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them. In December, the Borough Council confirmed
the undertaking of the Wandsworth District Board,
but expressed the opinion that one-third was too large
a proportion to be contributed by this Borough, and
suggested that the subject of the proper proportion of
the cost of similar improvements to be contributed
by local authorities shouldfreceive the consideration of
the County Council in conference with the Metropolitan
Borough Councils. The Council gave their consent
to the introduction of the County Council Tramways
Bill so far as it related to the above-mentioned
tramways, reserving the right to petition against the
Bill with the view of obtaining the insertion of clauses
for the protection of the Borough. The County
Council having inserted in the Bill some of the amendments
desired by this Council, and given an undertaking
with reference to some other matters, the petition
of the Council was withdrawn.
In addition to the above-mentioned tramways the
London County Council's Tramway Bill included
the following proposals, viz:—
(a) A tramway commencing in the Lower Richmond Road,
Putney at a point 1½ chains north-west of the junction
of Lower Richmond Road with Putney bridge, passing
thence across Putney bridge and along Fulham High
Street, etc., to the northern end of Battersea bridge.
(b) A tramway commencing by a junction with the existing
tramway in St. John's Hill, Battersea, passing along
Strath Terrace, Boutflower Road, Bolingbroke Grove,
Nightingale Lane and Bellevue Road, Battersea, to the
junction of Bellevue Road and Trinity Road, Wandsworth.
Alteration of Tramways.
York Road, near Wandsworth railway station.
This Council objected to the construction of
Tramways (a) and (b), and the proposals in respect of
those lines were withdrawn.
The Bill, as amended, was passed.