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is the only clause which specifies a footpath and as an example of the
powers it gives, it would have enabled the Council at their own expense
to carry out the suggested widening of Wheatsheaf Alley.
The general effect of these Regulations will be to necessitate the
maintenance of the roads in better order than heretofore, and the Vestry
must take care that reasonable sums are allowed in the estimates for the
year for the necessary materials, and that they are provided.
The amount after this year will probably be greatly reduced, as the
Vestry will be able to claim a considerable amount from the County
Council for the maintenance of the main roads.
It would not be right to conclude this report without stating that
at a conference of delegates from the various Vestries and District Boards
held on the 14th February, 1880, the following resolution was carried, viz.,
—That in the opinion of this Conference the Vestries
and District Boards of the Metropolis should
make application to the County Council for
orders declaring those highways in their respective
districts which are means of communication
between different districts, or thoroughfares
to railway stations, or which are used
largely by metropolitan traffic, as opposed to
local traffic, to be main roads under the Highways
and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878,
and the Local Government (England and Wales)
Act, 1888, and the Conference is further of
opinion that the County Council should make
such orders accordingly.
On the following page will be found the roads which, in my opinion,
the Vestry are entitled to claim to be declared main roads, under Section
15 of the Highways and Locomotives Amendment Act, 1878:-