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Owing to a difficulty with the tenant who subsequently
showed he had a sub-lease, the original leaseholder was
called upon by the Council to give vacant possession in
accordance with the agreement entered into. It is hoped that
the matter will be shortly settled by the Council obtaining
possession.
Tenders were invited for clearing the site situated between
the Town Hall and the Carnegie Library, with the exception of
No. 22a, and that of Messrs. W. A. Sabey & Co., was accepted
who have carried out the work of pulling down the
buildings and removing the materials.
(5) Fulham Palace Road.
The Borough Council has agreed to sell for £50 a part of
the private road leading to the Coroner's Court, to widen Fulham
Palace Road, for the proposed London County Council tramway
to Putney. The above sum to include the cost of all
reinstatement work, and which is to be undertaken by the
Borough Council.
(6) Communication between Halsbury Road and
Bloemfontein Road.
The trustees of the freeholder of the land on which
Halsbury Road was formed, have arranged with the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners for the purchase of the strip of land
required for forming a means of communication between
Halsbury Road and Bloemfontein Road.
DEPÔT — SCRUBS LANE.
A piece of land situated in Scrubs Lane, near the
end of North Pole Road, has been purchased for the
purpose of forming a depôt for storing material, and
also a sub-station for the electricity undertaking.
The plot has a frontage to Scrubs Lane of 140 feet,
and a mean depth of about 300 feet.
DISINFECTING APPARATUS.
The disinfector at the Wharf, which was laid
down in 1896, shewed signs of defect in May, and on
further examination it was found that the casing had
bulged externally at the part which comes over the
firegrate, to about 1" in height, and 3"x5" on the