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in the said roads, and will restrict and injuriously
interfere with the free use of the said roads by the inhabitants
of your petitioners' district and by the public generally.
(iii.) That the opening of the roads within your petitioners'
district for the purpose of placingand maintainingtelephone
wires under the said roads will create obstruction, annoyance,
and inconvenience in the said roads.
(iv.) That there are within your petitioners' district large
residences with extensive ornamental gardens and grounds,
and that the erection of posts or other above ground contrivances,
and the placing or suspension of telephone wires
over the said ornamental gardens and grounds or land at
a height of 15 feet from the surface will seriously interfere
with the comfort and enjoyment of the occupiers, and
will certainly most seriously depreciate the rateable value
of the property and injuriously affect the interests of your
Petitioners' District.
(v.) That the erection of posts or other above ground contrivances
in or upon the roads within your Petitioners'
District, and the placing or suspension of telephone wires
over, along, or across any road at a height of 15 feet from
the surface, will create obstruction, annoyance, and inconvenience
in said roads, will injuriously affect the inhabitants
thereof in the carrying on of their various trades and
occupations, and will serionsly interfere with the free use
of the roads by the inhabitants and by the public generally.
(vi.) That the restriction imposed by Clause 9, Sub-section
I, viz., that the Company shall give seven days' notice to
the Road Authority before commencing to open or break
up any road, is utterly inadequate, and that the period of
seven days is too short to allow of due and careful consideration
of any proposal that might be made by the
Company.
(vii.) That the provision in Clause 9, Sub-section 2, for the
superintendence by the Road Authority of the breaking
up of roads is not sufficient to secure the due and proper
performance of the works.
(viii). That the provision which enables an appeal to be
made to the Local Government Board in case of difference
between the Road Authority and the Company as to the
plan according to which roads are to be opened or broken
up is an attempt to establish a new principle in relation to
the local self-government of the Metropolis.