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-= DOLGELLEY URBAN COUNCIL, Friday evening, November 15th.-Present: Councillors Edward Williams, chairman; Dr. John ^oiies, William Allen, James Lewis, Rees Morgan D. Meredith, I>. G- Wake Williams, R. J. Meredith, A. E. §ughes} D. R. Mills, Messrs. 11. •oarnett, clerk; Richard Edwards, sur- veyor. Miscellaneous. Three tenders were received for supply- ln £ workmen's oilskins, but the prices littered greatly, and on the proposition of r- John Jones. seconded by Mr. Fox, the Matter was deferred in order to obtam Patterns.—On the recommendation of the greets Committee, it was decided to coll- ect a pavement in Eldon-square pro- y^ded the owners iccritriibuted a moiety of 1116 cost and also to continue the pave- tn1; at the entrance to the Railway Nation.—The Surveyor was directed to rake inquiries as to the work proposed to t'arned out by the County School for 116 disposal of surface water with the .t1V of coming to an arrangement to dis- charge the surface water into the water- °ourse.— It was agreed that the Surveyor snoxild prepare a report of the macadam req.U|ired for road repairs during the ;viater as well as the quantity in stock. Sanitary.. In tyifl report the .Surveyor saijd Ms attention had been called to a house at ^ftybank, whi'ch was rather small and Occupied by a family of seven. There was no back to the house, nor closet. All the water was drained to the roadside \'lh unpleasant results. The house con- i&ted of a kitchen, pantry, and two bed- OO1ll8 one of which had a canvass ceiling, f he cubiiC icontents of the bedrooms were below what was required in a well- Ventilated "house.—Mr. Allen sjid. not see see why a single house should be reported lrlore than others. He proposed that the purveyor should make a systematic inspec- 1011 of the town.—Mr^Fox seconded the ?r°posit:on which was agreed to.—Dr. ^°nes though that action should be aken when a glaring case was reported.— Street OommiftteeVs recommenda- 'on to serve a notice on the owner was aeed to. Clearing the River. f. The Surveyor suggested that the '0Unty Council's attention should be alIed to the accumulation of stone and gravel under and near Bout- Fawr which to be removed to allow the water 0 'rse course and as Far as possible prevent n°oding.—The Clerk referred to previous ^despondence with the County Surveyor added that it was a ticklish" point to ide who was responsible for the river 1 e(l since the maintenance of the bridge been transferrd to the Great Western S^tnpany.—Mr. Fox after dealing with l' he legal aspect of the question, said the t1!ajr of the highway was not the ques- 1011. They wanted to find a way to pre- rent the flooding of the town. especially Jj*6 lower part. Whether the County j^Uncil was the proper authority to re- the accumulation or not, the river f must be cleared.—Dr. Jones said the Westion was so important that it must \} be lost sight of. It was a particularly ierlOUs matter for the inhabitants of the part of the town and if the County ^Unc-l disclaimed responsibility for the itOtk the Urban Council should undertake 1 or apply to the Great Western Com- th ^before they could do the work must come to a proper understand- —Mr. Fox said it was idle to suggest j?at the Great Western should clear the wvTr bed when they wrere only concerned ^h the bridge.—The Chairman thought i?6re must be some authority to deal with river bed especially when there was a Ubbc danger. Who would be responsible the course of the river was restrained r diverted in the course of years by the ^pcurriu!atjon ?—¥r. Hughes thought the ^Uiicil should undertake the work, seeing ey had previously communicated with ^6 Cbunty Surveyor and were still in the a-me position. Tfa'ey otoulld inform the Vounty Council and hold them responsible it any damage occurred to the bridge.— Waike Williams agreed that the M^Uncil should remove the accumulation in the Wnion and Arran and could \Vv°ver ^ie cos^ rrom the County Council, ^/hatever the cost might be, it was urgent; oat the life and property of the inhabit- ^ould be protected.—Mr. Allen did t1 see why the Council should become hPyllslble for clearing the river bed feu I1 wou^ be expensive. There were ndreds of loads to be removed and the -Jt\e u'ou'd bo useful on the main road. j., Pr- Jon«~ said the stone would not be i*e-—^r- Mills thought the Council j^^Id know whether there was an agree- :ttElit between the County Council and the ^,aihvay Company. He diisagreed with lIne suggestion that the Council should e'take the work and incur liability for LcT.1 they were not responsible.—Mr. believed that the County Council th + ^be work.—Mr. Fox proposed the Clerk should give notice to the Council of the imperative necessity ^.jji^be immediate clearance of the Wnion &}Jf »^rran river beds, that the Council ohu forthwith do the jiecessarv work, tl1g, notice to the County Council and ^iurving ^ieir fight to recover the cost. <r)^r- Allen thought it would be a better ^8e to ask the County Council respect- to do the work rather than challenge in that way.—Eventually it was on ^-bo proposition of Dr. Jones, ^ded by Mr Fox, to give notice to T:L County Council of the necessity of the river beds. > Sewerage Scheme. i' ^or-an pToposed that the Council confirm the resolution passed at a ej^ittee meeting asking Mr. Lailey, the ^j^^eer, to prepare a detailed pTan and s^iftcations of the proposed sewerage for submission to the Local Gov- Jij-^ent Board.—Mr. Mills seconded the ^Position and it was explained that the l-fyj^ated cost of the had been k 'Jced to £ 2,750, excepting other ex- Ses. Tlie resolution was passed by the Wg»»ttee after the recent conference the Engineer and inspection "of the S}W. route.—Without comment, the llJtioh was put to the meeting and 'to: but the Chairman pointed out W one member had not voted. That only child's play. He thought they ^oi be unanimous after the unani- decision in committee.—Mr. Wake () lams said there was too much of it. te members never voted one way or i °ther.—Tlie Chairman insisted on all t<L .^embers voting and requested Mr. "to vote.—Mr. Lew^is, on being ^jJealed to. said he was not against the a,nd vetted in favour of the resolu- Hi-j^^v'hiich was then unanimously oon- i A i x. Electric Lighting. ^er was read stating that it was ^d floating a small company for the HHHT"*0 lighting oj^ Dolgelley and asking LilPt> Vlr ^bey con la"count on the Council's ¡ CItt, provIded an arrangement was em- in the prospectus under which the 11 would be empowered to acquire ^e^^dertaking at any future time on m to .be arranged Inter. The letter ^Quired whether the Council would *0 {xQl!ST>osed to grant the public lighting Company provided they could offer +iG svstem at a lower cost Edition, they wonkl with the services af a lamplighter be street lamps would be controlled v 6 ,lpi'ne central point.—The Clerk said j came from the National Electric ^\Wr+utl0n Company, Carnarvon, and ^ki^thecught it rather vague he replied J'tyj]? for further information which was Fox thought it was pre- e to take any action before the com- formed but it was agreed to ke letter to a committee • Governors. rman was re-appointed as the BaJ s rer)reKentative on the Governors h» ^or College. COTJNCII,, Saturdav November i ri*lrjv, fvsent' -Mtessr J. Mr«Trv? Jones, >ai}5~ ^ncoch. nresidin<?: Morgan Wil- M G Williams. Dyffrvn T^w"ens, Llanenrrvn; John Wil- "William Ellis. C?af>r- Tx n Griffith. Callestra; John • "enblas; Ellis Williams, Llan- aber; Grffith PoweLlI Llanddwywei; William Owen, Talyllyn; W. T. Lloyd, clerk: W. Williams, surveyor; John Edwards, sanitary nspector; and Dr. Hugh Jones, medcal officer. San-a'stilc. Referring to the Councins: decision not to repair the portion of road near his residence at Glanymawddach, Dr Keight- ley wrote that he could not but regret the Council's action in that they would not do an act of common justice.— The letter was left on the table, Mr. Grif- fith saying that Dr. Keightleywas treated as weil as other ratepayers Mawddwy Railway. The Clerk reported having consulted Messrs. Humphrey Jones. Morris Jones, A. Griffith Jones in drafting a repl yto the Board of Trade as to the benefits likely to be derived by the district from the re-opening oft the Mawddwy Railway. The reply was read and considered both Satisfactory and well written.—A letter signed by Mr. Thomas Davies, chairman, and Mr. E. D. Jonee, clerk, was read stat- ing that at an exceedingly well-represented meeting of the inhabitants of the two parishes of Mawddwy resections wie-re passed with the utmost unanimity, the ardent feeling of the whole audience indi- cating the intense Interest taken in the matter. The resolutions were to the •effect that the meeting unanimously pro- tested in the strongest possible manner against the objection made by Mr. W. H. Bullock to the proposed railway rates; that it was merely a private objection and did not represent the opinion of the dis- trct; that the meeting was prepared to support the resolutions by a petition if necessary and had the most explicit con- fidence that Mr. David Davies, M.P., would endeavour to use every means to have the railway re-opened; and that capias of the resolutions should be sent to the Board of Trade, Light Railway Commissioners. Mr. David Davies, M.P., Sir Osmond Williams, M.P., Mr. J. D. Rees. M.P., and the County Council.— Mr. M. G Williams: Mr J. D. Rees will ask any number of questions. (Laughter.) —The Chairman: Let us have no more politics here. (More laughter.)—-On the proposition of Mr. M. G. Williams, seconded by Mr. John Roberts, it was unanimously agreed to support the reeolu- tions. Unsatisfactory Road. Llanaber Parish Council having called attention to the unsatisfactory state of Bwlchyllan road, the suggestions made by the Surveyor were agreed to. Painting. Two tenders were received for painting Tynygroes bridge, and that of Messrs. Hugh Evans and Son. at £9 £ 10s., was accepted. Financial. Mr. Morgan Williams presented a state- ment showing that payments were--made for highways and sanitary purposes amounting to £81 14s., leaving an over- draft of £106 lOd. Llanaber and Talyllyn parishes were still in arrear with previous calls amounting to £112. Calls would be due on December 1st ffor £ 265.—It was decided to communicate with the overseers of the parishes in arrear. Appoint/menfl Morris Jones Williams was appointed the Council's representative on the Governors of Bangor College. Drain Pftpe. The County Surveyor reported that he was repairing the county bridge at Llan- egryn and noticed a pipe, which did not enter the stream, u\ncHermf)ne the foundation of the bridge. The drain was put down by the Rural Council and he would be glad if the drain was. continued iso that the water would actually go direct into the stream.—The matter was re- ferred to the Inspector. Shop Without Plan Mr. John Jones, Bridge-street, Corris, wrote pointing out that the Inspector had misinformed the Council that he had pro- ceeded with the buildingr of a lock-up shop. Plan and specifications would be duly delivered as required by the byelaws when oompleteu.'—The Inspector read his cor- respondence with Mr. Jones and main- tained that what he said at the previous meeting was correct.-—Mr W. Owen said he and the Inspector had informed the builders of the need to submit plans, o that it was not a case of ignorance. He confirmed the Inspector's statements that a. wall was built on which, it was under- stcod a movable shed would be placed.— —It was decided to inform Mr Jones that if the building was proceeded with in con- travention of the bvelaws by not submit- ting a plan it would be pulled down.—Mr Morgan Wiilliams: I think we ought to say that we believe the Inspector's state- ment.—-The Medical Officer aid it was well known among builders that plans were required and there was no excuse for pleading ignorance. He felt that those who contravened the byelaws should be prosecuted which would be a warning to others and would strengthen the Council's .position. Sanitary. The Sanitary Inspector reported that six dwelling houses were disinfected during the month.^ The statutory notice requesting certain""work to be done at Osborne House, Dyffryn, had not been complied with and the time allowed had expired. At several farm houses in Llan- fachreth parish various defects of which complaints had been made were about to be remedied After referring to the defects in oither farmhouses he pointed out that there was want of accommodation and the unhealthy practice prevailed of storing wool and corn in the dwelling premises, a practice which seemed exceptionally com- mon in the narish, and the attention of owners should be called to it. He estimated the cost of laying a service pipe from the Council's pipe at Dyffryn to Benarfawr at £ 70.—The Medical Officer reported having visited Conis and Aber- gynolwyn and examined the dwelling houses where cases of tuberculosis had occurred. The houses were scrupulously clean and quite satisfactory from a struc- tural point of view but he was struck by the fact that all the windows were closed. That was to him a sad and distressing state of things when it was remembered that an abundance of fresh air was the best preventive a" well as the best cure of consumption. It was evident that the public in those districts were not yet convinced, which was disappointing in in view of the CouneilY efforts to bring the knowledge of that fact home to the minds of the people. He despaired of seeing any reduction in the consumptive death-rate until the people were really and truly 'convinced that it was a wise and safe procedure to admit as much fresh air as possible into their houses. Dealing with his visit to Dyffryn, he referred to an accumulation of manure close to a water < course, from whiich water was used for domestic purposes lower down. Several, fresh cases of scarlet fever occurred at Bontddu and he again drew the Council's attention to the necessity of providing a small place where the cases could be isolated.—The reports having been ,adopted and the necessary deps ordered to be taken, the Chairman said the Medical Officer had repeatedly called 1 attention to the need for an "isolation hospital, but he was afraid that the public were not yet sufficiently advanced to agree with him.—The Medical Officer said the question of expense need not be so much of an obstruction ntraioKt having an isolation hosp tal as lie d'd not suggest an expensive building. Referring to the danger of spreading infectious diseases, he said it was useless dosing elementary schools if those who were infected attended chapel and other meetings.—Mr. Ellis Williams referred to ftn instance where a chiM was taken in although the mother had taken every precaution.—The Medical Officer: Was that a visitation from above? (lJ:1ughte-r.)-M¡,rS\. Anwyl. wf-itihig from, Cheltenham, stated that the Council's; notice r«-;pectjn<T Heneae Farm, Aber- llefenny, had been sent to Mr.* Howard Jones, architect, who also wrote that he was Forry to hear that after the substan- j t:al improvements Which had been made j that the premises wc? still unsat:,sf:1C- I tory. He would visit Hennrae shortly and Mrs. Anwyl was prepared to do any work 1 that he considered ne2essary.The Chair- ] man thoucht the Architect's letter wa« r^t j satisfactory as the wishes of the Council's ■IBIHWI—^ offic'^ls should also be considered.—Tlie Medical Officer thought Mrs. Anwyl was desrous of remedying the defects and no further action wasl tjalcen.—Mirii Jiohn Davies clerk of the local managers, wrote that extracts of the Medical Officer's re- port respecting Dyffrynand Cwmnantcol schools had been forwarded to the County Education Authority. UNIONIST MEETING INTERRUPTED. Captain H. M. Richards, Caerynwch, presided over a largely attended meeting held at the Public Rooms on Wednesday evening of last week in support of the campaign, of Mr. R. Jones Morris as Unionist candidate for the county. Mr. Jones Morris was well received and explained why he came forward to fight the Unionist cause. He meant to fight as a Christian and hoped it would not be necessary for him to retract any word which he uttered. He did not believe in calling names when they differed from him. Having referred to the objects of the Unionist party, he spoke on Tariff Reform and unemployment, leaving the Budget till another meeting by when, they could rest assured, that it would be dead. He was conndent that if the electors were left to themselves and not interfered with he would be the chosen member at the next election. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Vaughan Wynn. Rug, also spoke and, referring to Mr. Ure's speech on old age pensions, he characterised the state- ment as a most wilful, disgraceful, and damnable falsehood. In all probability the ministers and elders would give voice to those damnable lies. Amid cries of "Withdraw" and stamping of feet, Mr. A. E. Hughes requested Mr. Wynn to withdraw the remark which; he said, was an insult to religion and Nonconformity. Mr. Wynn was not allowed to proceed, but eventually said that he made he remark politically and not in a religious sense. He had the greatest respect for Noncon- formity and, Mr. Hughes having accepted the explanation, Mr. Wynn proceeded with his speech amid further interruptions and dealt mainly with the Budget and Socialism. Questions were asked by Mr. Gelly and Mr. Hughes who were not satis- fied with the replies. A vote of thanks was passed to the speakers on the proposition of Mr. Robert Vaughan. GartTimaelan, who asked the electors not to believe all that was said on either side, but to use their common sense which was not scarce in the locality.

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