was unanimously confirmed, as were
also the general proceedings.
The proceedings of the Markets and Gaol and House of
Correction Committees were confirmed. They comprised
nothing of interest.