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did not comply with the Standing Orders of the House of
Commons, and the Bill was not therefore proceeded with.
St. Pancras Workhouse Extension was a Scheme promoted
by the St. Pancras Vestry for the acquisition of a
site for the enlargement of the Workhouse accommodation
in the St. Pancras Road, and for that purpose it was proposed
to take various properties there which are within
the St. Giles parish. No interests of your Board were
affected by the Scheme, and you therefore took no action
in the matter. The bill has since passed the Legislature,
and received the Royal Assent.
Telephone Wires.
The United Telephone Company, in the year 1880,
placed various wires across the public ways within the District,
without having first obtained your consent thereto.
Notice was served upon the Company by your Board to
remove the same, which the Company did, and subsequently
applied to you for permission to erect various
wires throughout the District. The matter was fully considered
by you, and certain regulations as to strength of
wire, height of supports above the public ways, and the
angles at which public ways should be crossed by the
wires, were resolved upon by your Board as the conditions
on which such applications would only be granted. These
conditions, after considerable negotiation, the Company
assented to, and they formed the basis of an Agreement
which was entered into between the Board and the Company
in October, 1881.
Enlargement of Offices.
The Enlargement of the Board's Offices and construction