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iii. The Company to construct the bridge to carry
Wood Lane over Railway No. 3, authorised by this Act,
in such a way as to make the gradient of the roadway on
both sides of the crown of the said bridge not steeper
than 1 in 40. In the construction of the last-mentioned
bridge the Company to make provision for all vehicular
and pedestrian traffic along Wood Lane to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Hammersmith Council, and so
as to interfere with the said traffic as little as possible;
iv. If the Company shall acquire and demolish the
properties between the Uxbridge Road Station of the
West London Railway, and the Shepherd's Bush Station
of the Central London Railway, they will set back the
frontage of the said properties for the purpose of widening
Uxbridge Road to the line indicated on the plan
marked B.;
v. A clause for the protection of the Council's
electric lighting mains, pipes, or apparatus;
vi. The Company to submit to the Council for their
reasonable approval plans and sections of all bridges
referred to, and the same to be constructed in accordance
with such plans and sections when approved; and
vii. Any dispute or difference which rriay arise
between the Company and the Council to be settled by
arbitration.
(b) Underground Electric Railways, 1905.
The Bills introduced last year by the Central London
Railway Company and the Great Northern, Piccadilly, &c.,
Railway Company for power to construct new railways in
Hammersmith and elsewhere, particulars of which were given
in the last report, were withdrawn by the promoters shortly
before the end of the Session.
(c) Metropolitan District Railway Bill, 1906.
This Bill has been introduced by the Metropolitan District
Railway Company for the purpose of enabling it, inter alia,
to acquire additional lands in Queen Street, and Great Church
Lane, adjoining their station in the Broadway. The Council
decided not to offer any objection to the proposals.