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Notices to treat were duly served, and tenders sealed and made to the
different owners in respect of their interests. One of the persons interested
(the owner of No. 182), having declined to accept the Vestry's tender, the
Sheriff, at the request of the Vestry, summoned a jury to assess compensation,
who viewed the premises on the 13th March, 1896, and at the trial on the
14th March, 1896, assessed the compensation to be paid at £26. As that
sum was less than the Vestry had previously tendered, the owner in question
had to pay the Vestry's costs in accordance with section 82 of the above
mentioned Act, and the widening has now been carried out.
Widening by Beaufort
House.
The Surveyor having been instructed to prepare a
plan and an estimate of the cost of acquiring the necessary
land to carry out the widening of North End Road
by Beaufort House, the Vestry appointed a deputation consisting of Messrs.
Lacey, Harrison, Sayer, Knight and C. King, to wait upon the London
County Council and request them to contribute two-thirds of the cost as a
local improvement. The deputation waited on the Council, and Mr.
Harrison fully set before them the views of the Vestry thereon, when it was
suggested that an amended application should be made by the Vestry on a
larger scheme, and the Vestry, on hearing the result of the interview,
instructed the Surveyor to prepare a scheme on the lines of the Council's
suggestion, and appointed a Sub-Committee to confer with him in regard to
the preparation of the scheme. The London County Council having written
stating they had resolved to contribute one half of the net cost of widening
between Nos. 197 to 203, such contribution not to exceed £526 10s, the
Vestry resolved to accept such offer, and the Surveyor was instructed to
interview the persons interested in Nos. 197, 199 and 201, and report
whether they were willing to sell the land required to effect the improvement,
and, if so, on what terms. On the 11th March, 1896, the Works Committee
reported to the Vestry that they were of opinion that the widening of
North End Road by Nos. 197, 199 and 201 and Beaufort House could be
carried out in accordance with the plan prepared by the Surveyor for the
sum of £1,100, and advised that the Law and Parliamentary Committee be
recommended to instruct the Solicitor and Surveyor to take the necessary
steps to carry out the improvement at a cost not exceeding £1,100, of
which nearly one-half, viz.:—£526 ios. has been promised by the London
County Council. This recommendation was carried by the Vestry, and on
the 25th March, the matter was referred to the Solicitor to report as to the
legal aspect of the case, and to the Surveyor to submit a plan shewing a
proposed new line of frontage.
Orders,
Street Nomenclature.
Orders were received from the London County
Council for the renaming Streets, and renumbering houses
in the following:—
Bishop's Road, portion of
Road connecting S.E. end of Mornington
Avenue with North End Road
Crown Street
Passage between North End Road and
May Street
Renumbered.
Named Conan Street.
Renamed Novello Street.
Named Kelway Place.