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Acquisition of Property.—45 freehold and 21 leasehold
claims were settled by agreement under this scheme. The remaining
claims were dealt with by Sir Henry Hunt, who issued his final
award on 2nd September, 1879. This amounted to £221,894, and
the total cost of property, including legal and other expenses, was
£368,767.
Works.—The clearance of this area was proceeded with in
sections. About 80 houses on the west side of Whitecross Street
were first dealt with, and the materials of these houses were sold in
June, 1880. The proceeds of the sale amounted to £642 12s. The
site was cleared in December, 1880.
The second section comprised about 200 houses, the materials of
which were sold in 1881 for £1,681 9s. This section was cleared in
May 1881. The remaining portion of the area, comprising some
220 houses, was dealt with in November, 1881, when the materials
of the houses thereon were sold for £892 18s.
The 1st portion the paving and street widening works was carried
out during January, February, and March, 1882, by Messrs.
Mowlem & Co., at a cost of £2,497 8s. 9d. These works comprised
the laying of about 700 feet of granite carriage-way with York stone
footways, and 200 feet of sewer in Coleman Street, as extended
westward to Whitecross Street. On 1st December, 1882, the Board
accepted the tender of Messrs. John Mowlem & Co. to form a
further length of new street in continuation of the extension of
Coleman Street, from Whitecross Street westward to Golden Lane,
for the sum of £2,990. The work, which, in addition to forming
the new carriage-way and footways, comprised the construction of a
brick sewer under the new street, about 400 feet in length, were
completed in April, 1883. In the latter month the Board also
accepted the tender of Messrs. John Mowlem & Co., to execute for
the sum of £11,250, the requisite paving and sewerage works in the
remaining streets, viz. Whitecross Street, Hartshorn Court, Beform
Place, Chequer Alley, Pump Alley, Graham's Buildings, Twister's
Alley, and Blue Anchor Alley, embraced in this scheme. These
works were wholly completed in September, 1883.