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and make up his portion of the roadway. Your Committee feel that
the Vestry should agree to do this, as the Vestry would no doubt make
up tho footway in front of the almshouses at the expense of the parish,
in the same manner as they pave in front of places of worship ; and
accordingly they beg to recommend :
That upon Mr. E. Yates and the Trustees of the Copyhold Charity
Estates giving up to the parish the land in front of their
respective properties in Clock Passage and Hampton Street,
the Vestry undertake to pave, after Lady-day next, on either
sido of the passage a footway 6 feet in width, and form a paved
crossing from Hampton Street and make up the roadway with
macadam: the coat of this work to be. provided for in next
year's estimates.
The Vestry referred this recommendation hack to the Committee
for further consideration, and the matter remained at this stage at
the close of this Report.
Penrose Street Property.—It being considered desirable, in view
of the recent fire by which the Depot premises, sidings and signals
were damaged, for the Vestry to acquire possession of the houses
fronting on Penrose Street and having gardens adjoining the Depot,
negotiations were entered into with the owners, resulting in the
purchase by the Vestry of the freehold of the two houses, Nos. 26
and 28, for the sum of £900. Arrangements were made with the
Treasurer (no provision having been made in the year's estimates
for the purchase) to advance the money at 4 per cent. interest until
it could be provided in the estimates for the ensuing year, the rents
of the two houses, amounting to 25s. 6d. per week, paying a fair
percentage for this additional expenditure. The agreement was
sealed by the Vestry on the 30th October 1895, and the purchase
was completed and balance of purchase-money paid on the 26th
January 1896, from which date the rents became payable to the
Vestry. The costs attending the conveyance amounted to £18 1s. 6d.
These two houses having been secured, the Committee proceeded
to open negotiations with the Brandons' Trustees for the acquisition
of the other three houses between them and the railway, and also
the two houses Nos. 22 and 24, so as to carry a straight line through
into Penrose Street by the horsekeeper's cottage. It was urged
that this property would be a valuable addition to the Depot