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PARISH OF STREATHAM.
The Surveyor's offices have been removed from Endlesham
Road, Balham, to No. 153, Streatham High Road,
where ample accommodation is provided for all meetings
of the Local Committee and for the officers of the
Board acting for the parish. The building has been
altered to meet the new requirements at a cost of
£74 15s. Od. and the Board room and offices have been
furnished at a cost of £121 2s. 2d.
Tramways.— The cable line from Brixton has been
extended to the power station at Streatham Hill, opposite
the end of Telford Avenue, the length within the parish
being 2 furlongs 44 yards. The official inspection on
behalf of the Board of Trade was made on the 7th
December, 1392, by Major-General Hutchinson, since
which date cars have been propelled by means of the
underground cable.
It has been decided by the London County Council
and the Board, under the powers of the London
Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers)
Act, 1890, to request the Railway Company to
widen the roadways in connection with the following
bridges to 40 feet, the London County Council to
pay two-thirds and the Board one-third of the cost of
the work, viz.: Boundaries Road, Mitcham Lane,
Bedford Hill on the Common, and Tooting bee Road
on the Common. The Council have agreed to advance
the amount of the Board's contribution, repayment
thereof to be spread over a period of 30 years.
An approach to Balham Station from Bedford Hill is
being made in accordance with Section 8 of the above
Act.
Under the London Brighton and South Coast
Railway (Various Powers) Act, 1892, a portion of