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Rye Lane between Heaton Road and Choumert Road, they
made an application in September last to the Vestry for an
extension of the Tramway already constructed from "The
Plough" publichouse, Lordship Lane, to Choumert Road, by
connecting the same with a Tramway to be laid through
that part of Rye Lane extending from Choumert Road to
High Street, Peckham. This application was approved by
the Vestry as a means of connecting East Dulwich District
with Peckham, and conducing thereby to the convenience of
the inhabitants generally, the Vestry recommended such application
to the favourable consideration of the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
For this purpose a deputation of the Vestry attended the
Metropolitan Board of Works in October last, urging the
Board to consent to the proposal; it was referred to the
Works Committee, who reported to the Board their opinion
that they considered it would not be consistent with the
provisions of the Peckham and East Dulwich Tramways Act
of 1885 that the Board should consent to the proposal
inasmuch as the 5th Section of the Act of 1885 provided
" that no part of the Tramway in Rye Lane should be
" constructed unless and until Rye Lane had been widened
" to the satisfaction of the Board and the Vestry of
"Camberwell." Therefore for the present the matter remains
stationary.
CANTERBURY ROAD BRIDGE.
The building of this Bridge is now in hand, the
tract having been let by the Metropolitan Board of Works on
the 8th October last, to Messrs. Webster, this Vestry has
contributed the sum of £1,400 towards the cost of this
structure. The Greenwich Board of Works are also contributors
thereto.