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" District Board to contribute towards the cost of improving County |
" Bridges, is clearly stated in the Memorial of the Lewisham Board. ]
" The statistics given in the Lewishnm Memorial also show how
" utterly inadequate the present bridge is for the duo accommoda-
" tion of the great and yearly increasing traffic over it, and that
" from the narrowness of the bridge itself and from tho steepness of
" the asccnt thereto, the public arc daily exposed to much incon"
venicnce and danger.
" Although the bridge in question is within the limits of the
" Parish of Lewisham, yet it so closely adjoins the Plumstead Din"
trict that the inhabitants of the Parishes composing that district
" arc almost equally concerned with those of Lewisham in having
" it put into safe and convenient condition. In- addition to thin
" they have a deep interest in the matter from the fact that the
" expense of maintaining nearly nine miles of main roads in the
" Plumstead District, formerly under the control of the New Cross
" Turnpike Trust, is, and must be henceforward, borne solely by
" the parishes through which they pass.
" In conclusion your Memorialists would most strongly urge
" attention to the fact stated in the Lewisham Memorial, that the
" Assessment of the Metropolitan Parishes in the County of Kent is
" much more than one-fourth of the Assessment of the entire
" County, and that therefore the district contributes largely towards
" the annual cost of repairing and improving the County Bridges,
" and yet for very many years has not derived any benefit from its
" contributions beyond the small suras required for ordinary repairs.
" Your Memorialists therefore submit that a case exists justly
" calling for an application of a portion of the County
" Rate, sufficient to defray the cost of improving or re"
building Lewisham Bridge; and they trust that the
" Court of General Session of the Peace of the County of
" Kent will be pleased to issue an order for the carrying
" out of the necessary works in accordance therewith.
" By order of the Board of Works for the Plumstead District.
" Jas. Murray Dale,
Clerk."
" 20th October, 1871.