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The sum of £137 19s. 8d. was received from the Royal Insurance
Company in October, in settlement of the Vestry's claim for damages
caused by the fire in February 1895 to the Committee Room and
siding.
The new hydraulic boiler and steam piping, &c., were covered
with fossil meal composition by Messrs. Haacice & Co. for the sum
of £7 11s. 9d.
Depot Foreman.—Mr. Joseph Haine, who had been for 21 years
in the service of the Vestry, left after giving one week's notice in
September 1895, and Mr. E. W. Bray was appointed to succeed him.
This gentleman also resigned within a few weeks, finding himself
unable to maintain his authority over the loaders; and the Clerk
then placed Mr. P. Dale in the position of Foreman, at the same
salary as his predecessor, viz. 50s. per week with house.
Salary of Storekeeper.—In January 1896 the salary of Mr. Horsman
was increased from 30/- to 35/- per week, on the understanding
that his duties were to include making out the weekly Depot pay
sheets on Fridays—a task which he had performed and received
extra payment for since the retirement of Mr. Haine.
New Stables and Fodder Stores.—In view of the necessity of increasing
the plant and stud of horses to enable the Vestry to comply
with the London County Council's byelaws with regard to a weekly
house-to-house collection of refuse (see last Annual Report, p. 80),
Mr. Rowland Plumbe was requested to prepare drawings and
estimate for the erection of new stables and fodder stores, &c. at
the rear of houses in Penrose Street, between the viaduct and the
site leased to the Baths Commissioners for a second-class swimming
bath. These were submitted to the Vestry on the 30th October 1895,
when it was resolved: —
That the drawings prepared by Mr. Rowland Plumbe for new stabling,
fodder stores, &c., at an estimated cost of £7,500, be approved; and
that application be made to the London County Council for a loan,
repayable in 30 years, to cover the cost thereof.
Fifteen tenders were sent in upon the specification prepared by
Mr. Plumbe, ranging from £9,200 to £8,200, and all these being
in excess of the estimate a bill of deductions was made and priced
by the firms sending in the two lowest tenders, the result being