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The works that have been executed are considered on all
hands to be a very great improvement, and it is hoped that
the Churchyard will shortly be opened for the enjoyment
of the public.
Vacant Land in Shaftesbury Avenue.
The northernmost piece of land in Shaftesbury Avenue has
at last passed into the hands of the Board, and the works
connected with the laying out of the same as an open space
have been arranged for and are now in progress.
The southernmost piece of land is to be devoted to the
construction of an underground place of public convenience
for men and women, the plans of which, having been prepared
by the Engineer and Surveyor to the Board, have
recently received the approval of the London County
Council. The necessary legal formalities connected with
the transfer of the land are now taking place and tenders
for the execution of the work will shortly be invited.
Maintenance of Main Roads.
In the last Report, at pages 12 and 13, the communications
which had been made to the London County Council
on the subject of the maintenance of what were claimed
by the Board to be Main Roads in the District were referred
to, and, as was then stated in a footnote, the London County
Council declined to accede to the Board's application that
the thoroughfares mentioned should be declared main roads.
The decision arrived at caused the very gravest dissatisfaction
and is felt to be in distinct opposition to the motives
which influenced the insertion of the provisions relating to
the subject in the Local Government Act, and the Board have