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RHONDDA SCHOOL BOARD.
RHONDDA SCHOOL BOARD. MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Rhondda School was held on Monday at the Council Cham- ^r' Pentre. The members present were: Mr T. Fernda'e i(n the chair). Miss A. Jones, W. Morris, F.R.G.S. (in the vioe-chair), W. paries. M.A., W. Lewis, R.D, T Williams, •Messrs W Jenkins, J.P., W. W. Hood, H. Row- 'Tu' Williams. J. E. Jones, D. R. Jones, Daniel J-homas. with the clerk (Mr W G. Howell), the —P^ty-clerk (Mr T. Jones), and the architect (Mr **• Rees). Before the commencement of the business th< chairman said he was sure that ,they were all pleas. to see Mr W. W. Hood again amongst them, 'Hear, hear.) He (the chairman) begged to mov< that a resolution be entered upon the minutes ex. Pressing their satisfaction that Mr Hood had re. covered from his illness, and their pleasure at "eing him again at their meetings. The Rev W. Morris as vice-chairman, heartily 8econded the proposition. He. had had' the pleas- ltlte of sitting upon the Board with Mr Hood con- gruously since its commencement—nearly 20 years ago-. Mr Hood had safc with intelligence, and brought his education and experience to bear on all matters which come before the Board, and he "'as sure that the members would agree with him when he said that Mr Hood had done his work conscientiously, faithfullw, devotedly, and self- 8acrificingly. (Hear. hear.) Although Axr Hood was engaged in multifarious duties he found op- POrItunities to devote a portion of his time in the unprovement of the position of the Rhonddaites. He was pleased to second the motion, and ex- Pressed a hope that Mr Hoods' good health would continue, and that they would have his company as often in the future as they had in the past. The. motion having been passed, Mr Hood re- turned thanks, and said that the little service he had rendered had been a pleasure to .m. Busi- ness appointments and illness had prevented him from attending of late, much to his disgust. With renewed health he hoped he would be able to at- tenkl regularly, and act cotoscieirfaioujsly again, ear, hear.) Mr Walter Morgan, solicitor, Pontypridd, and clerk to the Rhondda district Council, wrote with reference to the Hafod Board School. In his letter he stated that lie hid beeii directed to state tha.t the Council bad appointed a committee of three meanbers to meet a committee from the Ys- trad and Pontypridd School Boards, and the ont- d il ypridd District Council, to discuss the whole ques- tion, and if possible to arrive at an amicable settle- ment. The conference would take place at Pont- ypridd on the 12th inst. at 3 p.m. Council deserved that Board would appoint three mem- bers to attend this conference. Rev W. Charles: I i^aik we should appoinlt four members. The Clerk: You could not do that. Each Board is allowed to appoint three. The Chairman, vice-chairman, and the Rev W. Ferris were then appointed to attend the confer- ence. Mr Evan Treharne, on behalf of tue Welsh Bap- tist Church at Tonypandy, applied for a further grant of the use of the school at that place. On the motion of the Chairman permission was granted until June. A communication was read from the Rhondda Gyrrunrodorion Society enclosing thp tfollowing Resolution passed by that Society: — "That this meeting of the Rhondda Cyminro. Morion Society respectfully suggest to the members of the Rhondda School Board the desirability of granting a day or half holiday to the children in their several schools on St. Davidls Day in each year. Signed E. H. Davies, President; Tom Davies, ^retary. A no;te was added to the resolution pointing out oat a similar request was made by Cardiff i odorion Society to the Caru.ii School Board, and the request was granted. Rev W. Charles A whole day or half a day? The Clerk: I cannot say. sir. The Vice-Chairman: Why nOli present each Sc|^m with a leek as well. (Laughter). iS* T/5wis: St. David's .uav will be on iuesday. won't it* The Clerk: Yes. Vice-Chairman moved that they grant a a olidav on the 1st of March and this was agreed to. 'I REPORT OF BUILDLw COMMix A^E. This committee met on the 27th January, 1898, and they reported as under: We have received an application from Mr Daniel fisher, on behalf of Llanfairarvbryn Church, for the use of the Penygraig Boys' School on Monday afternoon, the 7th March, for the purpose of hold- lllg a tea meeting and entertainment. As this would interfere wi,th the workin- of the day school, Wo cannot recommend the Board to grant the ap- plication. We have also received an application from Mr ftvan Treharne, on behalf of the Welsh Baptist Church, for the use of the Tonypandy Scnool on he afternoon of the 7th of March, for the purpose Of bo id; nsr a tea, meeting. but for the same 1'e'a.son as stated in paragraph 1 above, we cannoifc rec°mniend thAt the application be granted, We have received a letter from the Rev A. C. earce stating that the trustees of Wesley Chapel, frndale. had consented to grant the Board the use °t their vestry for the temporary accommodation ? Jibe Ferndale Higher Grade School upon the o'Wing condition namely: 1. That alldamages lhade good by the Board. 2. Payment of a (ntaI at the rate of 12s per week. 3. Payment J for gas consumed, and every necessary expense in cUrred. We recommend that these terms be ac- cepted. We have r?ce:ved a comnuirJc'tion from the r duration Department enquiring wV>3t proposals ,e Board have to rmke w'th re,T'rd fo the pre- sses of the Porth Board Schools. We. recom- mend that the clerk be instructed to rep^y stating that the alterations omitted be carried out by the LWwonno School Board, according; to the ap- proved plans, will be carried out in due course, hi-t that, with regard to the suggested enlargement of the Forth Girls' School. the consideration of r VSl lSi ^e'erre<l pending a settlement of the xtafod bcSiool question. We have received the estimate of the architect in wh'ch he states that it will cost ,j to com. D ete the Porth and Infants' departments in accordance with .t.ti? plans submitted bv the Llan- WpnT,o School Board and approved by the, Depart- ment; aR(j the clerk reports th.it h.e has accord- in^v i-structed j.«iessrs Walter Morgan, Bruce, ana Co *o claim -.us sum. together with the bal- s of ntes from the Llanwonno School Board. recommend that under the«e circumstances, occip?t:on of i.ie present temnorarv premises i, c^n^nned. and that their lordships biei informed t'-e ouestion of providing permanent accom- oda<- on ;s deferred pendin • the settlement of the ^pfod School oue^t'on. TKe C'erk reports th-it he 11"" not vet received from ^r A 0. Fvans. Pontypridd, in an- to the Board's letter accepting the terms fy and asking for draft le'ise of the proposed ad- o^onil p-eoe of land adlo;n- YR? vlorstown School. We have. instructed .the ^erk to write a,gain to Mr Evans pressing for a WP recommend that Mr Rowlm? and the arch- asketl to visit t-8 .ia.mstown Schoo1. and fribmit to us a report, plan, and estimate of r, of improvements required to be made to the D'winds. We have perused the architect's report, in which e states That the contractors at Pontrnonada *T.+'n>.ie to make sa.tisf«ctorv -rotrresa. That the contractors at Cvmmer School are now progress, and that he (the archi- is havmor the old drains improved as far as pn«?«rVe4 TSP at the Ferndale H->her Grade iooI hfls unproved to the extent of the addition mPn. but is still unsatisfactorv xtJt 60 feet of the boundary wall 0: Perth Girls School is built on a Kanfe ■ ■ ■ ,'J.. ■ « -v f which has been so seriously washed away that th< ground is now lower than the bottom of the wall and that a little more washing away will endangej the wall. line aircMtect recommends that "tme Board's workmen should excavate the bank away, and underpin the wall to make it secure. That he has taken measures to remedy the dampness at the Manual Training R-OOJD of the Ystrad Higher Grade School. We beg to recommend as follows luat the architect be instructed to submit an estimate of the probable cost of excavating the bank on the inner side of the boundary wall of the Porth Girls' School, and underpinning the wall. The report was adopted. RE-l ^RT OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. Hereunder are extracts of a lengthy report sub- mitted by the above committee: The following head teachers have applied for leave of absence as under: 1. David Evans, Treorkv. on the 14th and 15th February. H. Howells, Pentre, on the 22nd and 23rd February. We recommend that the appli- cations be granted. The headl teachers of Williamstown Girls' and Aberllechau Mixea schools have applied to us for additional staff, but we find that those schools are at presmt staffed according to scale. We have received a communication from the Science and Art Department, stating that the ad. ministration of the grants for drawing and manual insruction in Puouc Eleimeibary Schools will be transferred to the Education Department from the 31st March, 1898, and that in all schools of which the school year ends later than 31st March. 1898, inspection by the Education Department will take place of the annual examinations, in drawing and manual work. hitherto held by the Science and Art Department; and that the grants in aid of in- struction, in both subjects, will be paid by the Education Department as part of the annual grant to the managers of all public elementary schools of which the school year ends after the 31st March next We have received a letter from Mr R. D. Chalke headmaster of the Pupil Teachers' School, stating that he had been in communication with Mr Le gard, Chief Inspector, and Mr Edwards, Al. Inspector, both of whom had promised to attend a meeting which it was proposed to hold at Porth for jthle purpose of tdistributin the Science and Art certificates to the Pupil Teachers, and suggesting Tuesday evening. February 15th, at 6.30 p.m., as a convenient day and hour. We defer the consideration of the question of amending the scale of salaries paid to teachers under Article 68. and propose to discuss the two following questions at our next meeting, viz. 1. The desirability or otherwise of employing teachers under Article 68. ±he question of salary (if it be deemed desirable to employ such teachers). Two applications have been received from head teachers for .transfer to the new Pontrhondda Mixed School, namely from S. Davies. Blaen- rhondda Mixed; Hy. Harris. Pontygwaith Mixed. We have, however, received a letter from Mr Harris desiring to withdraw ms application in- asmuch as when his application was made he was not aware that Mr Davies was also an applicant for that post. We recommend that mr Davies' appli- cation be granted, and that Biaenrhondda Mixed School be substituted for Pontrhondda Mixed, as one of the schools for which headmasters are to be appointed at the next meeting of the Board. We have received 57 applications for the posts of headmasters of the Biaenrhondda Mixed and Nilliamstown Boys' Schools and beg to recom- mend those of the following for the consideration of tie Board: L. M. Davies, certificated assistant, Llwynpia Mixed. W. E. Davies. certificated assistant. Ton Boys. B. Gabe, certificated assistant, Ystrad Higher Grade School. •J. R. Jones, certificated assistant, Pentre Boys. W. H. Owen, certificated assistant, Treorky Boys. The Board appointed Messrs L. M. Davies and Gabe. We have received five application^ for the pn.-<.c of certificated assistant master at the Ystrad Higher Grade School, and beg to recommend those of the following for the consideration of the Board -J. W. Curtis. Jersey; W. E. Davies, Cynuner Boys' School; W. D. Evans. Treaiaw Boya School. — Mr W. E. Davies was appointed. The report, was adopted. MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. The Medical Officer of Health submitted his report for the four weeks ending February 5th, 1898. It was as under: I beg to submit to you my report for the four weeks ending February 5th last. The figures are based upon an estimated population at the middle of 1898 of 122,245 per- sons. There were registered 334 births, 170 of boys and 164 of girls, equal to a birth-rate per 1,000 of 35.5. During the corresponding period of last year the birth-rate was 33.1. The number of deaths from all causes was 135, 71 of males and 64 of females, equal to a death- rate per 1.000 per annum of 14.3. The rate dur- ing the same period of 1897 was 17.8. From the principal zymotic diseases 15 deaths were registered, equal to a deatn-rate per annum of 1.5, compared with a death-rate of 3.4 during the corresponding period of last year. The death recorded as due to scarlet fever oc- curred at Porth. The disease has not spread in this street, but has made its appearance in other parts of Porth. In Treherbert the epidemic shows no sign of abating, and cases still keep cropping up in Treorky and Cwmpark. Until we have the means of isolating scarlet fever. I fear we cannot hone to be free from it, and in this connection I would remind you that we have had the competi- tive plans for the enlargement of the present hos- pital in these offices now between four and five months, it would seem desirable therefore to come to a decision in the matter. There are only ten cases of typhoid fever in the whole district. I In my last report I started that there were at the time of writing 14 houses with 20 cases of diph- theria in the district, and a reference to the table will show that there are still fourteen houses in- fected and six,teen cakes. Whooping cough is still in Llwynpia, and one death was recorded from the disease here. Influenza has been prevalent during the month in both valleys, but no deaths were reported as due to the disease. The 61 houses built in four blocks on the moun- tain side above Biaenrhondda are in anything but a good sanitary condition, but before y reporting more fully upon them I think it would be well for you to decide whether you will lay down a subsidiary sewer for their drainage. If the cost s-ji-vf j Sewer is excessive, then it will be neces- the" sew-geV1Se S°me °tller means of dealing with In conjunction with vour survevor. I have as- and my oln hout definite tenders upon the basis both of a private installation and of connection with a central ex- change. I understand, however, that the Ystrad Gas and1 Water Co. have a^w:re from the Tym-waun Reservo'r to the Porth Gas Works, and it "might be poss b.e to make use of this in our proposed con notions. I suggest, therefore, that the electrical engineers, from whom the Water Co. rent this wire should be asked to tender for the adding on of the additional connections. We could then see whe- ther it would be more or less cos,Lly than entering into the advantages of 1:In exchange. I find that the scavenging is being done fairly well with the exception of No. 15 district—Pont- v?waith to Tylorstown-the infliction of the fines author sed to be imposed annears to have no effect upon tne scwenoer in this district, and if he con- 1°i ne?,ect his work I consider that we should take the contract out of his hands.
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HEALTH OF THE RHONDDA.
HEALTH OF THE RHONDDA. DIPHTHERIA ON THE INCREASE. At a meeting of the Rhondda District Council on Fridav last Councillor Thomas Griffiths, J.P., in the chair) Dr Herbert Jones, the medical officer of health, reported that from the principal zymotic diseases 15 death had been registered during the month diphtheria having caused 11 deaths. One hundred and twenty five cases of infectious diseases had been notified to him during the same period, and this numb erincluded 58 cases of scarlet fever, and 43 cases of diphtheria. The Chairman There appears to be an increase in diphtheria cases. Dr Jones: Yes, sir. <¡ The Chairman Can you trace the origin. Dr Jones: Well, although its bad it is not so bad as it is in other place. We know that diph- theria. is prevalent in England and Wales, and amongst all these places notified, and the popula- tion of which exceeds 15 £ millions, it is nearly twice as bad as it is here. I don't think the I schools have anything to do with it, for, with one exception, the sanitary arrangements of the whole of them is good. v The Chairman: We notice -^hat there has been ain increase in the number of cases during the iast few years. Dr Jones You will notice, sir, that in my last report, I gave as one of my reasons for its exis- tence and spread the dampness of the surroundings. The sub-soil of the houses is not sufficiently drain- ed. We have a bye-law which explicitely states •that the sub-soil of all houses must be properly drained. Mr Morgan Llewelyn I notice that the largest Mr Morgan Llewelyn I notice that the largest number of cases have been notified from Ward No 1. Dr Jones This disease has existed there dur- ing the whole of last year. Mr Llewelyn What, in the same street? Dr Jones Yes. in the same area. The Chairman thought that if they had a bye- law dealing with the draining of the subsoil, they should put it in force. Alderman Mathias moved that in future no plans be passed unless they showed the system of draing subsoil. Mr Jenkins pointed out that the houses at Tre- orky in which diphtheria cases had occurred were situate upon the side of the hill. and asked if it was necessary to drain the subsoil of those houses ? Dr Jones It would be scarcely necessary on the side of the hill, but I don't think that dampness 'wl.,S the cause of the cases which occurred there. I found a number of houses in a distinct insanitary condition, bad traps, or unventilated drains. The Chairman: That is another cause. Dr Jones: Well those insanitary conditions helped to cause those diseases. Mr Jenkins: You say all schools are properly I drained excepting one. Which one do you mean? Dr Jones: The one I had in my mind is Ynys- wen School. Mr Jenkins: Then I presume your inspector will examine that school. Dr Jones We are doing what we cam. We have no main sewer there. Mr Jenkins Oh, yes, we have. Mr Jones (surveyor): We want the subsidiary to drain these schools. Mr Jenkins How far is it away from the main sewer then? Mr Jones About lOtf feet. Mr Jenkins Well. whv is it that this sewer has not been constructed years ago? Dr Thomas: I think that is important. We should have it attended to at once. The diphtheria we had at Heolfach was traced to the schools. Mr Jenkins It is our duty to see that these schools are properly drained. I move that steps be taken immediately to have these schools drain- ad.
CHESS . '.
CHESS THE SOUTH WALES CHALLENGE CUP. The final match for this cup was played at Swansea on Thursday evening between the Rhon- dda and Swansea Clubs, the former being victor- ious. The full score was as follows: Rhondda Mr Gwynne, 0 Mr H. Dorie, Mr E. W. Rees. 0; Mr T. R. Evans. 1; Mr Owen Jones, 1; Mr H. O. Wells, 1; total 31. Swansea: Mr Pollock, 1; Mr Camm, 0-11; Mr Wolfers, 1; Mr Down 0; Mr Evans, 0; Mr Nor- ton. 0; total 21. This is the second time for the Rhondda Club to win the Challenge Cup.
THE RHONDDA VALLEYS CHAMBER…
THE RHONDDA VALLEYS CHAMBER OF TRADE. The Rhondda. Valleys Chamber of Trade met at Ton on Thursday, under the presidency of Mr Collier. The Secretary (Mr Sheppard) stated that the Pentre Post Office would supply excellent tele- phonic service, and that the office would be opened on Monday. The General Post Office promised to cons'df.i- the Council's proposal to have a 9 o'clock mail from the Valley, whereby letters for London could be posted jip to about nine o'clock in the even ing. It was decided to petition Judge Gwilym Williams to have a County Court Search Office in th« locality, to enable persons to "enter" and to "search" at Pentre instead of going to Ponty- pridd.
MOUNTAIN ASH OOUNTY COURT.
MOUNTAIN ASH OOUNTY COURT. At the Mountain Ash County Court on Thurs- day (before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams) James Westnaiy, who was represented by Mr Gwilym Jones, solicitor, Mountain Ash, sued a travelling toothache and rheumatic curer, known by the name of "Sequah," for L6 alleged to be balance due on the sale of a van. Plaintiff deposed that he sold the van to defendant for JB15, and was paid £2 deposit. Defendant came for the van, and paid a further sum of jB7, leaving the balance of j36. The defence was that the purchase price was JB9, and a receipt purporting to be signed by Mr Westray for that amount was produced. Plaintiff swore that the receipt produced was not signed by him, and that the receipt he signed showed that the L9 paid was on account. His Honour compared the signature on the receipt with that of Westray on a letter admitted to be his, but ultimately said he was not going to decidb the case on the similarity or otherwise of the handwriting, for he did not believe in the evidence of experts on handwriting. As two witnesses swore that they heard defendant promise to send the balance he gave a perdict for the plaintiff with costs. Mulvay Bros., represented by Mr T. Nicholas, Pontypridd, sued T. Lewis, of Treharris, represent- ed by Mr C. Kenshole, for JB27 18s, balance of account for painting and glazing houses on the Mis- kin, Mountain Ash. Mr Kenshole admitted two items of £ 4 10s and 17s 6d. x.^r Nicholas stated that there was a clause in the contract which he had seen that day for the first time specifying that four coats of paint be used. He would be ob- liged to allow that only three were given and to re-, duce his claim accordingly. There was also a counter claim for breach of contract owing to the work not being properly done and some of it having been redone. Messrs Richard Edwards Thomas Rnoderick, Aberdare, and J. Gibson, Pont- ypridd, architects, gave expert efvidemfe. ins Honour reserved judgment. z
SUDDEN DEATH Ae PENTRE. i…
SUDDEN DEATH Ae PENTRE. AN AWKWARD MISUNDERSTANDING. The coroner, Mr R. J. Rhys. held an inquest at the Queen's Hotel. Pentre, on Saturday morn- ing. on the body of a collier, named Job Hill. 22. 43, Queen Street, Pentre, who died suddenly at his residence about mid-day on Tuesday last. Mr Samuel Pugh was foreman of the jury. From the evidence given, it seemed the deceased had t complained about a lump in the chest for the last month, saying that his food could not digest. He went to consult Dr Evan Jones, Pentre, about it, and received a bottle of medicine from him. Dr Jones gave evidence, and said he saw deceased about half an hour after death. Although he had prescribed a bottle of medicine for him he never recollected having seen him at all. He attributed death to failure of tne heart's action, due to a fatty Iheart1. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes."—The Coroner said: I cannot understand why the doctor did not give a certificate.—It appears that, through some mis- understanding between the coroner and the doctor. the bodv has been kept since Tuesday last. When viewed by the jurors decomposition had set in.
PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.
PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS. General Laurie's Leasehold Enfranchisement Bill is backed by Sir John Jones Jenkins, Mr Co- hen, Sir George Fardell, Sir Albert Rollit, and Sir John T. Dillwvn Llewelyn. Mr Sam Evans has taken charge of a Coal Mines Regulation Acts Amendment Bill, and has secured the support of Sir Charles Dilke. Mr W. Abraham. Mr W. Allen, Mr Thomas Baylev, S:r Walter Foster, and others. r Bills to provide pensions in old age to the provident poor and relating to out-door relief in sickness and widowhood to the provident poor are in charge of Mr Bartley, and backed by Mr J. M. Maclean and Sir F. S. Hunt. Mr Herbert Roberts has once again brouguu in his Sunday Closing Act Amendment b-i. for which he has secured the support of Mr Lloyd- George, Mr William Jones, and Mr Alfred Thomas. I Sir John Jones Jenkins has backed Mr Gold's Bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's !!lster. The Welsh, Land Bill is backed bv Mr "erbert T -s. Mr Vnisrhan Davies Mr Lloyd-George, Mr Brvnmor Jones, --r Herber1 Roberts, and Mr Tilovd Morran. It w'll embody the unanimous report of the Welsh Land Commission. All the Welsh members, both Radical and Un- ionist. voted against ^r Kedmond's amendment on Friday ,n;e! t Mr Labouchere and Mr Atherlev ) Jones werr the two Radicals who voted for it.
THE CARDIFF RAILV.AY
THE CARDIFF RAILV.AY 1 MEETING OF TREFOILS! RATri- PAi^-o. Mr James Roberts, J.P.. chairman of uie Pont- ypridd District Council, convened a meeting of the ratepayers of Treforest at the Board Schools on rriday night for the purpose of considering the Cardiff Railway Bill. Mr Roberts, who presided, stated that he had called the meeting at tne request of a number of ratepayers in that district. He would like the dis- cussion to be perfectly impartial, and anyone who held different views on the subject, wou given an opportunity to statei them. ,ear, hear.) Per- sonally he believed that there were several reasons in favour of supporting this Bul. The railway would be constructed through the district, and would be important to them all. and especially to those people who lived on the eastern side of the valley. That. part had not been served with rail- way advantages at all, and were not served to some extent by the Taff Vale Railway. The pro- posed railway would be of great importance to Treforest and the town of Pontypridd. because they knew that the industrial resources below Tre- forest were undeveloped, and that a railway skirt- ing along the east side of the valley would be an important factor in reaching those minerals and conveying them to the markets. The railway of last year took a rather different route, but' the proposed railway took the course of the canal all the way up, not only to Pontv- r but to Aber- dare, Merthyr, and Dowlais. He U~r Roberts) certainly thought that a railwa- running through those important valleys, and making connections with other railways would be of considerable im- portance to Ponjtypridd. The former railway was simply a branch to Pontvprwd, but the present scheme, as he had before pointed out. was that the railway should run the whole length of the Taff and Lynon Valleys. He was sure tiiat they were ill of the opinion that the larger the number of facilities of transit for goods, minerals, and paa. sengers, the more trade would be transacted, and the 0 greater would be the ratau.e value. They must remember that the canal was obtained in the last years of the last century, and at those i.mes clauses and powers were allowed to be put in bills, which no committee present day would dream of. Such powers -ad. been given to the canal company, and they had had the use of those advantages all these years. The ratable value of the canal was the same price as agricultural land. and accordingly they only received in rates from the portion of the canal in their district the sum of £ 26 5s. He considered that a small hel^ to- wards their sanitary, poor, and educa-tion rates. What would be the result if the- had their rail- way constructed? Instead of receiving the small sum of JB26 5s they would receive between Lv" and ;1rTvV. which wouid be oi great help to the ratepayers of the district. (Hear, hear.) Such a railway too would bring a large amount of cap- ital to the district. If collieries were sunk in their immediate neighbourhood they would find that the town would grow to a cons,derab e extent anJ. the advantages which would be offered to them would be unprecedental. He was not there to speak against the xaff Vale Railway. It had been the means of developing the district, but they niusiu not forget the docks at Cardiff. The railway would not have done so much without the docks, and they must remember that originally the only way of conveying coal ,to Cardiff was by canal; and if they were to throw sympathies into the question they should sympathise with those who had started the first industry, which was (the Glamorganshire Canal. When he was a boy he could remember the canal being the only means of transit. The canal was used for the conveyance of merchandise. Minerals were conveyed to nine blast furnaces at Hirw&in. and to 40 or 50 at Mer- thyr. All the iron made found its way back to Cardiff by the waterway. If they shoula sym- pathise at all in this question they should let Aeir sympathies go with the pioneers of those industries, and it was the canal only which first commenced those industries. The days of railways came. and from period to period the canal was stripped of its traffic, and it is now of little use. It was a wonder to him (Mr Roberts) that .the owners of the canal had r.O}t gone in for railway facilities years ago. because they knew that it was practically obsolete. Not so much as small coal was now conveyed by it. and if they could help its conversion into a railway, as Mountain Ash. Aberdare an., -erthyr Iwl c'ec de,1 to do. then they should do so. If the construction of the line was agreed to. the water of the canal would be diverted to the river. Ine Treforest tinworks was now in the hands of a good company, and if they could get one-third more water into the river there would be a third less stoppages. (Applause.) The tinworks de- pended entirely on the river, and therefore this adv,t:it;z ze offered was one wn— they should en- deavour to obtain. Some might ask. --ow are vou goina: to deal with the men in the employ of the Glamorgan Canal Company?" Well. he could authoritatively inform them that every provision would be made for them. Aiie o-aer hands would receive a pension—(applause)—and all who were able to work would have the first offer of employ- ment in the various positions on the railway. They ought to try and do away with the\ canal from a sanitary point of view. --e water trav- elled at such a slow rate. and was filled with re- fuse of all description, tha-t in summer time it really endangered the health of the public. As they were all aware this water was oftentimes used for domestic purposes, and he had no doubt but that a number of the infectious diseases wh:ch occurred in their district was due to its use.. It had been stated that the chainworks would be affected bv this new railway. This was untrue. for the company had made arrangements to sup- the chainworks with water. the whole busi- ness of the promoters showed that they were en- deavouring to meet the wishes of all the people the railway would affect. i—mdause.) Mr T. Cule. Pontypridd, then proposed i hit this meeting of ratepayers and res:dents of Tre- forest, specially convened to consider the Cardiii Ka.,wav Bill. for the conversion of the Glamor- ganshire Canal into a railway are of the opinion that such a project will be -^gh:y beneficial to this district, more especial" to this ne;guoourhood. pledges itself to support the same, and request r James Roberts, the chairman of the District Council, to take such steos as he may consider desirable to bring this resolution to the notice of 'I the Parliamentary Committee. Session L-u. In moving the above. Mr Cule said the promot- ers wished to brir.g the cinal up to date. -ligh- ter.) He wished to point out that ths canal was not so directly under the influence of the Board of Trade as railways. They could not compel the eatial company to give an excep rate for the conyeyance of any particular commodity. They could force a railway company .through the raii- way commissioners to give an exceptional rate. Triey could not compel the canal company to do so. and carry their goods at such, rates as would eft- able them to compete with other places. The can- al was made in the days when it would take three da^s to go to London. Now they could go in four hours, and they wanted the canal to be a better medium of conveyance from place to place better medium of conveyance from place to place than it was at present. The owners of the can 1 I had served' them well in the past. they deserved all the support they cou'd g ve them, (üear. hear.) Councillor R. T. Richards seconded the motion. ( and said that thev krew tter times were coming. (Hear. he^r.) Trade was looking ur) and it seemed that they were on the eve of ano^ ther years prosper:/v. (^mola-u^.) As Mr Cule had said the canal was in concern, construct- ed as it was in the -ear 179?. Its construction was a (Teat er.g n^ering fea' in those davs, and it served the requirements of th.it centurv. Those were the days of road trivelling and not by pas- senger trains. He had heard said that when a relation of h s went from Merfhvr to Bristol at the commencement of th; cer.hirv th-t they too! groat careto feed and cothe her 1>efore she comment ed her iournev. and that it took her a. fortnight to get there. (Laughter.) When she returned bom- was asked m"nv t^ngs by the wondering fo'k around, and amonrat other questions she was ask ed if there were anv black people th Pil" Po. (Ipurl laughter). Such was the state of travelling facilit- "w ¡:t,. that t'me, but since then great str.des had ,'< been made. and they now lived in an age of great commercial enterprise and railways were necessary. Better .mes were ahead, and he believed they were within sight of better railway facilities for the dis- trict. (Applause.) They must go on with the times, and must leave the canal barge for the raiilway train. (Hear, hear.) The canal (had undoubtedly injured Treforest. It had rendered the tinplate works idle for weeks at a tune. with the result that the workmen had often times lost over JE200 in wages, as against the paltry sum of JB25 they received as rates from the canal. If the water of the canal was diverted into the river, stoppages for want of water would not occur at the tinplate works. The canal at present was a. stagnant pool, which gave rise to disease in the district. The river, too. was in a similar state, but if the water of the canal was allowed to run into it stagnant pools would not be seen. There would be 5j miles of the proposed railway within the parish, equal to a ratable value of vùO The total rate of the district was s ""cl in thel and the £ 14.000 woul dbring in rates to the amount of £ 3,730. as against !6 the company now paid. This property would be the means of reducing the rates about 6d in the L. He had much pleasure in seconding the motion. A Mr Parker protested strongly against the motion, because he considered that it would be to the interest of the public to keep the canal so that goods could be conveyed in the cheapest pos- sible manner. The canal was a great work of their forefathers, and they should keep it. Why should they give the monopoly of the trade to one man, he asked? The Chairman: I must call you to order. You must move a resolution, or I cannot allow you to speak. A Voice: Let him go on. The Chairman: You move a resolution, and then you shall speak. -r Parker. Mr Parker: I won't move anvthing. You are doing all you can for it and you wan,t one man to monopolise the whole of the traffic. (1n a loud voice) I say do away WItù. monopoly. Do away it. A Voice: Quite right. Another Voice: You shu.t up. (Laughter). The Chairman (to Mr Parker) Why don't vou move a resolution, and we will listen to it. (Hear. hear.) That is the way to conduct business, and I anoeal to my friends to mat I am right. Mr Parker: So vou say. The Chairman: 'Well.' I invite you again to move any mo,tion you like. Mr Morgan Thomas favoured the motion, and pointed out that the railwav would be the means of opening out a new steam' coal field. The canal was made over a century a?o and if he was allow- ed to use the word, it was most "fitable" for the trade of those davs. Old Mr Booker used to say "God help me and the canal"—(laughter)—and with the object he said it. so must they now sav "God help us and the'rail way. (Applause.) They should not bring personalities into the question. He contended that it was not for them to con- sider whether it would benefit a private individual or company, but whether it would benefit and be to the interest- of the communitv of the district. (Applause.) He claimed that the railway would benefit them. and make Treforest the fairest flower of the isle. and the first gem of commerce. (Laugh ter and applause.) The Chairman then pointed out tha,' the district council had decided to improve a number of the canal bridges, but this improvement had been de- ferred until the result of this Bill was known. If it passed, the company would purchase ail the ironwork from them. and cirrr out the work fl,eT".elvp,s. (Hear. hear.) The Council had in- troduced clauses into the Bill which would give them better gradients and duplicate sewers and other drians where necessirv. Mr Frederick Hill also snoke ;n surinort of the motion, and said the rai w* wouid be the means of a large amount of money be'r ? spent in the dis- trict. a decrease in rate, and better traveli ng facilities offered to the public. 3 The motion was t,en nut to th<? me-etinq 4,-1 carried by a large majority, only 14 voting against The n>o*ion wm- adopted nrov >a«* om. a creed to the closes <?u nested bv pnnt- ypriud District Council. ;r James Richards in a ioruV- speech, in which He :1;(1 referred i me «vrtT« m the moved a vote of to :5r Robert* for presiding. '■ as ai to. and the Tiroceev nijs ter- minated.
RHONDDA DISTRICT COUNCIL.…
RHONDDA DISTRICT COUNCIL. FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. The Rhondda Urban District Council held. their fortnightly meeting on Fr;r,v last the chair be;ng occupied by Councillor Thomas Griffiths. J.P.. Porth. There were also present. Alderman W. H. Mathrv. J.P.. Alderman W. Morgan, J.P., Coun- cillors W Jemk'n". J.P.. J. Williams. D. Evans Morris "Morris. Rees Griffiths. Lemuel Price Gri- ffiths. Morgan Llewelyn, John Thomas, the clerk (Vr Walter H. Morgan), the surveyor (Mr W J. Jones), and the medical officer of health (Dr Her- bert Jones.) Mr Arthur 0. Evans, architect, of Pontypridd, w-r-ote with reference to the plans of a Conservat-'ve Ciub at Mardv. which were submitted and rejected bv the Council a t their previous meeting. because they did rot comply with the bye-laws. Mr Evans in Vs communication stated that tlie whole of ths» buildintrs would be used for club wirooses and therefore a larger back area, as required by the Council, was not necessary. The Council decided to consider the plans a t t^e:r r.ext meet-in?. A letter was read calling the Council's atten- tion to flie iniD'vssab'e stite of a road at Dinas. and +'he letter nointed out that- it was now impos- ,b1e for vehicles to reach any of the cotter0*1 sit- uate on this road. The letter was referred to the Roads Committee. Reference was ma-le to the disupV re Hafod Board Schools, and the elerk- informed the Coun- cil that q conference of the committees appointed would be held on Wednesday next. when the ques t-ion wo^ld be dealt with. The Chairman'intimated that it won'd be ^pos- [ sible for him to attend and Mr Flhys Griffiths was apnointed with Mr White and Mr Mathias to represent the Council. The Pentre postmaster wrote asking the Coun- cil's permission to place a Tvllor-b'^ Brid^nd Sin°.re Pertrn T^v w:eh?d to take away the wall box near the h-»v s^or^s. The lefter was handed ""o t1-e <ur-"x-r>r with ordpr« to make the necewrv arrangements. ordpr" to make the necewrv arrangements. Police Snr>°rv; ten dent Cole. of Pnntv*>rHd. for- warded a Viothy wmmnn-'ction in reply to -lie letter asking 11: to p\T»1r<-r e nr>i;c» h,,1. r-n+ r"n up the Y*trid Fire Br'crade to fh", disastrous fire at +' C'vd^ch Vale Col lery. r-e commvn:c">f:or. +h" +-].,c> of the fire a n-es^en^^r Hoyle. of Tonvnin-dv t-h°t -i-n "xp: re- curred at the Cumbrian Co i:erv T^e 'Inspector Hovle) imrrediatelv proe?ed°d to' V-tIo with a number of police, and on their arrival there fo"nd the tt.^ y,0 known that- a fire had tn nil)** up br <?*dp before f^Tri Trvnv- pandy. The r"nec+o!' Vr ^r,aTnr^o'l> the aqent nf ti,e "no 1, tv,.e inspector ftat Ip "irnnM !'o+ +0 be thrown tlP TS" Courcil cor\s:dered th's a "I't;"f:.c<mv ex- planation.
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