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to adopt the suggestion, and decided to contribute the
sum of £5 towards the costs which had been incurred
in connection with the conference, and to take no further
steps in the matter. The subject has. however, since been
revived, and the Board have appointed delegates to a
further conference, which is now sitting, and have agreed
to contribute £100 towards the expenses.
Widening The Board having: had under consideration
Railway Bridge
Trinity Road. the inadequate width of the bridge over
the London and South Western Railway at Trinity Road,
Wandsworth Common, have asked the London County
Council to cause it to be widened and have agreed to
contribute one-third of the cost, the contribution not to
exceed £1,000. The Council are in negotiation with the
Railway Company with the view of carrying out this
improvement.
Line of Forntage
Narbonne Avenue Some houses at the corner of Narbonne
and Clapham Common
South Side. Clapham Common South Side,
having been erected in advance of the adjoining houses
there, the Superintending Architect of the London
County Council was requested to decide the general lines
of buildings in such roads, and his decision was to the
effect that the houses were in advance of the general
lines. The builders appealed to the Appellate Tribunal
constituted under the London Council (General Powers)
Act, 1890, against the Superintending Architect's
decisions, and the Tribunal varied the decision with
regard to Clapham Common South Side by setting the
general line still further back, and confirmed his decision
with reference to the general line of buildings in
Narbonne Avenue. In the meantime an action, arising
in another district, had been tried in the Queen's Bench
Division with the result that the decision of the Appellate
Tribunal in that case was set aside on the ground that
one of the members of the Tribunal was a member of