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Bridge in Grove Road; but the Vestry considered that to increase the dip
in the road already existing would be extremely objectionable, and
refused the permission, so far as the part of the road in this Parish is
concerned. Subsequently, a Committee of the Officers of the Vestry met,
at the bridge, a Committee and the Officers of the Mile End Vestry, to
view the part of the road proposed to be altered; but the Committee of
the Vestry of Bethnal Green recommended the Vestry to adhere to its
former resolution, and that recommendation was adopted.
The tramway in Grove Road is completed, and so much of the carriageway
of the road as the Company were bound to pave has been paved. A
question arose as to the stone to be used. The Company wished, for the
purpose of saving expense, to use smaller stone than that used by the
Vestry. As the burden of repairing the paving is on the Company, the
Vestry consented to the Company using stone of the same kind as they
had been permitted to use in the adjoining Parishes and Districts.
At the date of this Report, the tramways are being laid in Hackney
Road. Previously to the work being begun, the amount to be paid by
the Company in respect of the paving in the road, pursuant to the agreement
referred to in the last Report, was fixed at £3,320. Of that sum
£500 has been paid, and the remainder will be paid by instalments as the
work proceeds. The entire sum will be applied, as hereinafter mentioned,
in part payment of the cost of paving the eastern part of the carriageway
of Bethnal Green Road.
RAILWAY TO COLUMBIA MARKET.
A memorial was presented by the Vestry to the Corporation of the City
of London requesting the Corporation to make the proposed communication,
by rail, from the Market to the Great Eastern Railway.
The Corporation introduced into Parliament "The Columbia Market
Approaches and Tramways Bill," by which it was proposed to give powers
to use, on the trams or rails to be laid in the streets, locomotives propelled
by steam. Desirous as the Vestry was of facilitating the progress of
the Bill, they, after frequent considerations, have determined to oppose
the clause authorizing the use of steam locomotives in the streets, and
have instructed the Clerk accordingly.