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That since the reference to the Committee, the Thames Steamboat (1897) Company,
Limited, had started a half-hourly service of steamboats from Westminster to Greenwich,
but there was no guarantee how long it would continue, and submitted the following copy
of the minutes of the conference which took place at the Town Hall on Friday, the
23rd July, 1897.
Minutes of Conference of Delegates from Riverside Vestries and District Boards, convened
by the Vestry of Rotherhithe, held at the Rotherhithe Town Hall, Lower Road, on Friday,
July 23rd 1897.
Present:
Delegates. District.
Mr. B. Brennan Limehouse District Board.
„ Shand St. Olave „ „
,, Oake ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, Joseph Heath Greenwich „ ,,
„ F. Thurston Poplar „ „
,, Walter H. Jones St. George-in-the-East Vestry.
„ James Francis ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, Higgs
„ Mortimer
,, Moss
„ Stuart
,, Vice-Chairman Talbot
„ Vezey
Rotherhithe Vestry.
Resolved—That Mr. Stuart do take the chair.
Mr. Stuart thereupon took the chair.
After debate,
It was moved by Mr. Mortimer, seconded by Mr. Higgs, and unanimously Resolved—
That a letter be written to the London County Council, informing them that a Conference of
Delegates from Riverside Vestries and District Boards has had under its serious consideration
the question of the Thames Passenger Steamboat Service extant, and in view of the irregularity