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came to the conclusion that further legislation was necessary for
the protection of buildings adjoining timber yards, and the County
Council was so informed.
Waterside
Wharf.
96.—Under the provisions of their Act of 1900 the Wandsworth
and Putney Gas Company have conveyed to
the Council, free of cost, a piece of land abutting on
the river Thames having a frontage to the river of 75 feet, and
extending on the south to the centre of Waterside, Wandsworth,
a public road which under the Act has been closed. By agreement
with the Company boundary walls and gates have been erected,
and the Council now has under consideration a scheme for the
erection of stores, office, and an electric crane on the wharf. The
Council does not own any accommodation of this description for
the Eastern District of the Borough, the goods delivered by barge
being unloaded at a wharf at Nine Elms, which is further from
many part of the area than the depot at Waterside. The wharf has
therefore been allocated to that district. When the place is ready
for use the additional accommodation afforded will be a great
convenience in the carrvinp on of the work of the district.
Leader's
Gardens.
97.—Several years ago the late District Board purchased a piece of
land on the south side of Putney Embankment, between
Ashlone Road and Festing Road, as a place for
the deposit of street refuse, with the ultimate object of converting
the site into a public garden. The estimated value of the land was
stated to be £3,000, but the price was fixed at £2,000, the difference
(£1,000) being deemed a contribution by the owner (Mr. John
Temple Leader) towards the cost of the proposed garden, upon
the condition, amongst others, that it should be called " Leader's
Gardens." The land having been raised to the requisite level, the
Council took the necessary steps for laying it out as an ornamental
garden. This work is now practically completed, but in order
that the grass, &c., may become more matured and less liable to
injury when the public have the use of the ground, the opening of
the Gardens has been deferred until the spring of next year.
Electrical
Traction on
Tramways.
98.—The Board of Trade having sanctioned the scheme for the reconstruction
for electrical traction of the Westminster
to Tooting line of tramways the Council urged the
London County Council to push forward the work as