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merits, or public buildings, the same duties and obligations
should devolve upon the owners thereof."
The Vestry ordered the letter to be received.
The Vestry, by resolution of the 28th
January, 1891, ordered the paving with Asphalte
of the foot-paths of Lordship Lane from the part already
paved, under the 105th Section, to and opposite Woodwarde
Road, and apportioned the cost upon the owners
abutting. The road was a highway of the parish and
had always been repaired by the parish, but inasmuch as
many houses had been erected on the west side and many
improvements made, it was contended it had become a
New Street as defined by the Metropolis Management Act.
A Deputation of the Owners of the land abutting,
attended a Vestry and presented a Memorial :—
The Memorialists, "while denying firmly and absolutely
any such liability on their part and solely with a
view to save litigation," make the following suggestions: —
(1.) That the tar-paving already laid down by the
Vestry on the foot-path on the east side should
not be taken up.
(2.) That tar-paving be laid down by the Vestry on
the foot-path on the west side, and on such
part of the foot-path on the east side, where
such tar-paving does not already exist.
(3.) In consideration whereof your Memorialists
would be willing to contribute their fair proportion
of the expense of laying down such
new tar-paving, and that your Surveyor be
Lordship Lane
Paving.