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The owner of the land being about to commence
building operations, the Vestry entered into negociations
for the purchase of so much of the land as was required
to carry out the improvement,and succeeded in obtaining
it for a sum of £100, of which the Metropolitan Board
of Works has agreed to pay £50, so that this important
work has been carried out for the small cost (exclusive
of the cost of paving) of £50.
Having made the improvement at the entrance, the
Vestry deemed it their duty to exercise their powers
and have the whole length of the road and footpaths on
the East side of South Grove made up and paved at
the expense of the owners of property abutting thereon,
and passed the necessary resolutions, but the Guardians
of Whitechapel Union (to whom a greater portion of
such property belongs) resist the claim, and the matter
will probably have to be submitted to a legal tribunal.
The Road was however in such a condition that the
Vestry considered it inadvisable to defer executing the
work, and accordingly entered into a contract to have
it done, and the same has been completed.
A builder having commenced to erect houses on one
side of Ernest Street, at a distance less than 20 feet
from the centre of the Road, representations were
made to the Metropolitan Board, who instituted proceedings
against such builder, but the matter was
subsequently arranged by his agreeing to conform to
the requirements of the Vestry.
During the year there have been five applications for
compensation for alleged injuries from accidents alleged
to have occurred through the non-repair of the roads,
but the Vestry having denied their liabity no further
proceedings have boen instituted.
A pipe, in the Commercial Road, belonging to the
East London Water Company, having burst, the escape