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London Traffic. 36.—A Royal Commission having been appointed to enquire
into the means of locomotion and transport in
London a Conference of Metropolitan Borough
Councils was convened by the London County Council on the
subject of the evidence to be given before the Commission. The
following resolutions were passed at the Conference, viz.:—
(1.) That evidence be placed before the Royal Commission on behalf
of the councils of metropolitan boroughs dealing with the following
matters—
(a) Powers of regulating the unloading of barrels and coal
over public footpaths in mam thoroughfares; each
borough council to have power to fix the hours for
such unloading in its own district.
(b) Obstruction of streets due to street markets.
(c) Removal of costermongers and other obstructions from
main roads.
(d) Breaking-up of streets by various statutory companies.
(e) Charges to be made on persons liable for repairs to roads
due to extraordinary traffic.
(f) Charges due to diversion of traffic from main roads into
side streets.
(g) The provision of secondary streets for the relief of traffic.
(2.) That in the opinion of this conference it is desirable that the
statutory powers now possessed by the borough councils over
public highways should not be curtailed.
(3.) That in the opinion of this conference the existing difficulties with
regard to locomotion and transport in London above ground
would be largely remedied, if not entirely removed, by judicious
street widenings and improvements.
(4.) That the question of a service of passenger steamboats on the
Thames should be included in the subjects to be considered by
the Royal Commission, and that this conference do submit
evidence upon the subject of such service of steamboats.
(5.) That this conference is of opinion that the Royal Commission
should take into consideration the desirability of extending the
London cab radius.
(6.) That this conference is of opinion that evidence should be given
before the Royal Commission as to the interference with traffic
caused by the opening of swing bridges in the neighbourhood of
docks.