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In the meantime information reached the Committee that a
portion of Dowson's Wharf in the Commercial Road was vacant,
and negociations were opened with the view to its acquirement
by the Vestry, but eventually the owners declined to accept the
Vestry as tenants, in consequence of the possible offensive nature
of the deposits which would be made. On the 3rd March Mr.
Stubb's "Wharf was first introduced to the notice of the Committee,
and on the 8th March it was agreed that a portion of this
Wharf should be taken at a premium of £500 and a rental of
£550. Tenders for certain alterations were immediately advertised
for, and on the 18th March Mr. Sharman's tender at £435
for finishing the stables, &c. was accepted. On the 15th April
an additional 30 feet of the Wharf was agreed to be taken at a
farther rent of £65. On the 22nd April five horses were purchased
of Mr. Russell for £375, and on the 27th four more of
Mr. Pain for £296 and four of Mr. Paris for £295. About this
time a difficulty arose with Mr. Stubbs, it being discovered that
he had reserved on the agreement plan a piece of land on the
Vestry's portion of the Wharf near the jetty, but it was ultimately
agreed that the Vestry should have a right of way over such
piece of land, and that Mr. Stubbs should only deposit there
temporarily while loading or unloading barges.
On the 13th May Mr. Sharman's tender to erect a Sifting
Shed, Furnace, &c., for £553 10s. was accepted. On the 15th
two more carts were ordered of Messrs. E. H. Bayley & Co.
On the 19th May the new regime was formally commenced by
a procession of the Horses, Carts and Vans throughout the
principal thoroughfares of the Parish, but, in consequence of the
illness of the new horses, the work was not entirely out of the
hands of the Contractors, who had been temporarily engaged on
day work, until the 10th July.
On the 30th June an intimation was received from the
Solicitors to the General Ice Company, the adjoining occupiers,
of a nuisance arising from the Wharf. The Vestry did all in its
power to prevent any cause of complaint, but on the 21st