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negotiations with the owners of property immediately it was intimated
that the County Council would probably agree to the larger
scheme, and the Borough Council has been and is doing all in its
power to expedite the acquisition of the property needed.
Electrical
Traction on
Tramways-
123. The work of constructing the new tramways from York
Road, Wandsworth, to Tooting High Street, via
Garratt Lane, and of reconstructing the tramways
in York Road was begun in the early part of this year. The
Borough Council continuously urged the London County Council
to press forward the tramway and paving works with the view of
the inconvenience to residents and others being put an end to as
soon as possible. After numerous delays the new lines were completed
in July last, and having been inspected by the Board of
Trade on the 31st of that month were opened for traffic at the
beginning of August.
124. Arrangements similar to those agreed to in the case of
the Tooting and Streatham lines were made for indicating the
stopping places for the electric cars by fixing notices thereof to
the public lamps. The feeder pillars have been placed in positions
satisfactory to the Borough Council.
125. With regard to the proposed London County Council
tramways from Queen Street, Hammersmith, via Fulham Palace
Road, to a point in Lower Richmond Road near the junction of
that road with the approach to Putney Bridge, the Board of Trade
have approved the plans showing the rails, paving, sub-structure,
and electrical arrangements, but the County Council do not intend
to proceed with the work of constructing the new lines until next
year.
126. In reply to the Borough Council's request that in the
part of Lower Richmond Road in which the tramways will be laid
the whole of the carriage way should be paved with wood and the
footpaths with artificial stone, the County Council stated that if
granite setts were substituted for the existing macadam the additional
cost would be about £250 and offered to arrange for the
use of granite setts upon the Borough Council agreeing to bear
the extra cost. The County Council also mentioned that if the
portion of the road outside the tramway track were paved with
wood and the footpaths with artificial stone the cost would be
practically the same as if materials similar to those now in use