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to the condition that the Vestry properly pave the
same.
Plans for the improvement by widening of Cambridge
road were prepared and submitted to the Metropolitan
Board of Works with the application that that Board
would undertake the widening of the road as a Metropolitan
Improvement.
Plans were also prepared for the widening of Green
street by St. John's Church in extension of the improvement
about to be carried out by the Metropolitan Board
of Works. The plans have been approved by the Vicar
of St. John's, and also by the Bishop of London; and
an application is now before the Metropolitan Board of
Works for a contribution of a moiety of the sum of
£1,650, the estimated cost of the work.
Fire alarm
posts.
Fire alarm posts have been fixed by the Metropolitan
Board of Works at the following places, viz.:—
Hackney road by Cambridge Heath Station
Hassard street by Columbia road
Cambridge road by St. John's Church
Approach road by Bonner road
Grove road by Roman road.
Old iron.
The old iron at the depot at Digby street was sold,
realising the sum of £9 9s. 0d.
Tramways.
The condition of the tramways running through the
Parish has been a matter requiring considerable attention.
That in Cambridge road has been entirely
reconstructed, the old wooden sleepers and worn-out
iron rails being removed, solid steel girder rails
substituted, and the paving redressed and relaid. The
work, which occupied a period of six months, was
substantially carried out.