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the erection of the necessary stables and other buildings, and
application has been made to the Metropolitan Board of Works
for a loan of £15,605, the amount required, and it is confidently
believed that after providing for the repayment of this
sum, the annual interest thereon, and the current expenses, that
a very large annual saving will result to the District, as compared
with the cost under the contract system.
In addition to the above mentioned site, the Board has also
acquired increased space at the Walham Green depot, by
taking on lease for 58 years, at an annual rent of £105,
the premises known as Trafalgar House and Trafalgar Laundry.
the dividing fence has been removed, and the old house known
as the laundry taken down, and the whole area thrown into one
holding, upon which it is in contemplation to erect additional
stabling, &c.
REMOVAL OF PIGGERIES.
Proceedings have been taken against a large number of
persons keeping pigs, and orders have been obtained for the
removal of the animals and prohibiting keeping of swine upon
the premises for the future.
COLLEGE PARK ESTATE.
This estate, lying at the extreme northern or Dorth-eastern
boundary of the District, having been acquired by Messrs.
Williams, Son and Wallington, and laid out for building pur
poses, the owners applied to the Board to provide an outlet for
the drainage of the property (some four hundred houses). The
Board, after mature consideration and taking into account the
probable requirements of this very large portion of the
District lying to the north and north-east of the Scrubbs
drew the attention of the Metropolitan Board to the
fact that this land was practically without provision for
drainage, and asked that Board to extend one of their main
sewers to receive the sewage of the district, this Board
suggesting the continuation of the main sewer from North
Pole Road. The Metropolitan Board, however, has declined
to extend this sewer, and the matter is still under consideration
as to the line of sewer to be adopted.
DISTRICt RAILWAY (FULHAM EXTENSION).
The Act to authorize the construction of a Railway from
West Brompton to Fulham Old Town (referred to in last year's
report), having been obtained, the formation of the Railway has