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TOWN COUNCIL. CORPORATIONS NEW LIGHTING SCHEME. WHEN WILL THERE BE REDUCTION IN PRICE OF GAS? FIRE BRIGADE'S CURIOUS EXPERIENCE. At a meeting of the Haverfordwest Town Council, held in the Council Chamber on Tues- day evening, the Mayor (Mr. Isaiah Reynolds) occupied the chair, and there were also present: Alderman T. Rule Owen, Councillors J H Bishop J. Reynolds, T. H. Thomas. H. J. E. Price, Philip White, G. Merchant Phillips, H. J. Rogers, W. G. Rowlands, and George Davies. WATER COMMITTEE'S ADMINISTRATION Mr H. J. E. Price presented the report of the Water Committee, which stated that Alderman Thomas Lewis James was elected chairman for the year. Councillor Llewellin was voted to the chair for this meeting. The committee recom- mended accounts for payment amounting to 428 13s.. and water loan £432 2s. lid. The Surveyor was instructed to procure a truck of anthracite coal at 23s. 9d. per ton. The committee recom- mended that five persons be excused their spe- cial water rates amounting together to £ 1 4s 6d. ¡ The committee invited the council to attend the starting of the new plant at Crow hill on Thurs- day. the 26th inst.. at 2.30 p.m. The Surveyor said with reference to the an- thracite the Bonville Court Colliery Company were very anxious to secure a trial of their an- thracite, so their agent had offered a trial truck at 22s. instead of 24s., the ordinary quotation. Mr George Davies asked if they did not adver- tise for tenders in reference to the supply of coal? The Surveyor said the idea was to get sample trucks for trial in order to get the best anihra- cite. He might point out that they had a truck of the 23s. 9d. anthracite coal in stock, so they could give that a trial as well. Mr. H. J. Rogers proposed that a truck of an- thrracite at 22s. be obtained. anthracite at 22s. be obtained. The Surveyor said in reference to the last clause of the report the new plant was not yet sufficiently completed for the council to attend the opening on Thursday. It was decided to adjourn the opening cere- mony for a month. The report of the committee, as amended, was adopted. THE TOWN'S SANITATION. Mr J. H. Bishop moved the adoption of the report of the Sanitary Committee. The report stated that Councillor Bishop was elected chair- man for the year. The committee recommended accounts fos payment amounting to £155 2s. The committee had instructed the Town Clerk to make enquiry of the owners of several sites suit- able for the erection of workingmen's houses, as to their willingness to sell, and will report fur- ther. The committee recommended that statu- tory notices be served in respect of the following nuisances, and in default of compliance there- with that the Inspector of Nuisances be author- ised to prosecute:—Mr. K. L. Palmer, the owner in respect of defective drains, etc., at the Stone- mason's Arms; Messrs. Eaton Evans and Will- iams, the owners in respect of a defective water- closet on premises occupied by Mr. W. Francis, at Castle Cottage; on Mr. A. H. Thomas, the owner, in respect of defective drains, etc., at 85, 87. and 89, Prendergast; on Mr. T. G. Lewis, the owner, in respect of defective waterclosets at Nos. 30 and 32. Quay Street; on Mr. A. M. Thomas, the owner, in respect of defective water- closets at Nos. 72 and 74, Ruther Lane; on Mr. William Henry Thomas, the owner, in respect of a defective watercloset at No. 70. Ruther Lane; on Mrs. Harries, the owner, in respect of a de- fective watercloset at No. 76. Ruther Lane; on Mr. F. F. Herbert, the owner, in respect of de-I fective drains at No. 6, Hill Street; on the mana-! ger of the Metropolitan Bank, Ltd., High Street,! Haverfordwest, and the Starr Bowkett Building I Society, in respect of defective drains at St.' Elms and Claremont, Goat Street The Inspector of Nuisances was instructed to take the neces- sary proceedings to have No. 34, Quay Street. closed, as being unfit for habitation. The In- spector of Nuisances was instructed to take pro- ceedings against Mr. E. W. Rees, in respect of a nuisance at his stable in Hill Lane. The Com- mittee recommended that five persons be ex- cused from payment of their general district rates, amounting together to R,3 13s. 6d. The Surveyor was authorised to obtain quotations for new brushes for the horse sweeper. Mr. J. H. Bishop moved the necessary statu- tory notices which was agreed to, and the report of the Committee was adopted. ALL NIGHT LIGHTING OF THE TOWN.1 Mr. George Davies moved the adoption of the port of the Gas Committee, which stated that His Worship the Mayor was elected chairman for the year. The Committee recommended ac- counts for payment amounting to jS383 2s. Id. (including £ 261 19s. lOd. for gas coal. The Com- mittee recommended the acceptance of Mr. J. Paton's offer of 42s. 6d. per ton for scrap iron at the Gas Works. The Committee instructed the Gas Manager to order a cargo of coal for the Springtide after next. The Borough Surveyor submitted his scheme for all night street lamps in the principal Squares and Cross Streets with- in the Borough, and the Committee recommend that the scheme be adopted, and that the Con- trollers be had on the hire system. The Com- mittee ecommended that a lamp at North Gate be removed to the other side of the road, and propose to lay a new inch pipe in connection with the new service in place of the old i pipe. For the benefit of those members of the Council who were not on the Gas Committee, he should like to explain their scheme for keeping the lamps in all night. It was suggested in the scheme brought in by their Surveyor that the lamps to be left lighted all night should be one lamp at the bottom of Prendergast, in Swan Square, City Road, and Mariners Square; a lamp at the bottom of Market Street, in Upper Mar- ket Street, and one at the top of Dew Street. They considered that the fact of some of the lamps remaining lighted all night would be a great acquisition not only to the people of the town. but to those who came in from the coun- try at night for medical assistance or other ur- gent business. Alderman T. Rule Owen agreed tlxut the light- ing of the streets would pro-,e a „'rea; advantage all round. „ Mr. G. M. Phillips inquired whether thev in- tended to permanently adopt the controllers f"r the gas lamps, and if so whether it would no* be cheaper to nurchis? th-n outright rar' r than hire them as at present? The Surveyor r. con. trollers on the pur- chased outrig"ht th •• each. The Mayor said the hir. of th- c n r llers was 5s. and 5s. 6d. a year. But 'r»r th t. sum they were kept in repair. That would be a substan- tial yearly item, and so the Gas Committee had decided that it was cheaper to hire the control- lers. The report of the Gas Committee was agreed to. BOROUGH COMMITTEE'S AFFAIRS. Mr. T. H. Thomas presented the report of the Borough Committee, which stated that Council- lor T. H. Thomas was elected as chairman for the ensuing year. The Committee recommen- ded accounts for payment amounting to jE126 5s Id. The Committee recommended that the iron bars in the stalls of the Meat Market be cleaned J?ew mea^ k°°ks provided where required' The Committee report that the agreement for the tenancy of No. 4, High Street, had been com- pleted and executed by Mr. S. D. Pugh, and the Council. The Surveyor was instructed to pre- pare an estimate of the cost of repaving the Corn ded^Ti lights. The Committee recommen- nf .h? u regl-.latlon of entry and departure toll i J matter of agreement between the oil lessee and the show proprietors. The Com- £ 5 rreCeipt of an enquiry from the Small Holdings Committee as to the Council's and at Portfield, but they recommend that the Council s land be not let either for small hold- ings or allotments. th<f Report^ PhlIllps seconded the adoption of THE CONTROLLING OF SHOWMEN. W- G- Rowlands said he should like to H f0!??6 as to the recommenda- tion of the Committee with regard to the entry and departure of showmen on Sunday. That HnTnf fvathn Vag-Ve in the face of th* resolu- tion of the Council as to the controlling of the entering and leaving of those people. Mr. T. H. Thomas replied that it was the in- tention of the Committee to include a clause pro- hibiting showmen entering and leaving the town on Sunday, in the agreement with the les- see. Mr. Rowlands enquired if the Council were to ™ ?r ^rante<1 that would be the case Mr. Bishop moved that the paragraph in the Borough Committee's report be struck out, and that the matter be referred back to the Commit- tee with an instruction from the Council to frame a bye-law. If the present suggestion of the Com- mittee were adopted, so far as the Council was concerned, the matter would be left entirely in the hands of the show proprietors and the les- see. The Town Clerk said he should like to remind the Council that the question arose when the matter was first considered as to whether or not that bye-law would be sanctioned by the Local Government Board? He had been informed that at Pembroke they had passed a similar bye-law, and so he wrote to the Town Clerk of Pembroke asking him whether such was the case? Mr ^k8kS ^ad wri,tten in reP1-v that they had no smch bye-law in force at Pembroke, but all show- men who required sites in the town were re- quired to sign 'an agreement which prohibited ri or leaving on Sunday. He, t'he Clerk therefore thought that the wisest plan for the Borough Committee would be to require showmen desirous of entering the town to sign a similar agreement. It was open to the Town wWhDqUir\fr01? the Local Government Board whether such a bye-law as waa suggested Jh2ld»hbe n obvio" ^wetrd that the Pembroke Town Council were of the tFnn»T t? SU0h ,a, bye law not be sane- menl -°r W n0t relied on an A^ee- The Mayor: What would be the position of the Council if that agreement were broken? The Town Clerk replied that the usual proce- 1 bM-h was an action for daniages. .h?/' ?er,heSabye.Uw Whether fnM^T' H; Thon*as t°°k it th*t the lessee had to carry out the conditions imposed bv the Coun- cil when he signed the lease of the tolls. The Clerk said they could see what the Local Government Board would do. Mr. H. J. Rogers said that if they did not have a bye-law nothing would be binding on those showmen. The lessee would be unable to con- trol them, and they would enter and leave the town just when they wished. It was decided to refer the matter back to the Borough Com *tee, and the Town Clerk was in-I structed to wi to the Local Government Board and ask if such a bye-law as proposed would be sanctioned by that authority. THE CORPORATION AND SMALL HOLDINGS. The Mayor said it was only fair to mention with regard to the last paragraph of the report of the Borough Committee with reference to Small Holdings, the feeling of the Borough Com- mittee was that they had no land at the present time for small holdings, and more especially 80 in view of the fact that the land owned by the Council at Portfield might be required at no distant time for the purposes of a cemetery. He thought that ought to be mentioned because the Council were in full sympathy with the S'mall Holdings and Allotments Act. Most of the Council's land at the present time was let out in small holdings. Mr. W. G. Rowlands: And probably, Mr Mayor, somre of the land will be required for building purposes. TRUSTEES FOR VAWER'S CHARITY. The Mayor said their next business was to elect five trustees on Vawer's Charity. They had received copies of the new scheme. Mr. Marchant Phillips said he was going to propose the names of five gentlemen to those po- sitions which were positions of great trust. He moved that the five gentlemen who had passed the chair be elected, as follows:—The Mayor, Messrs. H. J. E. Price, J. H. Bishop, J. Reynolds, and T. H. Thomas. He had thought of propos- ing the election of their aldermen. He under- stood, however, that Aldern|an T. Rule Owen was already connected with the charity, as trea- surer, and Sir Charles Philipps and Alderman T. L. James were non-attendants. Alderman T. Lewis James was ill, and would not care to have his public responsibilities increased. Mr. H. T. Rogers seconded, and t'he resolution. was carried. RE-ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ON BURIAL BOARD. The Mayor said their next business was to ap- point six members to the Prendergast Joint Burial Board. The present representatives were the Rev. D. A. Jones, Messrs. Marlay Samson, George Davies, Prendergast; Phillip White, Thos. I Henry Thomas, and James Rowlands. On the proposition of Mr. J. H. Bishop, secon- ded by Mr. George Davies, all the old represen- tatives were re-elected. The Mayor said the next matter was the com- sideration of the market bye-laws, and list of tolls, as revised by the Local Government Board. On the suggestion of the Town Clerk it was decided to consider the matter in committee at the conclusion of the ordinary business of the Council. FORTHCOMING EISTEDDFOD. The Clerk read a letter from the secretary (Mr. W. G. Rowlands), stating that it had been deci- ded to hold an eisteddfod on Whit-Monday, and asking the permission of the Town Council to hold committee meetings in the Council Cham-1 ber. The proceeds of the Eisteddfod were to be divided between Dr. Henry Owen's Library scheme, and the Town Improvements Commit- tee. It was resolved that the use of the Council Chamber be granted subject to the usual gratu- ity to the caretaker. The Clerk read a circular from the National Council in reference to a conference on the un- employed question to be held in London on Fri- day and Saturday, December 4th and 5th. No action was taken in the matter. WHEN FIREMEN ARE USELESS. The Clerk read a report from the Fire Brigade to the effect that the Brigade was summoned at 2.45 on the afternoon of the previous Thursday to a. fire which had broken out in the hayguard at Trapps, Roch, farmed by Joseph Williams. On arrival it was found that no water was avail- able. After .several hours service the Brigade were re-called, as it was found their services could not be utilised. Excellent service had been rendered by Messrs. Charles Davies and Richard Owen, who were not members of the Brigade. A bill for iE6 6s. was enclosed. Mr. H. J. Rogers thought that when Captain Harry Roberts found that owing to the scarcity of water the Brigade could render no useful ser- vice, he ought to have withdrawn his men. It would be very hard lines in the case of farmers who were not insured if the Brigade was unable to render them any service, and then ran them up a nea'y bill in addition to the loss sustained by the fire. It was resolved that the matter be brought to the attention of the Fire Brigade Committee, and the amount was ordered to be paid. Mr. George Davies said he wished to draw the notice of the Council to the very dangerous state of the wall in Goat Street, opposite Foley House. The stones on the wall were quite loose. Mr. Gibbon stated that the wall was repairable by t'he Council, and it was resolved that the matter be attended to.

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