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9 feet 7 inches a width of 6 feet 5 inches only was left for foot traffic.
The question of shifting these pillars was discussed at a Conference
of the Highways Committee of the County Council and
representatives of the Borough Council (The Mayor; Aldermen
Anderson, Kipling, Hewett; Councillors Wise and Rose) on the
9th June last, when the Chairman of that Committee pointed out
that the cost of the removal of the pillar in High Street would be
£500 and of the other 2 pillars £600 and £250 respectively, but
stated that the subject would be further carefully considered. The
Borough Council were subsequently informed that the County
Council's officers had been instructed to place themselves in communication
with the Borough Council's officers with the view
some arrangement satisfactory to both Councils being come to in
the matter.
Streatham
TramwayLines.
119.—In August, 1903, the Board of Trade approved the reconstruction
for electrical traction of the cable tramways
from Brixton to Streatham, the underground
conduit system being adopted as in the case of the Tooting tramways.
The Borough Council at first objected to feeder pillars being
placed upon the public way in connection with the electrical
mains and asked the County Council to devise other means of
dealing with the matter. Upon further consideration the objection
was withdrawn on the understanding that the pillars were
placed in suitable positions, and these were subsequently satisfactorily
arranged. The work of reconstruction was carried out in
the spring of this year in a very expeditious manner, the lines being
inspected on the 18th June by Lieut.-Colonel Yorke, R.E.
(on behalf of the Board of Trade), and re-opened for traffic the
same day. The Mayor, the Chairman of the Committee (Councillor
Wise), together with Alderman Rucker, Councillors Cresswell,
Wellborne, and Ball, and accompanied by the Town Clerk
and the Surveyor for the Eastern District, represented the
Borough Council at the inspection.
120.—Arrangements similar to those agreed to in the case of
the Tooting lines were made for indicating the stopping places for
the electrical cars by fixing notices thereof to the public lamps,
and the County Council has been asked to adopt some means of
indicating the stopping places at night.