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accepted, and the work, upon the bond being entered into, be forthwith
proceeded with. At the same meeting it was also resolved to recommend
the Vestry, that in the event of the building being commenced
before the next ordinary meeting of the Vestry, Mr. Woolven be placed
in charge, temporarily, as Clerk of Works, to 'superintend the "work,
both of which recommendations were carried by the Vestrv the same'
evening. On the 19th September, 1883, the Clerk produced, at the
Vestry meeting, the mortgage for securing the sum of £5,400 and
interest, the first instalment of the loan of £13,400, for the Vestry Hall
and Offices, when the seal of the Vestry was affixed thereto, and the
loan completed on the 4th October following. At the meeting of the
Vestry held on the 3rd October, it was resolved that the Churchwardens
and Overseers be requested to make application to the Local Government
Board to issue an order for the appropriation of the balance of
£425 remaining in the hands of the Fulham Board of Guardians, re
Elton Villa site, and at the meeting of the Committee held on the same
day, the Clerk having read letters from Mr. Wall, and the Architect, as
to the continuation of building the outside walls, and from a Mr. Godwin
(on behalf of lessees of property in Cedar Road), objecting to the wall,
it was resolved that Mr. Wall be autherised to continue the wall A, and
if necessary, to put an extra 4½ inches on the inside of the wall,
abandoning the outside piers, he (Mr. Wall) not to entrench on other
people's land. Mr. Wall having stated that the Clerk of Works had
refused to let him (Mr. Wall) cart away sand witheut the matter having
first been brought before the Committee, it was resolved that Mr. Wall
be permitted to take the surplus sand, after allowing sufficient for use
in the buildings. On the 17th October, 1889, the Metropolitan member
reported to the Vestry that the cheque for £8,000, re Vestry Hall loan,
had been drawn by the Metropolitan Board. At the meeting of the
Committee held on the 18th October, it was resolved that the foundation
stone be laid on Monday, 19th November, 1889, and that Mr. Thomas
Goodacre, the chairman of the Committee, be invited to lay the same,
and the Architect was instructed to draw up a sketch of the foundation
stone, showing the position it was to occupy, and the inscription to be
placed on it, and submit same to an adjourned meeting of the Committee.
A cheque for £500, payable to the Architect, on account of his professional
charges was passed, and referred to the Finance Committee for
payment, and at the adjourned meeting held on the 23rd October, the
Architect produced two designs, showing the inscription to be put
on the foundation stone, and the same having been fully considered, the
Committee was ordered to stand adjourned. On the 31st October, an
emergency meeting of the Committee was held, the Clerk producing
copy of correspondence with Messrs. Perry and Read, re party wall at
No. 555, Fulham Road, and the Architect having explained the matter,
it was resolved to recommend the Vestry that having regard to the fact
that the party wall on the west side not having been conveyed to the
Vestry, that the Architect take it as an instruction from the Vestry to
build the Vestry Hall within the lines of the property absolutely conveyed
to the Vestry in the deed from the Churchwardens and Overseers
to the Vestry, which resolution was carried at the Vestry meeting the