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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS
OF PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES
FOR CAMBERWELL.
Dulwich
Baths.
The Commissioners in their last Report stated
that they had adopted the Report of Mr. Charles
Barry in which he recommended the acceptance of the
design of Messrs. Spalding & Cross for the Dulwich Baths,
subject to the sanction of the Vestry and the approval of
the Local Government Board, and your Commissioners
obtained the Vestry's consent to borrowing £16,000,
such sum to include Architect's Fees, Quantity Surveyor,
and other contingent expenses, for the erection of the Baths;
and your Commissioners determined to obtain the loan from
the London County Council, repayable £14,000 for buildings,
&c., within 30 years, and £2,000 for machinery in 15
years, as approved by the Local Government Board. Mr.
Charles Barry was appointed as Consulting Architect.
The Commissioners exhibited the Plans and Designs at
the Meeting of the Vestry for their approval, when their
sanction was obtained. Tenders were then invited by advertisement
for the erection of the Baths, and the Tender of
Mr. H. L. Holloway, which was the lowest, was accepted for
£14,300.
The Clerk having reported that the enquiries he had
made respecting Mr. Holloway were satisfactory and that
he had erected similar public buildings, the Commissioners
accepted his Tender at the sum of £14,300 subject to his
giving Sureties of £1,000 each for the due performance of