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(b) Highways on which use of locomotives restricted to the hours between 7 a.m. and
10 p.m. on account of inconvenience caused to inhabitants, viz:—
Christchurch Road; Mitcham Lane; Streatham Place, King's
Road, Loat's Road, Bedford Road, Clapham Park
Road, The Pavement, Clapham Old Town, North
Street (Clapham), Silverthorne Road; Atkins Road
(between Queen's Road and Streatham Place); Queen's
Road (Clapham Park), Poynders Road, Cavendish Road
(from Clapham Common to Poynders Road); Tooting
Bec Road, Trinity Road, Wandsworth Common West
Side (North of Trinity Road), Bellevue Road, Nightingale
Lane, Clapham Common (west side) (between
Nightingale Lane and Balham Hill), Earlsfield Road,
Windmill Road; Spencer Park (south-east side); Wimbledon
Park Road (south of Granville Road), Granville
Road (between Merton Road and Wimbledon
Park Road), Merton Road; Wimbledon Park Side,
Putney Hill, Upper Richmond Road.
(c) Highways which, in order to afford facilities for through traffic, may be used
without restriction, viz.:
Clapham Common South Side (between Cavendish Road and
Clapham Common West Side).
(d) Highways on which use of locomotives prohibited on account of such highways
being crowded or unfit for locomotive traffic or because such use would cause
inconvenience to the inhabitants, viz.:—
All highways not being highways described in paragraph (a),
(b), and (c).
(c) Bridges on which use of locomotives prohibited, viz.:—
Wandsworth bridge, Streatham High Road railway bridge.
The draft bye-laws contained a proviso that the restrictions mentioned
in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d.) should not apply to the use
by a road authority within its district of a steam-roller or locomotive
which was not used for hauling a wagon.
106.—With regard to these proposals this Council expressed
the opinion that there should be no restriction as to time upon the
use of locomotives on any thoroughfare in this Borough, and the
London County Council was so informed. There appeared to be
considerable divergence of opinion throughout London as to the
extent to which heavy locomotive traffic on streets should be