Widnes Examiner. — 1891-10-31 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE SHIP CANAL AND RIVER POLLUTION.  The Chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal Company (Lord Egerton af Tatton) has addressed the following letter to the local authorities of the watersheds of the Irwell and Mersey :  "The Manchester Ship Canal Company, Boardroom, 31, Spring Gardens, Manchester, 26th October, 1891.  "Sir,—ln view of the approaching completion ot the Ship Canal, I wish to draw your attention to the state of the rivers Irwell and Mersey and their tributaries, , not only owing to the pollution by sewage (which I trust may be dealt with vigorously, as was foreshadowed at thefirat meeting by the Joint Committee of the two counties, under the presidency of the Right Hon. J. T. Hibbert), but also owing to the large quantity of solid refuse froufvvorks and factories which is seriously delaying the work of the Ship Canal Company by the deposits which are formed in the bed of the river, especially in the newly dredged portions. "I would earnestly impress upon your Authority the necessity of enforcing the law against all who put solid refuse or cinders into the tributary streams,or place them in such positions that they must necessarily be carried away by the first flood or fresh of the stream, or of discouraging such practices. " While the question of the treatment of the pollution by sewage must be delayed by the necessary works to allow of the disposal of such matter, there is no such difficulty in dealing with the question of solid manufacIturing refuse or cinders. An enormous additional cost has been imposed on the Ship Canal Company in its endeavours to bring this 'great enterprise to an early completion by the floods of the last twelve months, bringing down a volume of cinders and solids far beyond their calculations, and I trust, therefore, I may appeal to your Authority not to allow the completion of the canal to be seriously retarded by the wilful carelessness of manufacturers and others acting in defiance of the law, and to ask your hearty cooperation in the abatement of the nuisance complained of, without the necessity of any legal proceedings being taken.—l bave the honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant, (Signed) " Eonwrow OF TarroN, Chairman."  A Paris telegram of Wednesday reports a shocking double murder, the victims being a father and daughter named Andrivot, and the assisiu a retired schoolmaster named Louis Rernard, with whom M. Andrivot had ' had a lawsuit pending for several years. It was rumoured on the Glasgow Exchange on Wednesday that the Scotch Railway agreement is of a more extensive character than was at first supposed. The result was a very substantial advance in thevalue of tke leading Scotch railway shares.  Etg " erain intr " Anries Of LANCASIIIRK AND CHNSHIRE COUNTY NEWSPAPERS  Comprises THE Warrington and Mid-Cheshire Examiner, published every Saturday morning. TLIE Eariestown aNd Newton Examiner, published every Friday afternoon. TE St. Belem Examine', published every Friday afternoon. riIHE Runcorn Examiner, published every Saturday morning; And IRE Widnes Examiner, published every Saturday morning,  PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS coming under the following heads are inserted in ALL the above-mentioned Papers for ON! s CHARGE, as per scale given below  SITUATIONS WANTED, APARTMENTS TO BE LFrY,