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In March, a considerable enlargement of the original scheme was
necessitated by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners offering, and the Vestry
accepting an additional piece of land, about 5½ acres in extent, for a
lease of 999 years, at an annual rental of £1. This land adjoins the
Bishop's meadow, and extends along the side of the Bishop's Avenue
from the river to the Fulham Palace Road.
Plans embracing a scheme for converting the whole of the land (about
12 acres) into a park and recreation ground (estimated cost £10,000)
were at once prepared and they are now with the London County
Council, to whom an application for a contribution to the cost of carrying
out the work has been made.
MAIN ROADS.
local government act, 1888.
The following report prepared on the subject was published in March
last.
The roads which I suggest should be taken over by the County
Council are contained in a list at the end of the report.
Surveyor's Department,
Vestry Halt.,
Walham Green.
March 13th, 1889.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry of Fulham.
REPORT RE MAIN ROADS
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
This matter is one of exceedingly great importance to the
Vestries of the Metropolis, and I have therefore prepared for the Works
Committee, a report on the subject, that, I hope may be of assistance
to them in determining the course to be pursued.
It will be first desirable to give the definition of a Main road, and
the chief points of Section 11 in the Local Government Act, 1888, which
deal with this subject.
Those desirous of going more fully into details are referred to the
Section of the Act.
Definitions of a Main Road.
Sec,13, Highwavs Act, 1878. A road that has ceased to be a turnpike road since the
31st December, 1870.
Sec.15, Highways Act, 1878. A road being a medium of communication between
great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or
otherwise, which, after application by the Vestry, the District Council
shall be satisfied ought to be a main road, and shall order accordingly.
Section 11 of the Local Government Act, 1888, is divided into
Sub-Sections, as follows:—
Sub-Section 1—States that every main road, inclusive of
ridges, shall be wholly maintained and repaired by the County
Council after the 1st April, 1889, and all the usual powers relating
to roads will be vested in the Council for the purpose of "repair,
maintenance, improvement, enlargement of, and other "dealing
with" such road.