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scheme has been due to the inevitable delays of the Local Government Board and
the London County Council, both of whom have had to approve each step taken by
the Vestry after protracted inquiries, cross-correspondence, and the taking of legal
advice by both official bodies. In advising the Vestry to persist in a line of action
which caused unavoidable delays with the central autherities (theugh not at a time
when any pecuniary loss was incurred thereby), I think the result fully justifies the
advice I gave, and more than compensates for the delay, which could hardly have
caused the complaints and irritation it has in connection with my department if the
full facts of the case had been borne in mind by the complainants."
This report was approved by the Committee on the 27th day of January, 1898,
who were kind enough to pass a resolution conveying to me their thanks for my
services in this matter which was approved by the Vestry on the 15th day of
February, 1898.
(b) SHOREDITCH MODEL DWELLINGS.
Under the order of the Local Government Board sanctioning the Moira Place
Scheme the Vestry were required to provide accommodation for members of the Working
Classes displaced, to the number of 400, and on application to the Board as
required by the Housing Acts, the Vestry obtained permission to erect the necessary
dwellings themselves.
The purchases having all been completed, and the houses demolished, a hoarding
was erected enclosing the area and the portion facing East Road was let to Messrs.
Willing & Co., for advertising, at a rental of £5 10s, Od. per month.
Mr. Rowland Plumbe, F.R.I.B.A., was appointed Architect of the proposed
dwellings, at a commission of 5 per cent., and prepared the working drawings and
specification; Mr. A. Cross, of the Outer Temple, was appointed Quantity Surveyor,
and Tenders for the erection of the Model Dwellings were invited by public advertisement.