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The Special Committee recommended that the consent of the
Vestry to the construction of the proposed Tramway should be given,
on condition that the Company would repave the road from Gibraltar
walk to White street, and pay for the paving in the other parts of
Bethnal Green road, at the rate of 12s. per square yard, at a width of
18 feet; that passengers on the proposed Tramways be carried from
Cambridge road to the Company's terminus in Norton Folgate and
any intermediate distance at a penny fare; that the rails should be of
the most improved modern description, and the parts over which the
cars pass should be of steel; that a special clause should be inserted
in the Bill empowering the Vestry to repair paving reparable by the
Company, after seven days' notice to the Company, and to charge the
Company with the cost, to be recovered by action; and that the
Certificate of the Surveyor of the Vestry should be conclusive evidence
of the amount of cost.
The dissolution of Parliament prevented, up to the date of this
Report, any further progress of the Company's Bill, but from a letter
to the Vestry from the engineer of the Company it appears probable
the Company would abandon the Bill.
CLOSING BACON STREET.
The Vestry were urged, notwithstanding the decision (mentioned in
the last Report) of the Metropolitan Board of Works to close the
western end of Bacon street, to make efforts to keep the street open,
and the Vestry proposed to buy the site of the part of the street proposed
to be closed, but the Board declined to entertain the
application.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The subject of buying a roller was referred to the Works Committee.
After a report by the Surveyor as to the advantages the purchase of
the roller would secure, the Committee recommended acceptance of
the offer of Messrs. Aveling & Porter to supply a fifteen-ton roller,
including fittings and utensils, at £567 10s.; to allow a month's
trial of the roller at a cost of £40, if the Vestry after trial decided not
to buy. The time allowed for the trial of the roller was extended
to three months, and it appearing from a report of the Surveyor that a