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destruction of property—and by simply removing these Bars and
Gates.
Your Petitioners, therefore, pray that your Honorable House will
take such action as your Honorable House may see fit,for the removal
of all Gates and Bars from the streets and thoroughfares of the Metropolis,
and for preventing the election of similar obstructions in the
future, where the cost of paving, lighting, cleansing, maintaining,
and sewering such streets and thoroughfares is defrayed out of the
rates.
And your petitioners will ever pray,
Sealed by Order,
THOMAS EDWARD JONES,
Clerk to the Board.
The Board, also asked the Metropolitan Board of Works to make
provision in one of their Bills before Parliament next session, to
enable this Board to remove brick walls and other obstructions
erected across roads, streets and places in the district, all parties
injured to be fairly compensated.
In reply, the Metropolitan Board say, that taking into consideration
all the circumstances, they do not consider it desirable to
comply with this Board's request at present.
Line of Frontage, Shepherd's Bush Road, Quadrant Buildings.
The attention of the Board having been called to the buildings
in Shepherd's Bush Road at the corner of Blythe Lane (north side)
the Board requested the Superintending Architect of the Metropolitan
Board to define the line of frontage between Netherwood
road and Dewhurst road. This having been done, it was found
that the buildings in question projected beyond the line of buildings
and as the sanction of the Metropolitan Board had never been
asked for, nor obtained, the Board called upon the owners to remove
the said buildings. Negociations were however entered into and an
agreement was made, by which the owners undertook to take down
and set back the face of the house adjoining the Wesleyan Chapel
to a line as defined upon a plan prepared, viz., six feet from the
north corner of the then existing building to a point at the South
corner, and to give up the land to the public, and the work has
since been carried out.
Brook Green.
The Board after prolonged negociation with the Metropolitan
Board, has been instrumental in securing the eulargement and
improvement of this open space
The Metropolitan Board, in answer to the reiterated appeals of
this Board, agreed to purchase a certain portion of the building