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districts, it did not consider it practicable at present to
make a Bye-Law requiring a universal daily collection,
but that in the Council's opinion a collection twice a
week is practicable and should be made compulsory, and
that it was proposed to alter the Bye-Law accordingly.
The Council informed the London County Council that
the Council was making arrangements for the prompt
removal and disposal of butchers', fishmongers', and other
offensive refuse, and did not see the necessity of collecting
house refuse more frequently than once a week, except
in exceptional cases, for which provision is made in this
Borough. The matter is still under the consideration of
the County Council.
West Hill,
Wandsworth,
Widening.
For some time past negociations have been in
progress with the owners of the property
with the view of widening West Hill, between
the police station and Santos Road, and application was
made in September, 1897, to the London County Council,
for its consent, and for a contribution towards the cost
of the improvement. In April, 1900, a letter was
received from the Council stating, that subject to
the Wandsworth Board of Works agreeing not to oppose
the construction by the Council of a light railway or
tramway from Clapham to Putney, the Council would
give its statutory consent to the widening, and would
contribute one-half of the nett cost of the improvement.
The Board stated in reply that the proposal of the
County Council to force the Board to give its consent to
the proposed light railway scheme as the price of a
contribution towards the widening of West Hill, had
been received by the Board with much surprise and
regret, that the Board had no alternative but to decline
to consent to the light railway scheme, and pointed out
that the widening of the road in question was undertaken
long before the light railway scheme was brought