View report page

55
Simultaneously with this action of the Committee and
Vestry a letter was received, dated 2nd December, 1890,
from the Secretary to the London, Oamberwell and Dulwich
Tramways Company, stating that the Company were
desirous of immediately constructing the tramway from
Choumert Road to High Street, Peckham (in accordance
with the resolutions passed by the Vestry and the London
County Council) and that the Contract for laying down
such Tramway had been let to Messrs. Dick, Kerr & Co.,
Limited, and further, that the Contractors were about to
proceed with the repair of the existing lines preparatory to
their being opened.
The Company further asked the Vestry to sanction the
making of a connection from the main line at Attwell Road
to Stables at the rear of Attwell Road for a Depot.
No objection was raised to the construction of this
connection for access to the proposed Depot.
The consent of the Vestry was given to the laying
down the Tramway from Choumert Road to High Street,
Peckham (in accordance with the resolutions passed by the
Vestry and the London County Council), the work to be
performed with all convenient speed in such lengths of
Road and within a time to be fixed by the Surveyor to the
Vestry and under his supervision, or that of any person to
be appointed by him at the expense of the promoters, the
whole of the work to be carried out under the provisions
of the Tramways Act, 1870, and the Amending Acts,
thereof,
The promoters to use granite setts between the