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Street
Paving.
83.—The Conference of representatives of Metropolitan Local
Authorities convened by the Westminster City
Council for the purpose of considering the materials
and means of paving the streets of London best suited to ihe
different localities and conditions of traffic, held a further meeting
in January last, when the following resolution was passed, viz.: —
That a permanent Committee be formed, consisting of one Member
from the City of London, the City of Westminster, and each Metropolitan
Borough ; that the duties of the Committee should be to meet
at a particular period of the year for the purpoie of considering the
reports of the various Engineers and Surveyors of the County with
regard to the life and wear of the different kinds of paving, and upon
experiments made ; that the said reports should be put into statistical form
and be sent to every Alderman and Councillor in the County of London ;
that the expenses of the Committee, not exceeding /200 per annum,
should be paid by subscriptions from the various Councils, each paying
according to its rateable value a proportion of such expenses.
84.—The various Metropolitan Local Authorities were each
invited to adopt the resolution and to nominate a member of the
proposed Committee. This Council decided to agree to the proposal
and appointed the Chairman of the Highways, Sewers, and
Lighting Committee (Councillor Lorden) as its representative.
ContHbut Ions
towards
Improvements.
85.—A conference of representatives of Metropolitan Borough
Councils was convened by the Camberwell Borough
Council to consider the subject of the varied treatment
of Borough Councils by the London County
Council in fixing the amount of the local and county contributions
towards the cost of street improvements. This Council was represented
by Councillors Lidiard and Lorden, and the following resolutions
were passed, viz.: —
(a) That the present system, whereby the London County Council
claims from the Metropolitan Borough Councils contributions on
varying bnses for similar improvements is contrary to the practice which
should prevail in the Metropolis.
(b) That having regard to the rapid growth of London and the
consequent increase in traffic, and to the necessity for some uniform
practice being adopted, this Conference do now consider upon what
principle it is prepared to recommend that the cost of London improvements
should be.borne,