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9
After the decision of the Committee of the House of Commons,
in the case of the Grove Road Bridge, it seemed useless to fight
the present one as the circumstances were almost identical.
In the last Report of the Vestry it was stated that the Vestry
of Bethnal Green and this Vestry had memorialized the Metropolitan
Board of Works to contribute half the cost of the improvement
to the Grove Road Bridge.
Grove-rd.
Bridge.
The Vestry are pleased to be able to state that the Metropolitan
Board of Works agreed to and have contributed half the cost, so
that this undoubted improvement has cost the Parish directly less
than £400, including the expenses before the Parliamentary
Committee.
The works having been completed by the Company, it became
evident that the roadway and footway must be properly made up,
and an estimate of the cost of the work has accordingly been
prepared and amounts to about £650 altogether, including the
part within the Parish of Bethnal Green.
The work is one which ought to be done as a whole, and
negociations with that view have been opened with the Vestry of
Bethnal Green.
The Vestry have every reason to believe that this work continues
to be done in a more satisfactory manner to the parishioners, as
the complaints received are less numerous.
Dusting
and
Slopping.
During the year Maidman Street and parts of Bow Common
Lane and Bridge Street have been made up at the expense of the
owners or occupiers of property therein.
Paving
streets and
footways
at expense
of owners,
&c.
The names Diamond Row, Redman's Row, Pleasant Row,
Saville Buildings and Cecilia Place have been abolished, and the
houses re-numbered and all incorporated under the name Redmans
Road.
Re-naming
and
Re-numbering
streets.
As anticipated in the last Report, the Vestry have found it
necessary to take in hand some of the paving works included in
the first class therein mentioned.
Paving
and making
up
roads, &c.
These were Commercial Road, New Road, Stepney High Street,
Stepney Green and Bridge Street.
In order to meet the expense of the said paving works, the Loan.
Vestry determined to borrow the amount required, viz.: £4000.