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13
FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
THE BOARD OF WORKS
FOR THE
WANDSWORTH DISTRICT,
Being for the Year ended 25th March, 1897.
London
Water Supply.
The Metropolitan Counties Water Board
Bill, referred to in last year's annual report,
did not pass, and the London County Council have
again introduced into Parliament Bills for acquiring the
undertakings of the several Metropolitan Water Companies.
The Bills were considered by the General
Purposes Committee, who recommended the Board to
forward a copy of the following reasons for objecting to
the scheme to the Members of Parliament for this District,
with a request that they would oppose the Bills
on second reading :—
1.— The control of the water supply to so large a population, and
the carrying on of such an immense business as would be formed by
the amalgamation of the eight Water Companies, should be under a
Board of Management composed of persons who possess special knowledge
and experience, and such Board should be exclusively occupied in
the management of the water supply.
2.— The Water Committee which under the provisions of the Bills
would have the management of the water supply is to be a Committee
of the Council. Seven-eighths of the members are to be appointed by,