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Clapham Fire
Station.
34.-—The memorial stone of the new fire station at the
junction of Grafton Square and Old Town Clapham
was laid by the Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee
of the London County Council on the 12th July, 1902, and
the station opened by him on the 4th April, 1903, on which date the
old station in Old Town, Clapham, was closed.
35.—The site of the old station, which had been parish
property from time immemorial, was leased by the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Parish of Clapham to the Metropolitan
Board of Works on the 15th March, 1867, at the rent of £1 per
annum, and the Churchwardens and Overseers paid this rent
into the funds of the Clapham Parish Church. Under the
provisions of the London Government Act, 1899, the Churchwardens
ceased to be Overseers and the legal interest in all
property vested in the Churchwardens and Overseers (other than
property connected with the affairs of the church or held for an
ecclesiastical charity) was, subject to the provisions of any scheme
made under the Act, vested in the Borough Council Application
was therefore made to the London County Council for the rent to
be paid to this Council, and after some correspondence with the
Churchwardens and the Local Government Board on the subject,
the Churchwardens felt it was their duty to relinquish their interest
in the land and they accordingly informed the London County
Council that the rent should in future be paid to this Council.
Streatham
Fire Station.
36.—The memorial stone of the new Fire Brigade Station at
Mitcham Lane, Streatham, to the necessity for which
this Council and the late District Board of Works
have repeatedly called attention, was laid by the Chairman of the
Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council on the
7th February last.
Blowing of
Horns.
37—The London County Council, having under consideration
the desirability of making a bye-law as to the
blowing of horns, &c., on pleasure brakes and similar
vehicles, invited the opinions of the Borough Councils on the subject.
Considerable difference of opinion was manifested on the
north side of the Thames as to the desirability of the proposed