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MISCELLANEOUS.
A public urinal for two persons has been erected n Northampton
street, Cambridge road.
A public urinal, to be supplied by Messrs. Clark, Hunt & Co., has
been ordered to be erected in Turville street, at the corner of Old
Nichol street.
In consequence of the exceptionally heavy rains last summer, it
was considered unnecessary to flush the various sewers; the cost
under this heading amounts to £3 3s.
The sum of £179 19s 3d. has been paid for the water used in
watering the roads, including a sum of £35 14s. for the rent of
meters fixed in the hydrants throughout the Parish.
The public urinals, the obelisk lamps, throughout the Parish, and
the iron work of Twig Folly Bridge, have been painted by men in the
employ of the Vestry.
A public drinking fountain and water trough for cattle has been
erected at the Western end of Columbia road by the Metropolitan
Cattle Trough and Drinking Fountain Association, and the necessary
foot and carriageway alterations have been carried out at the cost of
the Vestry.
Application has been made, on behalf of the Baroness Burdett
Coutts, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and also to the Vestry,
for permission to form a new street, 40 ft. wide, between Virginia row
and Columbia road, which will afford, when completed, an improved
approach to Columbia Market. The street is to be called Herat street.
The Improved Industrial Dwellings are forming a new street, 40 ft.
wide, to be known as Corfield street, Three Colts lane, which will
shortly be thrown open for public traffic.
Negotiations have been entered into and plans prepared for opening
the north end of Hollybush Gardens into St. Jude street, but
difficulties have arisen, and no progress has been made.
Plans have been prepared with a view to purchasing projecting
property at the corner of George street, at the east end of Old
Bethnal Green road.
The rights of the person owning the forecourt of the house in
Patriot square which projected into the carriageway have been