anything like a sufficient supply for a large district, and that as it would cost so much to put them in a proper condition, they would be dear at a gift. He, however, must differ from Mr. Ticehurst with regard to the second part of the Committee’s report; for, he did not think there was so much discrepancy between the Committee and Mr. Barlow as Mr. Ticehurst seemed to imagine. Mr. Barlow had taken a journey to Brede to see if he could not discover a source from which to suggest some other means of supply than those of Mr. Clark’s. The Committee had visited some other places, but so far as he could learn, they had not seen anything to militate against Mr. Barlow’s opinion. There was, however, one fault which had prevailed in the borough for forty years - both under the old Commissioners and in the Council – that of doing things on too small a scale. It was necessary, in his idea, to get a supply not simply adequate to the wants of 20,000 persons, but for a population 100,000. It mattered little whether such supply was obtained at a distance of six or sixteen miles, but it should be at all times an abundant supply. The Committee thought they would like Mr. Barlow to see the Crowhurst and Bodiam streams, it being most prudent that before entering upon an important undertaking they should be well advised; and, considering that works of that kind frequently cost £20,000 or more, he did not think it was worth cavilling about the expense of five guineas a day. Coun. Vidler thought that Mr. Putland and two or three other persons with him, were quite as capable of measuring water as Mr. Barlow was. Ald. Ticehurst would move an amendment, not because he differed from Mr. Winter as to the necessity of a good supply, but because before they had Mr. Barlow down again, it would be better for a sub-committee to obtain more particulars. This amendment was carried by a large majority.
Clark’s Offer not accepted. At the same special meeting it was resolved that Mr. Clark’s offer on the 3rd of June be not accepted, as it appeared that the addition of his works would be insufficient to meet the growing wants of the town.
To Supply the West Ward. After electing the new Mayor on the 9th of November, Coun. Howell said that he trusted the Council would pardon his taking the unusual course of introducing other business than the routine usually followed on that recurrent occasion. Notice, he said, had been given of an application to Parliament for a Bill to supply the western part of the district with water, and unless the Council took advantage of the then present opportunity there would not be time to put themselves clearly before the -
