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Council were impressed with the desirability of re-constructing
these lines at an early date, and hoped that this Council would be
willing to consider some modification of the proposals which it
previously put forward, and suggested that, with the view of
arriving at an agreement, representatives of the two Borough
Councils should meet a few members of the Highways Committee
to discuss the matter. The Borough Council consented to take
part in the proposed Conference, and the Mayor, Aldermen
Lorden and Parker, and Councillor Dawnay were appointed as
this Council's representatives.
Mitcham Road
and Tooting
High Street
Tramways.
124. In March last, the Borough Council was informed that
the London County Council proposed to adopt an
underground conduit system of electrical traction
for the tramways to be constructed in Mitcham
Road, from Tooting Broadway to Tooting Junction railway
station, and in Tooting High Street (late Merton Road) from
Tooting Broadway to Longley Road, and had applied to the
Board of Trade for its consent. This consent has been given;
the Borough Council and the County Council have entered into
agreements with respect to the necessary widening of the road and
the paving works, and the construction of the tramway is now in
hand.
125. The London United Tramways Company have constructed
a tramway on the overhead trolley system of electrical
traction in the portion of Tooting High Street (formerly Merton
Road), transferred to this Borough under the recent alteration of
the county boundary at Tooting. The powers to construct the
line were obtained by the Company before the alteration took
place.
Tooting High
Street Widening.
126. The whole of the property required for widening Tooting
High Street (late Merton Road) for the proposed
electric tramways from Tooting Broadway to
Longley Road having been acquired by the London County
Council the widening of the public way has been carried out and
the construction of the tramway and the paving works are in
progress.
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