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MISCELLANEOUS.
The Vestry have returned to the plan adopted some years ago of
doing the repairs to the footpaths and carriageways, after opening
trenches by gas and water companies.
Notice having been given by the Great Eastern Railway Company
of their intention to carry out the widening of their line at Grove road,
the Vestry gave formal notice of their intention to contribute £500, as
provided by the Companies Act of 1876, towards the cost of improving
the bridge. A similar notice has been given by the Vestry of Mile
End, and the two vestries made a joint application to the Metropolitan
Board of Works to contribute the entire £1000, but the Board have
consented to give a moiety.
The Vestry, in conjunction with the Whitechapel Board of Works,
have urged the Metropolitan Board of Works, by memorial and deputation,
to renew the application to Parliament for powers to construct
a bridge across the Thames to facilitate the communication between
the Eastern parts of London, lying respectively on the North and
South sides of the Thames. The Metropolitan Board of Works
decided not to apply to Parliament in the then next Session.
A memorial has been presented from inhabitants of Green street,
complaining of stalls being allowed in that street; but the Vestry did
not deem it expedient to interfere.
On the suggestion of the Metropolitan Board of Works, notices
have been placed on Twig Folly Bridge as to the consent required
by the Locomotives Act for any locomotive passing over the bridge.
The attention of the Canal Company has been drawn to the Act by
the Vestry Clerk.
The Vestry have presented to the Corporation of the City a memorial
praying that Old Temple Bar may be erected by the Corporation
in Victoria Park. The memorial has been referred to the City Lands
Committee. Mr. Perrin, Mr. W. Richardson, Mr. Milbourn, Mr.
Jacobs, Mr. Edroff, and Mr. Stoneley were appointed to attend the
Lands Committee to support the prayer of the memorial. On the
10th March Mr. Churchwarden Perrin, Mr. W. Richardson,
Mr. Stoneley, and Mr. Edroff, with the Clerk, attended the Lands
Committee, who promised to consider the memorial, and the representations
of the deputation.