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On the 19th February, 1890, in reply to certain questions put to me, I
further recommended that "the present Companies should, if possible, be
delayed until tne Vestry can arrange to do the work with a reasonable
prospect of a return for the great) outlay that will be required," and that
"if the Vestry cannot succeed in deferring the whole question, they
themselves should endeavour to obtain a Provisional Order. If they
succeeded in obtaining an Order and did not feel justified afterwards in
carrying out the work, the Vestry could even then arrange terms with a
Company to do the work, or to take over their powers either temporarily
or permanently."
ELECTRIC LIGHTING TOWN HALL.
The Vestry have also had under consideration the question of lighting
the new Town Hall with the Electric Light.
I prepared a specification for the work, and various offers were received,
but the Vestry finally decided to defer action in the matter.
LAMMAS LANDS.
This important matter has received a great deal of attention, and I have
prepared a plan of the 77 acres of lands over which Lammas Rights are
said to exist, and 500 copies have been lithographed for circulation.
On the 10th July, a memorial was sent to the London County Council,
and a deputation attended before the Open Spaces Committee. The
Society for the preservation of open spaces has also promised the Vestry
assistance in the matter.
CROMWELL ROAD BRIDGE.
This very necessary improvement has fallen through for a time, owing to
the London County Council having abandoned the proposed Act of
Parliament intending to deal with this and other schemes.
The Engineer to the London County Council has recommended that the
Bridge should be 60 feet wide instead of 40 feet, as suggested in the
original scheme, which shews how necessary and important he considers
the Bridge to be. Only one of the other Bridges leading into the district
is more than 40 feet wide, namely, the Fulham and Putney Bridge, which
is 44 feet. I cannot myself see the necessity for the extreme width
proposed by the Engineer, especially as the alteration must nearly double
the expense, and lead to very considerable delay in carrying out the
improvement, whereas the whole of the arrangements, except the consent
of the London County Council, had been completed for the erection of a
Bridge 40 feet wide.