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9
Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act,
1875.
GREAT WILD STREET SCHEME.
The area comprised in this scheme has been entirely denuded of
the wretched habitations formerly standing thereon. The Peabody
Society are, it is reported, about to commence tue erection of suitable
dwellings on the site, and the other improvements directed by the
scheme are about being made.
LITTLE CORAM STREET SCHEME.
This scheme, which is to be carried out by the Metropolitan Board
of Works, has made very little progress, the south end half of Abbey
Place only having been pulled down and the materials removed by
the freeholder. The claims of the owners of the other parts of the
area are being investigated and dealt with.
The Peabody Society have agreed, when the site is cleared, to
purchase the land of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and proceed
speedily to erect dwellings for artizans thereon.
COAL YARD AND GOLDSMITHS' ALLEY IMPROVEMENT.
The purchases of the land required for this improvement have
for some time been completed, and the street is about to be laid out.
It has, however, been found that the entrance into Macklin Street
from Goldsmiths' Alley on the west side is too sharp, and that owing
to the defective condition of the flank wall of the house at that corner,
it has become absolutely necessary that the same should be rebuilt at
an expense of about £150; under these circumstances it has been
considered that the best course to pursue is to purchase the premises,
remove the building (scene painters' workshops), and after throwing
a portion of the corner into the new street, to sell the remainder of
the site. This plan has been adopted, and the freeholders have agreed
to purchase the remaining land, at an increase on the price to be
paid by the Board for the same.
Water Supply.
The burdensome rates imposed by the Water Companies of the
Metropolis still continue.
Since the last Report of this Board, the late Government brought a
Bill into the House of Commons for the purchase of those companies,
but as the price to be paid for their interest would have amounted to
about £32,000,000, to be met by the creation of Government Stock to