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main sewer, and relaying the drain in the rear so far as the combined
drain was concerned. The cost of this work amounted to
£76 3s. 11d., and counsel's fees to £17.
Drainage of Mews, Yards, and other private places.—The following
resolution was agreed to on the 19th February 1896, upon the consideration
of a letter from the Wandsworth District Board of
Works:—
That a reply be sent to the letter received from the Wandsworth District
Board of Works concurring in the views expressed in their letter to
the London County Council as to the desirability of the local
authorities being empowered to drain mews, yards and other private
places at the cost of the owners, upon the same basis as if they were
adopting the same as parish highways under section 105 of the
Metropolis Local Management Act 1855.
New Parish Map and Lrainage.—The map of Trinity Ward having
been completed, an arrangement was made in February 1896 with
Mr. Mark by which he undertook to complete the maps of St.
Mary's and St. Paul's Wards by Lady Day 1897 for the sum of
£280, to be paid to him by weekly instalments of £4, and the
balance at that date to be retained as security for the due completion
of the work.
Public Lavatories, Great Dover Street.—Having regard to the long
hours of the attendants at this place of convenience an arrangement
was made in May 1895 for the three men (including the attendant
at the kiosk in Newington Butts, which was ordered to be closed
on Sundays) to do duty in consecutive order in Great Dover Street
on Sundays, with the assistance of a man from the permanent staff
in the Sewers Department. By this means each man was enabled
to be off duty entirely every third Sunday.
Drinking Fountains and Cattle Troughs.—The stonework of the
drinking fountain on the Elephant and Castle Headway was cleaned
down, the inscription recut, and a second drinking cup fixed in July
1895.
An offer was made by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and
Cattle Trough Association in January 1896 to provide, erect and
maintain a fountain and cattle trough, at the junction of Lower
Kennington Lane and Newington Butts, by the kiosk: also to fix