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In two of the cases the parties aggrieved issued writs,
to which the Vestry duly appeared, but although some
months have elapsed since so doing, no further steps
have been taken, and it is not considered probable that
they will be.
The tramway lines in the Hamlet have been considerably
increased during the year, by the opening for
traffic of the Commercial Road and Limehouse and
Victoria Park routes.
The tramway in the Mile End Road has been a constant
source of anxiety and trouble to the Vestry, by
reason of its being continually undergoing repair, and
yet never in the condition in which under the Act of
Parliament it should be.
Numerous communications have been addressed to
the Company on the subject, but at present no efficient
method of construction has been arrived at to obviate
the nuisance complained of. It is however hoped that
the paving the whole width of the road outside the
tramway rails may, by reducing the traffic on the tramway,
greatly mitigate the evil.
The Vestry have, during the year under their statutory
powers, passed the necessary resolutions for paving
and making up, at the expense of the owners, the following
streets in the Hamlet:—
Silas Street Ashcroft Road
Woodison Street Lawton Road
Gardom Street Longnor Road
Salmen Street Buckeridge Street
Bradwell Street
The Vestry are pleased to say that at present they
have had in one instance only to adopt legal measures
to recover the amount.
The Metropolitan Board has, during the year, made
orders for re-numbering and abolishing subsidiary
names in the following streets in the Llamlet, viz.—
Hawkins Street St. Thomas's Road
St. Dunstan's Road St. Anne's Road
The same authority has also made orders for re-