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Paving
Streets.
The Tender of Messrs. Mowlem & Co., for executing the
paving works in Devonshire-street, and White Horse-lane, was
accepted by the Vestry.
The Vestry arc pleased to say that they were able to obtain
the loan of £6,500 necessary for executing the works, at 3½ per
cent. interest.
The Vestry have resolved to re-lay the Asphalte Paving, in
the Mile End-road, between Stepney-green and Jubilee-street,
and have also in contemplation the paving of Globe-road, and
Ben Jonson-road.
Claims for
compensation
for
Accidcnts,
The Claims for compensations have not been so numerous.
The fact that the Vestry were not prepared to pay compensation
without careful investigation, and proof of their liability has no
doubt in some measure tended to check the number of
applications, which followed on the result of Blackmore's case
being first known.
In one case the party actually commenced proceedings, no
doubt in the hope that the Vestry would try and make terms.
The non-liability of the Vestry, however, appeared so clear that
they determined to go to trial, and after the lapse of some time
the action was dismissed for want of prosecution. As may be
guessed the plaintiff possessed nothing which the Vestry could
take to repay the expenses they had been put to.
In one case only did the Vestry pay any compensation, and
then only the sum of £3.
Trafalgarsquare.
As mentioned in the last report the Metropolitan Public
Garden and Boulevard Association, applied to the Vestry to be
allowed to lay out Trafalgar-square, and the request was acceded
to.
The Vestry then proceeded to make bye-laws for regulating
the mode of user of the Square, and the same were confirmed by
the Home Secretary, as provided by statute.
Street
Improvements.
The Improvement of Sidney-street, Harford-street, Globeroad,
and Bull-lane, have not been lost sight of. Application
has been made to the Metropolitan Board of Works to widen
Globe-road, as a Metropolitan Improvement.
Tramways.
During the year the Tramway lines generally throughout the
Hamlet have been allowed to get into a bad state of repair, and
the hard winter has rendered their condition worse than ever.
Repeated communications having been addressed to the
Company without any effect, the Vestry have now served a
formal notice requiring the immediate repair of all the lines and
unless the works are at once proceeded with the Vestry will
certainly take the most stringent proceedings against the
Company, which they legally can do.
Whilst the Tramway is undoubtedly a great boon to the
larger part of the community, it cannot be denied that, even if