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fittings shall be shewn on the demand notes distinct from the charge
for energy. The Bill as amended received the Royal Assent on the
11 th August.
52. This Bill included a proposal to provide a continuous
London County tramway service over Westminster and Blackfriars
Council
(Tramways). Bridges and along the Victoria Embankment and for
an extension to the Embankment of the subway tramway authorised
in 1902. The CouncM, being of opinion that the carrying out of the
proposal would be of great advantage to the inhabitants of this
Borough and the County generally, passed a resolution in favour of
the proposal and authorised Alderman Kipling to give evidence in
favour thereof. The Committee of the House of Commons passed the
provisions subject to Blackfriars Bridge being widened or a new
bridge constructed there, and the Bill was read a third time, as
amended, on the 12th July. The Bill was rejected by the House
of Lords on the 18th July.
53. A Bill to amend the London Building Act was again
London introduced by the London County Council. The Bill
Building Act
(Amendment), dealt with the following subjects, viz :—
Formation and widening of streets, lines of building frontage,
naming and numbering of streets, open spaces about buildings and
height of buildings, construction of buildings, special and temporary
buildings and wooden structures, means of escape in case of fire, and
provisions for reducing risk of fire in buildings, rights of building
and adjoining owners, dangerous and neglected structures, dangerous
and noxious businesses, dwelling houses on low-lying land, Superintending
Architect and District Surveyors, bye-laws, legal proceedings
and other matters. This Council presented a petition against the
Bill and appointed Alderman Lorden and Councillors Glegg, Hunt
and Wise, to attend a Conference convened by the Kensington
Borough Council to consider the provisions of the Bill at which
a Committee was appointed, Alderman Lorden being elected this
Council's representative on such Committee. The County Council,
having withdrawn all the provisions of the Bill except those
relating to means of escape in case of fire, and provisions for
reducing the risk of fire in buildings, the Committee appointed
by the Kensington Conference suggested that the opposition of the
several local Authorities who had petitioned against the Bill would
be materially strengthened and much expense saved if the opposition