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there. The Council Offices being near the Finchley Mortuary,
this room has been found convenient for holding the Finchley
inquests. Formerly, the inquests were held at public-houses.
Dust Disposal and Removal.
This is undertaken by the Engineer and Surveyor's
Department. The collection is made weekly, and the dust
removed in covered vans. Notices are served, as required, to
provide portable circular sanitary dust-bins in place of worn-out
or insanitary bins.
The refuse is chiefly taken to the Sewage Works, but the
Engineer and Surveyor has again been instructed to report as to
the provision of a Refuse Destructor.
M.C.C. Light Railways.
Owing to differences as to the mode of construction of the
proposed light railways along the Friern Barnet Road and the
Woodhouse Road, the Council, with the adjoining Councils, went
to arbitration with the M.C.C. After several days' hearing,
which involved a heavy cost, an agreement satisfactory to this
Council was arrived at. The M.C.C. agreed to pave the track
and in front of the schools and places of worship with wood
paving in place of granite setts, and provide surface-water
drainage, etc.
The work of laying the track was commenced in the
summer. The whole of the road has been widened to fifty feet
and it is expected that the trams will be running at an early date
The Board of Trade have extended the time allowed for the
construction of these lines.
The dangerous steps and paving in front of the shops between
Beaconsfield Road and the Great Northern Railway has been
replaced with Patent Victoria Stone, an improvement much
appreciated. The levels of the roadway have also been improved
in many places, and means of quick removal of surface-water
provided.
The Engineer and Surveyor reports that, on the whole, the
M.C.C. have met the demands of this Council very reasonably
while the work was being carried out.
The agreements for widening the G. N.R. Bridge will shortly
be completed.
A petition is being prepared asking for a Light Railway to
be constructed from Muswell Hill, down Colney Hatch Lane, up
to these Offices at the junction of Colney Hatch Lane and the
Friern Barnet Road. This would undoubtedly be of great
assistance to the Southern portion of the District.