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between the new street and Clare Street and Clare Market;
(5) between the curved street and Houghton Street, Strand,
and (6) a new street between Wellington Street and
Catherine Street.
There is in connection with this, a proposal for the
widening of Southampton Row on the east side between
Theobald's Road and High Holborn, and a widening of
High Holborn on the north side between Southampton
Row and a point 50 yards east from the centre of Southampton
Row; a new street, commencing in Kingsgate
Street, at the west of Fisher Street, and a new street,
commencing in Kingsgate Street, at the west of Eagle
Street, into the widening of Southampton Row.
The importance of this work cannot be over-estimated.
The Bill, when introduced into the House of Commons,
was referred by the Board to the Law and Parliamentary
Committee for consideration and report. A report was
presented by the Clerk to the Board on the matter, and the
Committee came to the conclusion, and the Board adopted
their recommendation, that steps should be taken for
protecting the interests of the district in certain matters
of detail, viz.:—with regard to the payment of rates
during the course of construction, the materials with
which the new street should be paved, and the question as
to out of what fund the cost of the maintenance of the
same should be defrayed, and the application of the
betterment charge.
The Bill was referred to a Select Committee of the
House of Commons, who will, it is expected, very shortly
deal with the matter.