View report page

(39)
2 ft. 3 in. on to the public way, being pulled down, and the
frontage set back to the general line of building frontage.
Re-naming and Re-numbering New Oxford Street.
The Metropolitan Board of Works having re-numbered
that portion of Oxford Street which lies west of Tottenham
Court Road, introduced a series of numbers which already
existed in that portion of Oxford Street lying within the
St. Giles District; considerable inconvenience was consequently
caused thereby, which being represented to the
Metropolitan Board of Works, that Board ordered the
name of "New Oxford Street" to be restored, and the
houses re-numbered, which has been done.
Gates and Railings, Phœnix Street.
The iron gates and railings which stood across the western
end of Phœnix Street were, on the application of the managers
of Bloomsbury Chapel, removed by the Board, and the
street opened for through traffic.
Drinking Fountain, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Application was made to your Board by the Metropolitan
Drinking Fountains Association for permission to
erect a Drinking Fountain, presented by Mrs. Philip Twells,
at the south-east corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields. A deputation
from the Association waited on your Board, and
submitted a model of the proposed Fountain, which showed
a handsome structure, to be formed of polished Cornish
granite, 6 ft. 8 in. square, and about 20 ft. in height.
The Board sanctioned the erection of the Fountain, and
the works are now (June, 1882) in progress.