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and recommended the Council that tenders from Housebreakers be
invited for the demolition of the houses referred to, in accordance with
the specification of the Borough Surveyor.
Tenders invited by public advertisement, in accordance with the
direction of the Council, were received for the demolition and removal of
Nos. 2 to 7 and 11 to 17 (inclusive) Victoria Cottages, Ford Street (13
cottages) in accordance with the specification of the Borough Surveyor,
such tenders being as follows
Amount required from Council
C. Griffiths £22 10 0
C. Brooks & Son 35 0 0
Thos. York 50 0 0
N. Fortescue & Sons, Ltd. 75 0 0
The specification provided that the materials should become the
property of the contractor, who was required to shore up the remaining
houses and to cut off and seal up all branch drains. The Committee
recommended that the tender of Mr. C. Griffiths, at £22 10s. 0d., be
accepted.
No. 1, Victoria Cottages was also demolished, the Closing and
Demolition Orders having been made respectively, 6th November, 1913,
and 23rd April, 1914.
Local Government Inquiry—Housing Scheme under the Education
Board Provisional Order Conformation (London, Nos. 1, 2
and 3) Acts, 1913.
The following letter was submitted to the Public Health and Housing
Committee:—
Local Government Board,
Whitehall, S.W.
24th February, 1914.
Sir,
I am directed by the Local Government Board to advert to
your letter of the 23rd ultimo, relative to the application of the
London County Council for a decision under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1903, that a housing scheme is not necessary in
respect of certain working class dwellings in the Metropolitan Borough
of Poplar which the Council are authorised to acquire under the
Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London Nos. 1,
2 and 3) Acts, 1913; and I am to state that the Board have decided
to comply with that application in so far as it relates to Nos. 11,
12 and 13, Ashton Street, and Nos. 11 and 13, Woolmore Street,
Poplar, E., occupied by thirty-six persons.