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were laid down. The Borough Council did not approve of the use
of granite setts outside the tramway rails and decided to adhere
to its original proposal that the road should be paved with wood.
Tramway
Feeder
Pillars.
127. The Council having appealed to the Board of Trade with
regard to certain of the tramway feeder pillars
fixed by the London County Council on the footpath
in the road leading from Clapham to Tooting, the County
Council contended that such Council had full power under the provisions
of the Electrical Power Act, 1900, to place the pillars in
such positions as the County Council thought fit and that the provisions
of the Tramway Act giving the Borough Council the right
of appeal did not apply to the works in question. After considerable
correspondence the Board of Trade, without coming to a
conclusion on the legal question as to arbitration, suggested a
Conference between their electrical adviser and representatives of
the County Council and the Borough Council. The Conference
took place on the ground on the 9th February last, and it was
arranged that the County Council should shift the pillar in front
of No. 172 High Street, Clapham, to opposite No. 186, replace
the pillar opposite the London and County Bank, No. 128 Balham
High Road, with one of a smaller size, and remove the pillar
opposite Nos. 64 and 66 Upper Tooting Road to the wide footpath
on the opposite side of the road. The alterations to the
pillars arranged at the Conference have now been satisfactorily
carried out.
Lower
Bichmond Road
Wldening-
128. The Borough Council has continued its negotiations for
the acquisition of the property required for the improvement
of Lower Richmond Road, Putney, between
Bigg's Row and Rotherwood Road. The Borough Council
proposes to repave the whole width of the road where the widening
is to be effected, the footpaths with artificial stone and the
carriageway with wood. In reply to the Borough Council's application
for a contribution towards the cost the County Council
stated that its estimate provided for paving only the land
actually added to the public way and with materials similar to
those already in use, and offered to contribute one-half the cost,
subject to the contribution being limited to £2,267 10s. od.
Under the circumstances the Borough Council decided to accept
the offer. The difference in the cost of the paving works proposed
to be carried out and those estimated for by the County
Council will be borne by the Borough Council.
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