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parliamentary notices.
During the month of November the usual Parliamentary
notices were given, and the plans were lodged for the following
schemes referring to this District, viz.:—
Fulham and Walham Green Railway.
Metropolitan District Railway.
Great Western Railway.
Fulham Improvements.
Metropolis Water Supply.
Cromwell Road Bridge.
Of these various schemes the Fulham and Walham Green
Railway Bill, Fulham Improvements Bill and the Metropolis
Water Supply Bill, were withdrawn by the promoters, and the
Great Western Bill was only for the acquisition of additional
land, at or near Ladbroke Road. With respect to the Metropolitan
District Railway—a Bill for the construction of a
Railway from West Brompton to Fulham Old Town, with a
pier a short distance below the Bridge,—the Board lodged a
petition against the Bill to obtain a locus standi before the Committee;
but upon certain conditions being agreed to by the promoters
and embodied in clauses inserted in the Bill before the
Committee, the Board withdrew their opposition, and it is
expected that this Bill will shortly become law.
cromwell road bridge.
A Bill for the construction of a bridge over the network of
lines of Railway lying between Addison Road and West
Brompton, with approach road from Cromwell Road West, in
the parish of Kensington, and from the North End Road, in
the parish of Fulham. The Board agreed to certain terms
with the promoters and the Kensington Vestry, which are
embodied in the Bill, and it is hoped that Parliamentary
sanction may shortly be obtained to enable the promoters to
carry into effect this scheme, and so provide a new and commodious
approach road, connecting South Kensington with the
parish of Fulham at a point where large and important
building operations are in course of progress.
public health.
While the general public health has remained good the
Board deeply regrets to have to report the continued virulence
of small-pox within the District. The Board, in their endeavours
to combat the spread of this fearful disease, have
spared neither time, trouble, nor money, feeling assured that