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The Council has let to Messrs. Pascalls, Limited, for one
year the right to erect advertising hoarding on the frontage
of the land at a rental of £160.
4. Fulham Palace Road.— The Council has agreed to
contribute one third of the net cost, estimated at £1,470, towards
the expense which the London County Council propose to incur
in acquiring about 1,180 superficial feet of ground in Fulham
Palace Road, at and near the buildings of the Guinness' Trust,
for the purpose of widening the road at that point. In connection
with this improvement the Council has agreed to give up 74
square feet of the frontage to the private road leading to the
Coroner's Court, in consideration of the payment by the County
Council of the sum of £50 to include the cost of re-erecting the
entrance gates at the new frontage line.
5. Scrubs Lane.— The London County Council has, on
the request of the Borough Council, agreed to increase its
promised contribution towards the cost of the reconstruction and
widening of the bridge, carrying Scrubs Lane over the Great
Western Railway loop line, from £200 to two thirds of the net
cost of the improvement, on the understanding that if such cost
exceeds £681 95. od. its total contribution will be limited to £455.
In connection with the general widening of Scrubs Lane,
which the London County Council is undertaking under the
London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Act,
1903, the County Council had up to the 31st March expended
the sum of £14.487 17s. od., of which the Borough Council has
to contribute one third.
6. Proposed Road to connect Wood Lane and Latimer
Road.—The London County Council has given its statutory consent
to the formation by the Borough Council of the proposed road
from Wood Lane to Latimer Road at the point agreed upon
with the Great Western Railway Company. Before deciding to
proceed with the improvement, which is estimated to cost
£22,500, the Borough Council is endeavouring to secure substantial
contributions to the cost thereof from the London
County Council and the Kensington Borough Council.
(b) Street Nomenclature.
Orders have been made by the London County Council for
the alteration in the naming of streets and numbering of
premises as follow, viz.:—