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their intention of introducing a Bill in the Session of
1902 dealing with the water question, and requested the
County Council to take the necessary steps for obtaining
the amendment of the regulations as proposed by the
Conference. This Council was represented at the Inquiry
in support of the opposition of the County Council. At
an early stage of the proceedings the Water Companies,
in view of the strong opposition, withdrew their
proposals.
Skidding
Wheels.
The Council have had under consideration the
serious damage done to roads in the Borough
by the use of skidded wheels, and requested the County
Council to take the necessary steps to empower them to
make a bye-law, dealing with the skidding of wheels in
the County of London, under sec. 26 (3) of the Highways
and Locomotive Act, 1878. The subject is still
under the consideration of the County Council.
Removal of
Offensive
Matter.
The Board of Works considered a proposal
of the London County Council to amend the
Bye-Laws relating to the removal of offensive
matter. In some of the districts adjoining London,
the removal of refuse is required to be carried out
between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Under the present Bye-Laws,
offensive matter may be removed by road or water through
London, between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m. during the summer,
and between 6 a.m. and noon in the winter, and the proposal
was to make the hours between 5 a.m and 10 a.m. and
6 a.m. and 11 a.m. respectively, and also to permit the
removal by road during the period commencing two hours
before sunset and ending one hour after sunset all the
year round. The District Board expressed the opinion
that offensive matter should be removed at night, and
that if that course could not be adopted the present
Bye-Law should continue in force, and that it was not
desirable to permit the removal of offensive matter