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unsuitable for a tramway and that the route would not be for the
public advantage. An alternative route was suggested which
would be entirely within the County of Surrey. The clauses
relating to this Borough were struck out of the Bill.
London and
Brighton
Electric Express
Railway
52..—The promoters of this Bill sought powers to construct a
railway commencing at Clare Street, near the Strand,
crossing the River Thames near Waterloo Bridge,
and entering the Borough of Wandsworth at Southville,
near Priory Grove; crossing Larkhall Rise, near Union Road;
the South-Eastern & Chatham & London, Brighton & South Coast
Railways near Elmhurst Street; Manor Street; High Street,
Clapham, near Wirtemberg Street; Clapham Park Road, Abbeville
Road, Elms Road, Atkins Road, Grove Road; the London,
Brighton and South Coast Railway; near Emmanuel Road;
Tooting Bee Common; Bedford Hill; Tooting Bee Road; Mitcham
Lane, near Eardley Road; the London, Brighton and South
Coast Railway, near the bridge over Eardley Road; Greyhound
Lane; and proceeding thence through Mitcham and Croydon to
Brighton. The Bill was not proceeded with.
London
Building: Acts
Amendment
Bill.
53.—This Bill proposed to amend the provisions of the
London Building Act of 1894, relating to safety from
fire. This Council suggested several amendments to
the Bill and called attention to the fact that many
provisions were unsatisfactory and likely to cause contention owing
to the uncertainty which would arise as to the requirements which
the County Council might make under them. The Bill was
objected to by many of the other Local Authorities and it was
eventually withdrawn.
London County
Council (Electric
Supply).
54.—This Bill was the outcome of a conference between representatives
of the County Council and the London
Local Authorities, and would have enabled Local
Authorities to combine for the purpose of purchasing
the undertakings of any authorised distributors of electricity, in
those cases where the areas of supply extend into more than one
district. The Bill also provided that in cases where the Local
Authorities did not desire themselves to exercise their power of
purchase, the County Council should have powers, with the consent