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But the proposal to erect 39 of the Houses and 25
Workshops has been abandoned.
Applications have also been made for permission
to drain:—
42 Old Houses.
2 Stables.
2 Yards.
1 Board School.
The Vestry granted permission on the usual conditions
for the construction of areas and coal shoots
under the highways in front of 56 and 57, Old Nichol
Street, 462 and 464,Bethnal Green Road,and at the "Old
Crown "public house, in Brick Lane and Hare Street.
In three cases the builders who neglected to give notice
of intention to build, were summoned, and penalties,
amounting in the total to £12 and costs, were imposed.
These penalties are paid in to the credit of the Vestry.
The builder of the shops in Green Street, between
Chester Street and Chester Place, erected upon the footway
stone pilasters projecting nine inches, and was
proceeding to enclose some six inches of the site of the
footway with the stall-board of the shop fronts; contending
that he had the right to do so under sec. 26 of
the Metropolitan Building Act of 1855. Formal notice
having been given to him to remove the encroachment,
ho declined to do so, and proceedings were taken against
him at the Worship Street Police Court, resulting in
the Magistrate deciding in favour of the Vestry. The
defendant, however, is appealing to the Court of Queen's
Bench against the judgment, and the question is now
waiting the decision of that Court.
On the now Fire Station in Green Street being opened,
the old one in Bethnal Green Road was closed. The
Protection
from Fire