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underneath the carriageways of both streets. It was proposed
to construct this line below the proposed Brompton
and Piccadilly Circus Railway, although the vertical limits
of deviation would allow the two to clash. The ratepayers
and residents in Piccadilly and the vicinity
presented a similar memorial to the Vestry as in the case
of the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway Bill,
urging the Vestry to oppose the scheme. The Vestry
decided, however, not to oppose the preamble of this Bill,
but simply to petition against the Bill, with a view to
obtaining the insertion of general and specific clauses safeguarding
the interests of the parishioners and protecting
the property of the Parish. This Bill was referred to the
same Committee in the House of Commons as that to which
the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway Bill was
relegated, and in this case the Committee found the preamble
not proved.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL WATER BILLS.
The Vestry having had under consideration the various
Parliamentary Bills promoted by the London County
Council for the transfer to the Council of the undertakings
of the several Water Companies supplying the Metropolis,
passed the following resolutions with respect thereto:—
1. That the said Bills are unsatisfactory, inasmuch as they are
calculated to commit the Ratepayers of London to unknown
liabilities, the probable financial effect of the transfer being
at present obscure, and no provision is made for amalgamating
the undertakings or unifying the rates or methods
of charge.
2. That, assuming it is conceded that the water supply should
be in the hands of a public body, and that the only question
to settle is how could this principle be applied to London,
the best and most satisfactory method of determining the
question would be the appointment of a Royal Commission,