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FULHAM AND PUTNEY BRIDGE.
On the 8th February, 1888, the approach roads on the Fulham side
to this bridge were handed over by the Metropolitan Board to the care
of this Vestry.
WHARF.
In my last report I told the members of the Vestry that they could
not purchase too large a wharf. The sooner two or three acres are
purchased on the riverside the better for economical reasons, as the
price of land in the district is steadily rising.
During the year the Vestry purchased the Old Toll House site from
the Metropolitan Board in March, 1888, for £1,500.
The present area is 940 square yards, and I have since made the
necessary plans and successful application to the Thames Conservators
to erect a boundary wall about 10 ft. further out in the river, thereby
increasing the area of the wharf to over 1,500 square yards.
The cost of building the river wall, erecting boundary walls and
gates, and paving the whole of the wharf with granite cubes will amount
to £1,700; of this amount the paving would cost quite £700.
WATERFORD ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
By this scheme it is intended to purchase three houses and stable at
the corner of the Waterford Road and the Broxholme Road, to improve
the approach from the King's Road to the Broxholme Road by rounding
the corner, and throwing 97 square yards at the angle into the road and
pathway.
On the 7th May, 1887, I presented a report to the Works Committee
estimating the total cost of making the improvement exclusive of compensation
to tenants (as I had no particulars of the value of their
businesses), after deducting the recoupment to be obtained from the sale
of the houses and 317 square yards surplus land to be £3,100.
Negotiations for the completion of this improvement are still in
progress.
GUERRIER'S STONE.
This obstruction in the Greyhound Road was purchased and removed,
see "Improvements" in April, 1888.
BISHOP'S MEADOW.
This piece of land situate between the Bishop's Palace and the River
Thames has an area of 5a. 2r. 9p. 6yds. The frontage to the river
and length is 1,475ft. and the average width of the land is 175ft.
Until April, 1887, when the Ecclesiastical Commissioners forbade its
further use for the purpose, the Vestry had been using it as a shoot in
order to raise the levels.