The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

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which, after due inquiry
The Vestry then adjourned
NEWRY, WIAREIS-POINT, AIM ROSSTRE
—The eighteenth ordinary general meeting of this corn
puny was held -on Tuesday last, at the Clarendon-rooms
Liverpool, ler. F. Shand in the chair. From the report

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appeared that the whole of the forfeited shares hAving
been sold, The debt of the company had been reduced from
that source by the sum of £7,700 ; but, much to the sur-
prise of the &rectors, Sir William Cubbitt, who, as stated
in last report, was appointed arbitrator between the cont

pany ana the New-ri Navigation, had, by his award of
£l,BOO against this company, added so much to the out-
standing, obligations. In accordance with the pledge given
at the last half-yearly.:meeting, the directors had endea-
voured to carry into effect a junction with the Newry -
Enniskillen Company for mutual adva'ntagt ,
regret to say that the terms proposed-by that compan

,-e; but they

were such that

they could not, with due'regard to the
company's interests, comply with them. The real obstacle
Which prevented an agreement was not that stated by the
'chairman of the 'Newry and Enniskillen Company, at their
meeting in Julrla.st, but the refusal of that company to
adopt the principle of division, which the directors consider
the only fair one. The directors had not yet succeeded
in procuring the whole of the money- necessary to re-
new the debentures at 44 per cent., at which they are
willing to borrow ; but they had, neeertheless, been ae-
commodated with funds to the advantage of the company,
and had no doubt, when the present tightness of the
money market shall have passed away, that they will be
able to procure all that they require. The traffic on the
line continued to increase, confirming the confident ex-
pectation of the directors, that when, at the expiration of
Mr. Dargan's lease, the line again comes into the posses-
sion of the company, a much larger return may be antici-
pated. Mr. Sparkman, secretary of the Newry and
Enniskillen Railway, appeared as a shareholder to condemn
the polity of the directors in not having amalgamated with
that company. He was replied to by Mr. Charles Holland
and others, after which the report was adopted.:
DOOR COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thul,BdaY, Mr. Turner in the.thair. The Sub-Committee
of Works recommended that the arrangement as to the
levels at the Wapping Dock, proposed by the Health Com-
e, be agreed to, and the work executed 'under their
supervision. Confirmed.—There was another recommen-
dation from the same committee, that the surveyor be in-
structed to proceed with the foundation of the intended
Ivarehouses on the south -quay of the Stanley Dock, if
found Practicable without interfering with the working
of the dock. They Chairman said the contracts en the one
7"1 Were going. on slowly, and the committee thought it
desirable
side.
to make some preparation for proceeding on the
other
The recommendation was agreed. to.—The
Chairman stated, in reference to the works at the north
docks, that on a recent inspection only 40 bricklayers were
found to be at work-; there should have been 400 or 500.
A conversation followed;-from which it appeared to be the
feeling of the committee that, though the contractor might
have some difficulty in getting men, he was responsible for
proceeding with the works, and the Dock Trust ought not
to be the sufferers.—The committee of master porters re-
commended that the wa,,,,,es of the keepers bf weights and
scales be increased from-20s. to 225. 6d. per week. Mr.
Bigham and Mr. Evans opposed the increase. Ulti-
mately an amendment, that the matter be referred back,
with a recommendation to put the men on the same
footing as dock gatemen, was carried. 'During the con-
versation, Mr. Bight= stated that it would be injudicious,
with a surplus of only £6OOO, after one of the most pros-
known, to increase their expenditure.—

perous years ev

.esolition was read which had been passed by the Baths
Committee, in reference to the intention of the Dock
Trustees to construct new works, which, it was thoughts
would interfere with the pier-head baths. The Baths
Committee considered that the loss and destruction of
those baths would cause additional expense, rendering a
pumping establishment necessary ; and -they recommend
the Council not to sanction the contemplated arrange-
ment.

The chairman remarked that the Baths Com-
mittee had taken a great deal for granted as regarded
what the Dock Trustees intended to %do. Mr. Bighara
said the resolution of the Baths Committee was in oppo-
sition to what the Council had determined, as land had
be bought at Everton for a reservoir. in which to pump
The pier-head baths had been declared to be
He thought the com-