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In May, I made the necessary plans and application and obtained
the consent of the Thames Conservancy to an extended line of frontage
for the proposed river wall. I have further completed the plans of a
river wall and the scheme for laying out the land, and have submitted
the plans to and corresponded with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in
order to obtain their sanction to the scheme. On March 8th I received
from them a letter stating their final requirements, which were not
important, and at once acceded to by the Vestry.
It will now be necessary to submit the plans to the Metropolitan
Board and obtain their sanction to the scheme, in order to borrow the
amount necessary, about £7,000, to complete the work.
PLAN OF THE DISTRICT.
I have again to call attention to the necessity of possessing a
complete and corrected plan of the district, shewing all new streets,
buildings, sewers, drains, &c. At present the best plans are the
ordnance sheets, twenty years old.
The Hammersmith Vestry retain, under the order of the Secretary
of State, the plans of many of the Sewers of the District. Tracings of
these could be obtained if the Vestry would arrange with some one for
the work. The want of a proper plan of the District, and especially of
the Sewers, is the cause of endless trouble and inconvenience.
CHURCH STREET IMPROVEMENT.
The Metropolitan Board have applied to Parliament for powers to
carry out this improvement, and I have had to attend at Committees of
the House of Commons to give evidence in support of the scheme.
CROMWELL ROAD BRIDGE.
During the year application was made to the Metropolitan Board to
carry out this scheme as a local improvement. Owing to some technical
difficulty the Board were advised by their Solicitors to refuse the application:
it is, however, the intention of the Board to apply to Parliament
for fresh powers in order to be able to carry out the improvement.
LURGAN AVENUE.
A plan and report concerning this Avenue has been made with a
view to obtaining the sanction of the Metropolitan Board to apportion it
as a new street,