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REPORT.
REPORT of the Proceedings of the Board of Works for the
Holborn District, in execution of the Act for the better
Local Management of the Metropolis; of the Works
commenced and completed in the period from the 25th
March, 1894, to 25th March, 1895, the Works
remaining in progress at the termination of such
period; and also of the proceedings taken by the said
Board in the same period for the Removal of Nuisances
or the Improvement of the Sanitary Condition of the
District.
The Board has during the past year held 22 Ordinary and 2 Special
Meetings 24
The Committees have had the following number of Meetings, viz.:—
Committee of Works 24
Sanitary Committee 26
Finance 4
Law and Parliamentary 9
Special Committees 9
Total 96
GENERAL WORKS.
Referring to the observations made by the Board under this head in
the report last year, on the effect of tramway traffic on the carriageway
pavements in which the rails are laid, and the results so far as the remaining
width of these pavements is concerned, the Board has to report that
during the financial year now under review, it has had again to incur
very considerable expenditure in this direction.
The dual control—namely, that of the Local Authority and that of the
Tramway Company—does, not in all cases, work well, inasmuch as it is