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The London County Council were accordingly communicated
with in the terms of this resolution, and a letter was subsequently
received from that Authority stating that the Parks and Open
Spaces Committee were prepared to recommend the London
County Council to make a contribution of £1,000 towards the laying
out of St. Giles' Churchyard as a public open space, on the condition
that this Council should undertake (i) suitably to lay out the
Churchyard to the reasonable satisfaction of, and in accordance
with a plan to be approved by, the Council, and (ii) to maintain
the Churchyard, as so laid out, as a public open space.
Upon receipt of this communication, the Finance Committee
appointed a deputation to interview the Chairman of the Parks
Committee, but the matter has not yet been definitely decided.
Proposed New Road, Newlands to Brockley.
A letter has been received from the London County Council
stating that they have had under consideration a proposal for the
construction of a 50-ft. road from the Newlands to Brockley,
omitting the construction of a bridge under the Crystal Palace Line
and the viaduct over the Croydon line. The cost of the scheme was
estimated at £50,000, and on the assumption that it would provide
a substantial measure of work for unemployed labour, the County
Council enquired whether the Camberwell and Lewisham Metropolitan
Borough Councils would be willing to combine with Them
in the execution of the scheme, and would agree to share the cost
equally with the assistance of a grant from the Unemployment
Grants Committee. It would appear to be necessary in order that
the maximum grant might be obtained from the Unemployment
Grants Committee, that the Scheme, if approved for grant purposes,
should be undertaken as a combined scheme, and not by one of the
authorities with contributions from the others.
Before considering the matter further, the County Council
asked that this Council would communicate with the Lewisham
Borough Council, and inform them in due course of the views of
the two authorities.
The Council, at their meeting in March, 1931, decided to send
a communication to the Lewisham Borough Council in the terms of
the letter from the London County Council, and suggesting that a
conference of representatives of the two boroughs should be
convened, and in the event of the Lewisham Borough Council
agreeing to the proposal, the following members were appointed as
this Council's representatives: the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
of the Finance Committee (Councillor W. H. Graham, J.P., and
Councillor J. A. Garner); the Chairman of the Works and General
Purposes Committee (Councillor M. T. Winkley); and the Chairman
of the Public Service Committee (Alderman W. Brenchley, J.P.).