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URINALS.
On the recommendation of the Sanitary Committee, it was proposed
to erect a Urinal at the junction of St. John and Hare-streets, and at
the corner of Squirries-street and Bethnal Green-road, and the matter
was referred to the Works Committee, who reported that there was
already ample accommodation at the corner of St. John and Harestreets,
and that the owner of the house at the corner of Squirries-street
objected to the erection of a Urinal by his premises, and the proposal
to erect the Urinals was abandoned.
On the recommendation of the Sanitary Committee, an iron screen
has been erected in front of each of the entrances to the Urinal in
Austin-street-
An application for the erection of a Urinal in Cambridge-road, by
Northampton-street, was granted, but in consequence of objections
afterwards made by some of the persons who applied, it was resolved
not to erect the Urinal.
PLANE TREES IN THOROUGHFARES.
Application was made for one of the ten sums of £100 each,
announced to be given by a gentlemen to Vestries to plant trees in
thoroughfares. The application was granted on the Vestry entering
into an agreement to expend the sum in two years, in preparing for
planting, buying, planting, and preserving from harm and destruction
good and sufficient plane trees; also, to substitute new trees for such
as may die or be destroyed.
Mr. Mclntyre, the superintendent of Victoria Park, has, in the
kindest possible way, given his assistance and advice—so valuable
from his practical knowledge and great experience—as to purchasing,
planting, and preserving the trees.
Tenders were invited from five leading nurserymen for supplying
about fifty plane trees of the size advised by Mr. Mclntyre, and
tenders were also invited for the supply of guards of arris-cut English
oak or pitch pine, seven feet high.
The tenders accepted were those of Messrs. Paul & Son for the trees,
at 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. each; Messrs. Wood, of Cobham, for the guards,
at 10s. each. In addition to the price of the trees and guards, there is