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Finchley District Council seek powers, through a Parliamentry
Bill, to supply Electricity to portions of this District
adjoining the Great North Road aud Woodhouse Lane. The
London and District Supply Bill which is now before Parliament,
which, if sanctioned, would affect the District, has
been considered by the Council, and the Council have
resolved to petition against the Bill becoming law.
Public Improvements.
Footways have been paved with Patent Victoria Stone
in various parts of the District, including Oakleigh Road,
N. (from Boundary to opposite All Saints Church), and
parts of Colney Hatch Lane.
Kerb has been laid in Oakleigh Road. A large amount
of tar-paving has also been done as weather permitted.
The dangerous corner by Carlisle Place has been much
improved.
Widenings.—Land has been given up to widen the highway
in Oakleigh Road, N., Oakleigh Road, S., and in Colney
Hatch Lane,
The Colney Hatch Lane near the Hermitage has been
widened and much improved by a give and take line agreed
upon with the L.C.C. Asylum's Committee. Arrangements
have also been made with the owner of Hollyfield Estate to
widen this Lane from the jnnction with Friern Barnet Road
to the Hermitage. The land given up in Oakleigh Road
and opposite Halliwick Parade, has been made and paved
with Victoria Stone.
Athenaum Road.—The London and County Land Co., the
owners of this Private Road, have laid portions of a Surface
Water Sewer and widened the road to 40 feet.
New Roads.—The owners of the various Estates have made
roads called: Qneens Road, Loring Road, Park View
Crescent, and Spencer Road.
The Contractors are engaged in making up Pollard
Road, Roads on the Hollyfield Estate, Queens Avenue
Continuation, &c.