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of property, £168,500; site for re-housing labouring persons displaced,
£1,500; paving works (excluding laying down and paving
tramway track), £25,000; total, £195,000; and asked whether this
Council would be prepared to give its consent to the extension of
the existing tramway to the County boundary and to contribute
one-third of the nett cost of the necessary street widenings. The
Council decided without prejudice to the locus standi of the
Council in opposition to the scheme to approve of tne construction
of a tramway along the proposed route, but urged that as the
proposed widenings were rendered necessary only by the construction
of the proposed tramway the Council should not be
called upon to contribute towards the cost, and that as the County
Council did not propose to alter the gradient of the road between
Gleneldon Road and Gleneagle Road the road there should be
widened beyond the proposed width of 60 feet to meet the difficulty
which would be caused to the ordinary traffic by the tramway.
25.—The County Council stated that if this proposal were carried
out the original estimate of the nett cost of the improvement would
have to be increased by £36,500; and enquired whether the
Borough Council would contribute one-third of the nett cost of
the complete scheme (total estimated cost, £231,500); and pointed
out that it was the general practice of the County Council not to
proceed with the proposal for the construction of a tramway or
with the necessary street widenings if the local authority declined
to make the necessary contribution towards the cost of such street
widenings. The Borough Council thereupon withdrew its request
for the additional widening between Gleneldon Road and Gleneagle
Road, but adhered to its view that as the widenings were
rendered necessary only by the construction of the proposed tramways
the Borough Council should not be called upon to contribute
towards the cost thereof. The provisions in the County Council's
Parliamentary Bill relating to the proposed tramway were afterwards
struck out.
Clapham to
Kingston
Tramway.
26.—The London County Council having again had under consideration
the suggested widening of North Street, Wandsworth
Common, East Hill, High Street, West Hill, and
Kingston Road in connection with the proposal to