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WHARF TOLL HOUSE SITE.
The tenders for the construction of a River Wall and Wharf on this site were
received by the Yestry on the 24th July, 1889, and accepted.
Messrs. Mayo and Co. were instructed to commence on the 3rd day of April,
1890, when, owing to the delay on the part of the Vestry, they asked that an
additional sum of £50 be given, making the amount of their tender £2,250.
The London County Council granted a loan of £2,500 to cover the cost of
the work.
WHARF.
The Yestry having in view the desirability of purchasing a large area of land
by the river as a wharf for the purpose of dealing with the future requirements
of the Parish, with respect to barging away the dust and slop and other matters,
decided on the 14th January, 1891, to purchase about 10 acres of land by the
river.
Enquiries have therefore been made concerning available sites, although up
to the present time no actual purchase has taken place.
BISHOP'S MEADOW.
Negotiations have been proceeded with during the year with the London
County Council for the purpose of inducing them to take over as a Park the
land known as Bishop's and West Meadows, and carry out the various works
required at their own expense.
Up to the present no definite determination has been arrived at by the
Council. The nearest approach has been a recommendation of the Improvements
Committee to take over the cost of constructing the wall which was
referred back by the Council, and the Parks Committee have carried a
recommendation to contribute £1,500 towards the cost of laying out the land
estimated at £2,500.
The following important letter has been received from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, concerning the Meadows, from which it would appear that unless
some immediate and substantial progress is made with the required works, the
Yestry are in danger of losing the benefits intended to be conferred by the
original grant:—
" Ecclesiastical Commission,
"10, Whitehall Place, London, S. W.
"16th January, 1891.
" File No. 65,147.—Meadow and River Bank at Fulham.
" The Ecclesiastical Commissioners direct me to request that you will
" draw the special attention of the Yestry of Fulham in the matter of the
" land, situate between the River Thames and the Moat of Fulham Palace,
" which in the year 1884 was granted by themselves and the Bishop of
" London, on certain conditions, to the Board of Works for the Fulham
" District, to be maintained as an open space or pleasure ground for the
" enjoyment of the inhabitants.
" The Commissioners regret to find that the conditions attached to that
" grant, with reference to the fencing, laying out, and maintenance of the
" ground, are still unfulfilled, and that the ground has been allowed to
" remain in a useless and unsightly condition, which thereby to a great
" extent defeats the object of the grant.