Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-10 00:00:00

on the 24th of August last, to the effect "that the engineeja,,
be requested to consider and report to what extent we „
beyond those now contracted for, can be advantegem.lel
proceeded with previously to the Ist of January neeen
the new board comes into office ; and whether any or, to
so, what preparation can be now made for entering 111
further contracts."
I have given the subjoct of the resolution much elloid:
ration, and now beg to inErrn you. that from notbehie.
in posseaion of aoy of the detailed drawings of the itu,
prepare rised plans of 1853, and, as before I could prepare eye-;
drawings as would be necessary, and take such o
as would permit of this work being let by contract, the new
In
board woull have commenced its functions, and bearei:
mind also that the clause in the act of last session, ree7rd
ing to these works, supposes, front the use of tbe
" substantially," that some modification of the plelll es
now designed, would be necessary, I think it well7fos
the wiser course not to enter into any contras ,8
works connected with the authorised plenathat the
sil
trammel the now board in their consideration eirised
whole question. The only portion of the tno
plan, so far as regards the outer works, and enPPc'3 ld 70 in
u
alteration of those plans contemplated, that I co
a position to let by contract, previous to the lst ler°so
would be the porton of the river wall opp
south reserve ; this might be prepared and let so that the
work might be commenced upon by the beginn.igei,
November ; but it must be remembered that little, if rog
progress could be made with a work of that nature nutioe
the winter months, the commencement of the constrileregi
of which would be proceeded with only at gond Seer
tides, and must depend entirely upon the weather ;11; be
do I think it would be wise, in point of econotnla.,,
this work to a separate and distinct contractor, ill7etiott
as any contractor, who had no other work in o°ll.o
site t° the
therewith on which to employ his men during nesr t
or such other periods when he could not proceed pt
river wall, must, necessarily, have much higher pl.)
repay him for such great loss of time and delay. el)°,
With reference to the works inside the Great Ftel'eso
walling upon the north side must be let by cobtri": lett
proceeded with as set forth upon the authorised pleue,
entertaining, as I do, a strong opinion, that in any
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caticn that may be made to Parliament during the
_alien 0
session, it would be a wise policy to seek for Po nth
place the whole of the north margin of the Flee!, e" of
proper width of land fer quays, and the formett, net
road in connection therewith, in the hands of snot'
board, so as to vest the whole of the manegementectegie
ship, and power to levy rates on the Birkenhead rose it
one b sly, and being of opinion, that if this toe teioste
would be advantageous to the general working of the 'veers&
the line of the north wall was to some slight extent etwi so
and a bridge communication f armed between the q°a+/,-
Wl/
the north and south sides, I cannot therefore eis fot
that it would be well to enter now into any contraeetioll'
work that might have to be altered within a short rola
or would in any way fetter the action of the nefactol
which is in so short a time to take the man,r-

these works.—l am, eir, yours respectfully, tr.g,Tol'
JOHN B. ',—
Liverpool, 2nd September, 1857.
to the DA
Resolved,—That this report be referred
Committee.

[Extracted from the proceedings. COTows'u ,3
At a meeting of the Birkenhead Dicks C01'111'4°8'00"
on Monday, the 24Th day of August, 1857; Pr
John Stewart, E,q., Chairman &c., &s, 1•10•1"
The Town Clerk reports that the Conservancy 13111'„do
passed through all its stages in the House of i'°`"
Friday last, and now on'y a gaits the Royal assent
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Resolved,—That the engineer be requested to ow
and report to what extent work'', beyonl those 11% pre;
tract d for, can be advantageously proceeded wl'oosr:
viously to the let January next, when the ne°l who.:
comes into office ; and whether any, and, if so'lartiob
preparations can be now made for entering ink

contraets.
[Extracted from the proceedings ] alatet.
Tows. 6 the
Mr. Alderman S. }Touts continued : 139t4
went for new plans, and it would be recollected thiono
very plans were proposed—by whom? By n gel"
the railway companies interested, and by the yeritipatt:
men now twittina the Co peration with not coraeleauel
works. (Hoar, hear) It was considered that it arau ifool
dasiroue to have acme plan fn. the outer works, wille!,,ode!,
be most satisfactory to all parties, as it was tbeiedri
opinion, that if Mr. Rendell's plans were carrle'_, 400,
they were then shown up, they would not be such
_37,06,1
be required fur the ca:nmerce of the port. At that' P,
aa lobe ell
d..putation attended the committee, and oar. - ij
—who had published a letter in the lbiot dist Jaycee""ro
plaiuing that the Corporation had not Poodca
with the works—Mr. Laird hini'elt etiatelo
assisted in dieettinz the plans best bey
inrlle-q, erect axpeess site
ea nts approval of tn
committee were willing to ge on with those Pittlisi6
required. however, the sanction of an Act ofa'a-acilfriao
and the committee, wader the sanc ion of the
every poaible means to procure that authoritltio
bills were read a sec nd time, and referred t° ,same,
mittee of which Sir James Graham was the cheir-iderTa
to which ale, the Mersey Conservancy Bill was ace,
Contrary to the remonstrances of the Corcoran:l4
Parliamentary Co nmittee insisted upon taking tanhat
Conservancy Bill first. and after they had poet
the chairman sta`ed that they would not pass t",i-Tasn'yja
head Bill, conferring powers of construction Ora thelnda
meat in the Corporation, but that they would in",
the new Board. The C4rporation was, in e°315000,41
compelled to withdraw the bills. With refel° %clop
plans of the outer wo:lts, Mr. Brunel and Nraiafr" a
were almost agreed upon those plans, and the evade la
were willing to carry them out, but the differeb-acl telt
conflicting interests of the railway companieg oattS,d"
vented it. In conclusion, Mr. Holme regrettedAara7.l
a feelieg should have been manifested inMariel'idenjoi
such 1 -agaego used towards the Corporation, earl ono
that the Corporation had, in the slightest degreeibieg tsar
the works, bat, on the contrary, had done eveglao to'
prudent men, acting for the public trust, coin''" lo;
ward them (Hear, ear) at flat
Mr. PICTON said the explanations of Mr, Steeltorp,noi
Mr Holme had been very lucid nod very satisteerot.
if the nytter was allowed to rest there, very la 004
would have been done. H's thought they Nvototer.ells
the refutation of whit had been stated in gen°7,o egtaot
elcowhere, ought at least to be made as en":00' of of,
charges to been. He thought, as the corporet,l ablof
great town, who had been the subject of olcaloodt
misrepresentatioa, and, he might add, Nee! o°,oa
would not be putting themselves in a right nosit,l°oi
they took the earliest possible opportunity of otour,
hto
selves right with the public At that late h°o be eel
not mean to propose what the course taken 511°,,Ireetnuost
he would suggest that it be an ins•ruction to the 'I, lele
Docks Committee to give the refutation, 10610
been made by the Cour cil, the utsaostate:iiir
publicity, by going to the spot and maleng, n of pt
which would be understood by the nubile. ale °lee
chester, or by publishing it in the period!si p;or
day. The Council were on. their traagt 0 aas 0
the public, and the object of all t`ha"deepi4„
ment was to put them in the wrong, to 0",;e0 the
do them inju y, and raise the interest of the pltris Olt
them at the expense of theirs. Anybody Inigaoriior*
origin of the proceedings. There. had been 131 e; the eite(s
in by various commercial bodies in Liverpool
ita ace! ew
estate, stating that a large amout of addition /hOothel
dation we; required ou this side of the water. the ce°`
given the alarm to those who had interests ail yiferiefer
side, and in order to preclude the raerchantae °eeerldeito
from havirg the accommodation they wanteLe oee vet
was put into motion, and every misrepresentalotee e
of in order to humble Liverpool, and to raise rasr`rof
upon her ruins. The to! ject was to force the the Poor
Liverpool from this side to the other bide of t
that th° heir
t-Ji
No matter what the merchants might say, ath ter
venience would not exist on the other side, 811 d., the 411
business could only be conducted on tilig.a3l fareedoe.at
was, " You must go there —we 111 eareekt
•
there." The olject was to divert the . 1%0 tv,
Liveepool from the channel in wile it ',gale
existed and thriven for cen uries, and to tn010(1°J000
opposite side. The Council had submitted to ,40e. poe
they
en". ght' /
misrepresentation long enough. They h ou dee
publicity in a way in which he thought Veeell'oseee
bat the time had now come when they ell°nana OPea the
hearing for a fair sta`ement of their Wear, tend oh°,
the misrepresentation. (Hear, hear.) ."-.ria an lair
committee would take the matter up with eloder lit
the true state of the case. The Council Axe oble 6)1
in $ll,ll
debt of gratitude to the Mayor, for the mar/
which he came forward at Manchester—Pr
he now hoped -the Birkenhead Comittr
they could fy possibility, to set the Council right
public and the Government. (Hear, hear )
The subject then dropped
St••
GAS CaMMITTER• on the meet
The following committee were appointe";irsite•
of Mr. Kinnwf :—Messrs. Gladstone, Oros"' d lOW 0%
J. R. Jeffery, Woodruff, Mellor, Hay ek, and
To 0
COMMUTER roil ARRANGING A TESTIMONIAL gef"
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DROWN, Esia•
~inteu •
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go
following committee WO 11Pt— jetTerY,
Earle, Gladstone, Bennett, Braneker, ad
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Aikin and Stewart. WO 00.
Some Mayor's communications lostaflqated at
referred to conintittees, th.e Council eePar
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