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Toll Bridges in the Metropolis.
A Bill having been introduced into Parliament for the purpose
of enabling the Metropolitan Hoard of Works to take
measures for freeing from toll the remaining toll bridges in the
metropolis,—the Board, looking at the question as one of vital
importance to the best interests of the District, have used
every endeavour to promote the passing of the Bill, which is
likely to become law during the present session.
Public Lighting.
The Board have had under serious consideration the annually
increasing cost of carrying out this work, and resolved to have
meters affixed to several street lamps in the district, as an experiment,
for the purpose of obtaining reliable data to assist
them in their efforts to bring the expenditure under this
head to a lower amount.
Street Nomenclature, etc.
Under the direction of the Metropolitan Board of Works,
the Board have, during the past year, caused the following
streets to be re-named:—
Dartmouth Road renamed Glenthorne Road.
Dartmouth Place „ Banim Street.
Farm Place, etc. „ Vanston Place.
Market Place, etc. „ Jerdan Place.
Carpenter's Row, etc. „ Mclmoth Place.
Oxford and Cambridge Terrace „ Ellerslie Road.
Denmark Road „ Faroe Road.
Masbro' Road North „ Redan Street.
Ceylon Road „ Milsom Road.
New Kings Road „ Broxholm Road.
And have served notices for renumbering in the following
streets:—
The Grove Number of Houses 244.
Glenthorne Road „ 135.
Bridge Avenue „ 65.
Latymer Road „ 493.