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preparing an application to the Metropolitan Board upon the
subject.
Wandsworth Bridge Road.
The Board report the conclusion of the litigation with the
Wandsworth Bridge Company in relation to this road. After
the late trial, when the Company failed in their endeavour to
thrust this unfinished road upon the ratepayers, the Board
agreed to take to and make the road and paths,—the Company
previously depositing a sum of £1750, in payment
of the estimated cost.
The works are now in progress, and a good substantial
road will soon be open to public traffic.
Mayland Road Sewer.
In this case the Board were unsuccessful in their endeavour
to obtain payments from the owners of property abutting
upon the street, of the cost of reconstructing the sewer
therein, which had been found defective, and has been relaid.
Stamford-Brook Ditch.
This long-standing cause of complaint from inhabitants in
the north-western part of the parish of Hammersmith has
been constantly under the consideration of the Board, and
negociations are now proceeding with the Metropolitan Board
of Works, which the Board hope will result in the construction
of a new sewer, and consequent removal of the grave evils
arising from the present open ditch.
The Board have during the past year done all that was
possible to abate the nuisance, by the free use of disinfectants.
Albert Place Drainage.
This matter has been many times under the consideration
of the Board and the Sanitary Committee, who have carried
into effect temporary remedial measures from time to time.
Application has now been made for permission to construct
a new sewer, and the Board will be able to report the final
removal of this cause of complaint at an early date.
New Sewer, West side Brook Green.
By arrangement with the owners of certain portions of land
abutting upon the road at the west end of Brook Green, who