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(3.) That tramways should be constructed as follows, viz.:—
(a) From Clapham viâ Battersea Rise and East Hill to the
western boundary of the Borough.
(b) From Streatham viâ Tooting Bec Common and Trinity
Road to East Hill, Wandsworth
(c) From High Street, Putney, viâ Putney Bridge Road to
High Street, Wandsworth.
(4.) That a loop be formed between the London & South-Western Railway
and the London, Brighton, & South Coast Railway, and
that a quick and frequent service of trains should be run from
Waterloo viâ Clapham Junction, Wandsworth East Putney,
Southfields, Wimbledon, Merton, Tooting Junction, Streatham,
Tulse Hill, Ludgate Hill, or London Bridge, or branching off
from Tooting Junction to Balham, Wandsworth Common, Clapham
Junction, and Victoria.
(5.) That all local schemes relating to the conveyance of passenger
traffic should be referred to a Central Authority, so as to maintain
a continuity of the systems to the centre of London and
other districts, and also avoid overlapping;
38.—The Town Clerk was instructed to give evidence before
the Royal Commission in support of the views of the Council
above-mentioned and also to give evidence against the suggested
abolition of veto of local authorities with respect to tramway
schemes and the proposal that the London County Council
should regulate and undertake the repair of trenches opened by
gas and water companies; in favour of the power to make byelaws
regulating street traffic being retained by the Police, and of
Borough Councils being consulted thereon; in favour of the
proposed tribunal which it was suggested should be established
to consider all schemes of railway or tramway construction being
appointed by the Government; in favour of gas and other
companies being required to give longer notice of their intention
to open streets for purposes connected with their undertakings
and of Borough Councils being authorised to regulate the depth
at which the pipes and other works of the Companies should be
laid; and upon such other matters brought before the Commission
as might affect the Council.
39.—The Town Clerk accordingly attended before the Commission
on the 6th September and gave evidence in accordance
with the instructions of the Council.