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notice shall have been so affixed it shall be lawful for the
Council to proceed to take down and remove the gate bar
rail post or other obstruction in accordance with the
provisions erf this part of this Act.
"The Third Schedule " (Extract therefrom)
„ (d) Gates and Railing in the Parish of Christchurch
(Southwark) situate in Nelson Square Charlotte Street
Blackfriars Road."
The meaning of Section 41 being very uncertain owing to
the obscure wording of the clause, the Committee took the
opinion of Counsel (Mr. F. Dodd) as to its true and correct
interpretation, and in order to ascertain what amount (if any)
of liability the Board would incur in the event of the gate being
removed. Mr. Dodd, in answer to the questions put to him,
stated that he had found great difficulty in ascertaining the
meaning of the Section ; he was of opinion, however, that the
removal of the gate would have the effect of a dedication of the
street to the public, but could see nothing in the Act which
would impose on the Board any liability to pave, maintain or
sewer it, even though the road had been completely dedicated
to the use of the public.
CITY AND BRIXTON RAILWAY.
By the City and Brixton Railway ct, 1898, the promoters
are authorised to construct a railway underground from the
existing lines of the City and South London Railway in the
Borough, to Brixton Bill, such railway to be worked by electrical
power, the portion numbered 1 on the plan commencing at a
point about 26 yards from the south east corner of Tabard Inn
Yard,-and proceeding thence along the Borough Road and the
Lambeth, Kennington, and Brixton roads to its destination.
When this Bill was introduced into Parliament in December
last, an examination of the deposited plan and sections was made
by the Board's Surveyor, who reported that no indication was
given of any shafts or openings that might be required to be made
in the public thoroughfares in the St. Saviour's District; that
power was sought to deviate vertically from the levels marked
on the plan and sections to a distance of 20 feet from the top of
the tunnel to the surface of the public way ; that the station
tunnels would have an internal diameter of 30 feet, the excavations
for which might, it was reasonable to suppose, have an
injurious effect upon property belonging to the Board, and that
there were other matters injuriously affecting the district.