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through and connected with Chatham Road over the existing
line of the sewer vested in the Council, and requested the
Council to refuse their consent to the erection of any buildings
over the line of such sewer at the spot in question, it being
proposed by the owners of the estate to form a new street in
continuation of Northcote Road, but not to connect such new
street with Chatham Road. The Vestry are pleased to state
that the portions of the Bolingbroke Grove Estate abutting
upon Bolingbroke Grove and Webb's Road respectively, which
have been a great obstruction in those thoroughfares, will, in
accordance with the requirements of the Council, be given up
to form part of the respective highways. The Vestry on the
12th March instructed the Surveyor to prepare the necessary
plans with a view to acquiring the property between the end of
Northcote Road, as proposed to be continued through the
Bolingbroke Grove Estate, and Chatham Road for the purpose
of opening a direct route from Northcote Road to Nightingale
Lane.
Falcon
Road
Improvement.
The Vestry on the 26th February, considered the
question of widening Falcon Road between Lavender
Road and No. 94, (Messrs. Hallet's Timber Yard.)
Many complaints have been received of the exceedingly small
space allotted to foot passengers on the west side of this road
when the tradesmen's goods are displayed in front of their
shops, and the Vestry decided to acquire compulsorily the forecourts
of these premises for the purpose of improving the
thoroughfare, and proceedings with this object are now in
progress.
Plough
Road
Improvement.
The School Board for London having agreed to
surrender a strip of land extending the whole length
of the frontage of the School premises in Plough
Road and Plough Terrace, now in course of erection, for the
purpose of widening the highway, the Vestry, in view of the
increase of traffic along Plough Road, consequent upon the
opening of the new bridge by the Royal Masonic Institution for
Girls, Wandsworth Common, which affords direct means of