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sory powers for the purchase of the piece of land required, and,
after some negotiation, the owners accepted the compensation
offered by the Council. The posts and chains in front of the premises
have now been removed and the land added to the public way.
Streatham
Place.
108.—The negotiations commenced by the late District Board for
the acquisition of a strip of land for widening Streatham
Place in connection with the re-erection of buildings
at the corner of Brixton Hill have been continued and concluded
by the Council. The necessary property has been purchased,
the site added to the public way, and the buildings set back to the
new line.
Tooting High
Street,
formerly
(Merton Road.)
log.—With one exception all the properties required for carrying
out the proposed improvement in front of
the St. Leonard's estate, referred to in last year's
report, have been purchased, and the Council is
taking the necessary proceedings for the compulsory acquisition
of the remaining property. The cost of obtaining the necessary
land will be borne by this Council and the London County Council
in equal proportions.
Clapham Park
Koad at
Park Hill.
110.—The improvement at the corner of Clapham Park Road and
Park Hill has been completed. The whole of the
premises known as Nos. 122 and 124, Clapham Park
Road were purchased, the houses pulled down, and
part of the site thrown into the public way. A strip of the forecourt
of No. 126 was also acquired and added to the road. The
Council has, for the present, retained possession of the surplus land
acquired in connection with the widening, and has obtained the
consent of the London County Council to a proposed building line
there.
Burials.
III.—The Burial Acts are in force in the Parishes of Clapham,
Putney,.Streatham, and Wandsworth. With regard
to the Parish of Tooting, the Council came to
the conclusion, in view of the fact that the parish