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cross the land where it was proposed to construct the roadway
to connect Wood Lane with Latimer Road. It was
decided by the Borough Council to take such steps to obtain
provisions inserted in the Bill to enable the proposed
improvement to be carried out, and ultimately, the Great
Western Railway Company agreed to give up so much land
as is required to form the road to a width of 50 feet, and to
dedicate the same to the public, to contribute towards the
cost of construction of the road such a sum as would cover
the extra cost involved in the construction thereof by reason
of the construction of the railways and by reason of the alteration
of the site of the proposed road from that originally
contemplated by the Council, and also to contribute the sum
of £1,770, which the trustees of the estate of Augustus Bird
offered to contribute towards the expenses of constructing
the road, and the Company to maintain the bridges over the
railways. The Company also agreed to consent to the continuation
of the proposed road under the West London
Railway, and to use their endeavours to obtain a similar
consent from the London and North Western Railway
Company.
The Bill containing these provisions was duly passed into
law, and, so far, the Company have entered into possession
of the land.
Connection of Halsbury Road with Bloemfontein Road.
A letter with petition signed by 250 residents in
Ormiston Road and other streets in the vicinity, praying that
steps might be taken to lengthen and continue Halsbury
Road into Bloemfontein Road.
The Borough Surveyor in reporting upon the matter,
stated that he had made enquiries and found that the original
plans for the laying out of the estate and which were
approved by the County Council, shewed a communication
between Halsbury Road and Bloemfontein Road. The
Ecclesiastical Commissioners had reserved a strip of land
a few inches in width, separating Bloemfontein Road from
Halsbury Road, and that before the Commissioners would
allow a communication to be made, they require to be paid
for the strip. It therefore appeared that the County Council
should insist upon the roadway being carried out in accordance
with the approved plans, and the Borough Surveyor
recommended that a communication be sent to the County
Council, asking them to insist upon Halsbury Road being
continued to Bloemfontein Road.