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REPORT
of
The Proceedings of the Vestry of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, from,
the 25th March, 1886, to the 25th March, 1887.
SCAVENGING- AND WATERING ROADS.
Tenders were invited for the performance for one, or two, or three
years of the work of removing the dirt from the highways, after
being swept up by the Vestry's men, for the collection and removal
of dust from houses, for watering the streets and roads, and for
carting away on Sunday Mornings the vegetable and other refuse
from Brick Lane, Green Street, Hackney Road, and Cambridge
Road.
The Tenders were opened at a meeting on the 5th of May, when
they were referred to a Committee of the Whole Vestry. The
recommendation by the Committee that the
Tender by Mr. Crane for District No. 1, for 1 year at £1750
,, Mr. Stevens „ No. 2, „ at 1800
,, Mr. W. Porter ,, No. 3, for 3 years at 1760 yearly
be accepted, was adopted, and contracts entered into accordingly.
THAMES COMMUNICATIONS.
This subject has had the attention of the Vestry and the
Parliamentary Committee frequently during the year, and Delegates
have been appointed to attend Conferences on the subject by
Members of Vestries and District Boards. At first, the object in
view was to urge that additional communication should be made
across the Thames. The Metropolitan Board of Works decided to
make a tunnel from Black wall to Greenwich. This was felt to be