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sub-soil had already been excavated and it was proposed
to form a road over the site, and that in such cases the
road could not be made unless the excavation had been
filled up to the satisfaction of the Board.
The Board have requested the London County Council,
who promoted the Act, to take an early opportunity of
amending it so as to empower Local Authorities to prohibit
the removal of sub-soil from the sites of proposed
new roads in cases in which they consider it necessary
to do so.
The Causeway,
Wandsworth.
The proceedings taken by the Board against
the owner of the Causeway Flour Mills, for
stopping up a railway arch by the side of the River
Wandle, at the Causeway, Wandsworth, which have extended
over more than two years, were brought to an
end at the Newington Session, on the 17th of February,
when the defendant having, in accordance with the order
of the Court, removed the obstruction, and having also
agreed to pay the Board £160 for their costs in the
matter, was bound over to keep the peace.
Jews Row
Footpath.
During the past year a portion of the old
footpath which runs parallel with the road in
Jews Row, Wandsworth, has been stopped up by an
order of Quarter Sessions, the Tramways Company
having given up to the Board sufficient land in front of
their premises to widen Jews Row to 40 feet. The
Board purpose taking the necessary steps for closing the
remaining portion of this footpath, and for continuing
the widening of Jews Row to 40 feet throughout.
Footpath,
Wandsworth
Common.
Application has been made by the Authorities
of Magdalen College, Oxford, to stop up
the footpath between Magdalen Road and Wandsworth
Common, on the ground that the same is useless now
that the new road between these points has been laid