The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY AND RATE-
PAYERS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF TRANMERE.
THE Committee appointed for carrying through
Parliament the Bill for the Improvement of the Township,
although they did not consider it incumbent upon them to at-
tend the Meeting which was held at the Queen's Arms, in Lower
Tranmere, on Friday, the 9th day of January instant, for the
purpose of opposing the above bill, yet they deem it right, in
justice to themselves, and to disabuse the minds of the inhabi-
tants, to point out and correct certain/Misstatements 'that were
at such meeting promulgated by .W. W. Perrey.
Mr. Perrey stated—
That the inhabitants had bee imposed upon with respect to
the bill, and that they wruld t have consented to it if, among
the benefits to be derived om the bill, there had not been
powers for the supply of ter and the manufacturing of gas.
In answer to that th ommittee reply—
That at the public meeting. of the inhabitants of Tranmere,
held at the Tranmere Castle Hotel, on the 21st day of Novem-
ber last, at which Mr. William Sharp acted as chairman, and
this same Mr. W. W. Perrey attended, a report, drawn up by
the Committee, of which Mr. Perry formed one, was read, one
clause of which was as follows : _ .

" That the bill, in consequence of rigid standing orders of
parliament, cannot be made available in the next session of
the legislature for the purpose of constructing works, so much
desired by the inhabitants, for a supply of water. The standing
orders referred to render it necessary that, before such powers
can be granted for erecting water works, certain plans, designs,
sites and sections shall be prepared for parliamentary cogni-
zance. These your Committee had not had the time or the op-
portunity to furnish ;"
and there are clauses in the bill enabling the Commissioners to
manufacture gas themselves, or supply it under contract.

Mr. Perrey further stated—
had found ie to contain all the property in the township—and
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that powers were taken in the bill to pull down property, to
form new roads and widen others, at a cost of from .t20r),,000
£to 300,000 11 ! and that, therefore, he had left the Committee.
To that the Committee reply—
That, at the time Mr. W. W. Perrey was a member of the
Committee, the schedule to the bill which he said contained all
the property in the township did not contain a single entry, for
the Committee did not decide until Tuesday, 23rd of December
(some weeks after Mr. Perrey left the Committee), what pro-
perty they would insert in the schedule for the necessary in-
tended improvements 1 11 and as to the statement that the in-
tended improvemeets would cost from ..2000,000 to .e 300,900,
the Committee, to show the fallacy of that, merely reply that
such amount is about the value of the whole township.
The Committee do not think it requisite to notice any other
statements which were made at the meeting, and they will, in
conclusion, merely state, that they have the satisfaction of in-
forming the owners and ratepayers that all the standing orders
of the House of Commons have been complied with—that the
Committee are in a position to go to Parliament—and that, in
pursuance of the confidence reposed in them by the inhabitants,
and according to their declared wishes in two public meetings
assembled, the bill will be vigorously prosecuted through all its
stages. By order of the Committee,
HENRY BREMNER,
Solicitor for the Bill.
Crooked Billel, Lower Tranmere,
13th January, 1846.