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Embankment from Chelsea to Hammersmith.
At the meeting of the Vestry held on the 9th of January, 1889, it
was resolved that letters be written to the Chelsea and Hammersmith
Vestries inviting them to appoint seven members each to meet seven
members of this Vestry, "at the Vestry Offices, Fulham," to discuss the
advisability of continuing the Embankment from Chelsea along Fulham
to Hammersmith, and that upon the assent of either the Chelsea or
Hammersmith Vestry, it be an instruction to the clerk to the Vestry
to call a meeting of the members elected,—Messrs. Lawrence, Cornwall,
Hunt, Easton, Coodacre, Dyer, and Weatherley being appointed the
seven members to represent this Vestry. The Clerk to the Vestry wrote
to the Chelsea and Hammersmith Vestries accordingly, and at the
Vestry meeting on the 23rd January, 1889, he produced replies from'
these Vestries, the former stating they had referred this Vestry's letter
to their Western Embankment Committee for consideration and report,
and the latter that they had appointed seven members to meet the
seven members from this Vestry. The Clerk having received another
letter from the Chelsea Vestry stating they had appointed their Western
Embankment Committee to confer with this and the Hammersmith
Vestries hereon, a meeting was convened for Thursday, 21st February,
1889, at 7 p.m., when representatives from each Vestry attended, and
Mr. Churchwarden Hunt, of Fulham, was elected Chairman of the
Committee, and Mr. Brass of Chelsea, and Mr. J. H. Green of Hammersmith,
were appointed Vice-Chairmen. The Clerk having read the
minutes of the Vestry relating to the appointment of the Committee,
and the Chairman having set forth the objects for which the Committee
was appointed, it was resolved that this meeting, representing the
Vestries of Fulham, Hammersmith and Chelsea, is of opinion, that the
time has arrived when the Embankment should be continued from
Chelsea to the Western boundary of the parish of Hammersmith, and
the surveyors of the three parishes were instructed to confer together
to produce a plan of the proposed Embankment showing the condition
of the land whether vacant or otherwise, and also how they proposed to
deal with the various classes of property concerned, giving an approximate
value of the land to be acquired. After some further discussion
it was resolved that the meeting do stand adjourned until that day three
weeks, at 7 p.m., but on that day, the surveyors not being ready, the
meeting was further adjourned and instructions given for it to be
summoned so soon as the surveyors were ready.
Vestry Hall and Offices.
At the Vestry meeting on the 4th July, 1888, the Metropolitan
member reported that he was afraid that the Metropolitan Board would
not allocate the loan for the Vestry Hall over more than three months,
and suggesting that a letter should be written to the Board requesting
that the loan might be taken up, £5,000 at once, and £15,000, three
months hence, or £10,000 at once, and £10,000 three months hence, when
it was rseolved that the Clerk write to the Metropolitan Board of Works