ELLESMERE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12852, 10 July 1907, Page 8

ELLESMERE.

Tho last meeting of Ihe Land Drainage Board tvas attended by Mossrj IJainoy (in tlio chair), Osborne, fannott. Neil, and Mangles. It was resolved to ronfiiTn the minuto of thu Board to tako. a poll of ratepayers to borrow £10.000 as provided by tho MlosnuTo Land Drainage Act, for the purports of paying oft Clio liability on tie T.iunuitu eiilvort, and also tv carry out ail offer to permanently drain Lak<v Kllrvwnoro submitted that day Mr J. A. Paiinott having giiaranteo 1 to do so, lie taking tho risk that i) tin* sihomo is not a em-row, no money nood (k> paid by the Boa.nl. tho guarantor to l>o for twelve months aft* - : ,- the- completion of the works. M«ver.i Griilitl-.i ilicir contract. for rloaninn; th<* livor Ilnlswoll. and it vrnt nr-r-lvct\ that l»o invited for v.ork. In rrferoiu-e to tho future ■n'oiking of tho it ivas roeolvfl that tho difdsro bp stopped for the prrsfiit. and until 501110 altorations nro innHf in tho maeJiiupry. It was ropoived that loavo of ab?oncr> from the (sor.rd« be jrrantod to Mr T!. l{!ifxlr\s until tho end of Sopteinlw. Mr J. A. Pannott t'C-n----<l"rfd his rr«ipnat:on jis a member or the lJonnl. in consequenro of his offer to porinr.nontly drain Lnkc I'Jlleamoro. it «'3x resolrwl that tho rosignatiou lo acrey.trd '.rith murli roprot; al-o that tho be«it thanks of tho Board lx> t<»tMl«»i<-<l to Mr Pa 11 nett for his many YnlneVit* ac a member of t*ir» Board. Tho Seltvjn County Coonril fonvar'io<i an arrount of loans and rate« loriod by tint l«" r :y pricr to tl.> cxi',tonoo of tho Pramniro. Board. Aγooiints amounting to ii.4 J.s Id "n-ere fussed for i)iiyiiici:t.