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Works and General Purposes Committee, that a charge of 1/per
yard super (or part of a yard) be made for hoardings
so used in main thoroughfares, and 9d. per yard super for
bye streets.
Overhead Wires. The Vestry on the 31st October received a letter
from the Superintending Engineer, Post Office Telegraphs,
applying for consent to the erection of a wire on the
existing overhouse line between the Fire Brigade Station,
Battersea Park Road, and the ground pole in the rear of Culvert
Road, and also to an additional wire from the West London
Extension Railway Bridge in Lombard Road to the Post Office,
No. 193, York Road, in order to complete the direct radial system
to the fire alarms, with a view to ensure more effectually
the prompt attendance of the Fire Brigade at fires in the Parish.
The Vestry resolved not to object to the erection of overhead
wires which may be required for Fire Brigade purposes, but they
are strongly of opinion that all wires should be placed underground
where possible.
Overflow of Sewers. The Surveyor submitted a report to the Vestry at
the meeting held on the 12th June, upon the flooding
of 319 houses in the Parish, consequent upon the overflow of the
main sewers during the heavy fall of rain on the 25th May, and
the Vestry directed that a copy of this report be forwarded to
the County Council.
Enlargement of Buildings, &c., Bridge Road West. The Street Cleansing Dusting and Depot
mittee, having determined that their meetings
should take place at the Surveyor's Office, Bridge
Road West, the accommodation for this purpose was found to
be totally inadequate, and the Vestry, upon the recommendation
of the Committee, erected a Committee Room and also an
additional office over the existing buildings, to meet the growing
requirements of the work in the Surveyor's department.
In order to check the weight of the provender and other
stores purchased by the Vestry, it was found necessary to fix a
10 ton weighbridge at the Dep6t in Bridge Road West.