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Public Baths and Washhouses.— The retiring Commissioners
this year were Messrs. Cannon, Cory and Hicks, who
addressed a letter to the Vestry on the 3rd April 1895 in support of
their claim to re-election, urging their past services in connection
with the movement from the commencement, and the injustice which
would be done them if new Commissioners were now appointed in
their places, whose names would be inscribed on the memorial
foundation stone without their having done anything in furtherance
of the scheme. The three gentlemen named were re-elected by
the Vestry on the above-named date.
In response to an application from the Commissioners the Vestry
on the 15th May 1895 agreed to the following recommendations
submitted by the Roads and Depot Committee:—
That a strip of ground 10 ft. wide and 42 ft. 9 in. in length, at the back
of the cart shed at the Depot, be surrendered to the Baths and Washhouses
Commissioners so as to secure ventilation and access to the
new boiler house, upon the Commissioners undertaking to extend the
cart shed so as to provide covering for the vans displaced.
That the Commissioners be allowed to surrender the third railway arch
from Manor Place, and take possession, at the convenience of the
Yestry, of the fourth arch for the purpose of a coal store.
On the 26th October 1895 the members of the Vestry were conducted
over the new buildings by the Commissioners, by whose
invitation the inspection was made. At the close of this Report
the structural portion of the building was rapidly approaching
completion. The engineering works and fittings will take at least
another year to complete.
The sum of £ 1,800 was levied by precept upon the rating authority
on the 20th March 1895 to meet the expenses of the Commissioners
for the year, and paid direct to the Treasurer in quarterly instalments
as usual.
Resignation of Surveyor.—The Engineer and Surveyor
(Mr. J. A. Paget Waddington, C.E.) applied to the Vestry on the
15th May 1895 for a testimonial under seal, to assist him in prosecuting
his candidature for the position of Surveyor to the Board of
Works for the Whitechapel District; at the same time expressing
his regret that the circumstances and conditions attaching to his