The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-07 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—A conversation took place on
smoke consumption. Mr. Parker questioned the pro-
priety of continuing the informations. He had lately
been to Blackburn, and some small towns in the manu-
facturing districts, which were black with smoke, yet
they had no cholera cases there. They could get dozen
medical men of high stancing who would prove that
smoke was not deleterious to health.—The borough en-
gineer remarked that smoke consumption was perfectly
practicable, but there could be no doubt that it wore out
the boilers. After some little conversation, the subject
dropped. The borough engineer, in a report he submit-
ted, showed the advantages that would follow if house
drainage should be done by the officers of the committee;
or if the latter could have more control over contractors.
He also submitted a report on the subject of a supply of
salt water for sanatory purposes, discouraging that often
broached project.—A very able and important report
from the borough engineer, on the removal of night soil,
was next read. The engineer recommended that the
removal of night soil, market refuse, and street sweepings,
should be centralised, and all manure be removed with-
out delay out of the borough. It was recommended that
the present depot on the canal quay should be covered in,
and arrangements made for all carts to go there, and tilt
their manure at once into barges on the canal. All the
depOts in town are to be abolished.—Very high approval
was expressed of the report; and it was stated that the
contractor was bound to remove the manure out of the
borough, and any inhabitant could lay an information
against him if he deposited any manure• whatever in the
town. The engineer submitted a list of builders that he
recommended to construct the new baths in Cornwallis-
street, the selection being left to the baths sub-committee
to carry out.—Mr. Harbord questioned Dr. Duncan as to
the alleged forcible removal of a cholera patient. Dr.
Duncan stated that the patient in question was not
affected with cholera, but had the fever, and it was at the
request of the neighbours that he had interfered, under
the order just issued by the Board of Health, and had
him removed in a van to the fever ward. It was not true,
as asserted, that the patient had died within three or four
hours after his removal.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A deputation, Con-
sisting of seven gentlemen, appointed at a recent meeting
of the timber trade, waited upon the committee, to repre-
sent that it was the opinion of the members of the timber
trade generally, that it was desirable that the trade should
remain at the south end of the town, and not be removed,
as contemplated by the committee, to the north shore.
The deputation stated that at a meeting of the body of the
trade, at which they were delegated to wait on the com-
mittee, a resolution was come to that they should repre-
sent to the Dock Committee the great expense and incon-
venience which would be incurred by persons located at
the south end by the removal of the trade to the north
shore, and that they should inform the committee that a
plot of land, consisting of sixty-seven thousand yards,
near to the Herculaneum Company's works, might be ob-
tained and adapted to the timber trade, and that it was
desirable that the Dock Committee should purchase the
land for that purpose. Mr. Chilton asked the deputa-
tion whether the timber trade were satisfied with the
accommodation which they at present had. Mr. 011er-
head (one of the deputation) replied that the accommo-
dation was ample, if they could have it permanently, but
as the value of the land increased it was purchased, and
warehouses erected upon it. Mr. Mann asked whether it
had not been made a great point by the late chairman of
that committee that the timber trade should be amply
accommodated; and were not gentlemen connected with
the trade fully aware of the proceedings which for some
time had been going on at the north shore ? A gentleman
on the deputation replied that, as a body, they were not.
Mr. Holme remarked that the cry of the timber trade
had been, that, in consequence of the hill at the back of
the property, and the great expense of dragging the timber
up it, as well as the high price of the land, they could not
afford to place their timber upon it. The deputation re-
presented that, taking into consideration the great amount
of tonnage of the timber trade, and the revenue de-
rived from it, it had been thought by the trade that it
would be more politic for the committee even to make
a sacrifice of an outlay, rather than lose the trade alto-
gether. A member of the committee obs?rved, that if
this was done for one trade connected with the port, it
would have to be conceded to any other trade which asked
it. Mr. Chilton : " Suppose the trade left the south end,
—would they not go to the cheapest place ?" The depu-
tation : "0, certainly." Mr. Chilton ; " Then that
would be to the north shore." Mr, Rankin remarked
that it was not the intention of the committee to compel
persons to go to the north end ; those who chose to do so
might remain at the south. It was remarked by the de-
putation that it was highly objectionable that there should
be separate localities for the timber trade, as it would
work injuriously to those engaged in the trade were such
to be the case. Mr. Chilton remarked to Mr. Smith (one
of the deputation) that he thought he (Mr. Smith) would
find, on reference to his own evidence, that he had stated
that the land at the Herculaneum grounds could not be
used for timber, owing to its enormous expense. Mr.
Smith said he, individually, thought so, and so had the
trade generally until within the last two or three months.
The deputation were then informed that when the plans
relative to the north works were approved of, intimation
would be given to the timber trade. The deputation then
withdrew.