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to £3,216, and the jury awarded £1,750. The Council's sealed offer
was £500. The purchase having been completed, the land was
thrown into the public way, and the necessary paving works
executed at a cost of about £330.
Warple Way
and Fairfield
Street
Widening.
79. Under the provisions of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas
Act, 1900, an improvement has been effected at the
corner of Warple Way and Fairfield Street, Wandsworth,
the Gas Company giving up a strip of land,
and erecting a new wall at their works, and the Borough Council
executing the necessary paving and other works.
York Road
Widening
81. The widening of York Road, which is being carried
out by the Borough Council by arrangement
with the London County Council, is now
nearing completion. The necessary steps are being taken
for the acquisition of the few outstanding interests in the
property required. The London County Council has decided to
widen the footpath on the northern side of the road, between
Jews' Row and Bridgend Road, by acquiring the forecourts of
the shops there and throwing the same into the public way. The
Borough Council has agreed to contribute one-third of the actual
cost of this improvement.
Tooting Bec
Ro.ad
Obstruction.
81. The Council has for some time past been endeavouring
to secure the removal of a projecting fence in Tooting
Bec Road, Balham, between Stapleton Road and
Romberg Road. The owner of the adjoining premises claimed the
fence as his property, and the Council found it necessary to proceed
under Michael Angelo Taylor's Act. The fence was ultimately
removed by the Council as an obstruction without payment of
compensation and the site paved as part of the public way.
Footpath
across WandsworthCommon.
82. The Borough Council has for a long time past been in
correspondence with the London County Council
with the view of the footpath across Wandsworth
Common between Trinity Road and Wandsworth Common railway
station being tarpaved. The footpath is much used, and
many complaints were received of its unsatisfactory condition
The County Council having arranged for the part of the