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out. Upon application being made for the consent of
the Wandsworth Vestry a Committee of the Vestry was
appointed to meet the authorities of the College on the
ground, and the Committee suggested that as a quid pro
quo for the proposed stopping up of the footpath the
College Authorities should give up and add to Wandsworth
Common a strip of land 20 feet in width, skirting
the Common between the point where the old footpath
joins the Common and Burnt wood Lane: that between
such strip of land and the proposed houses there should
be a road formed 40 feet wide, that all the houses which
might be built in such road should front towards the
Common, and that the trees now standing on such strip
of land should be allowed to remain. The Bursar of the
College, however, stated that he was not disposed to
recommend the College to comply with the request, as
he could not see that the public would be in any way
inconvenienced by the proposed stopping up of the footpath,
the new road which had been formed by the College
being shorter than the old footpath, and affording direct
communication between the same points. No further
steps have at present been taken in the matter.
Tooting Bee
Common.
A proposal having been made that a piece
of land forming part of the Bedford Hill Estate,
which is being developed for building purposes, should be
added to the Common, the matter was considered by the
Board. The piece of land in question is about 3½ acres in
extent, and is almost covered by a fine grove of trees. It was
ascertained that the land could be purchased for £6,952.
Some of the inhabitants in the locality were willing to
contribute £1,800, and the County Council were willing
to contribute one-half of the purchase money, leaving a
balance of £1,676. The Board were of opinion that the
cost beyond the £1,800 subscribed in this District should
be a charge upon the whole of London, but rather than