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the route was a good deal varied from the line deposited last year.
The Scheme was abandoned at an early stage.
The Crystal Palace, Anerley, and Gipsey Hill Tramways
Bill. The proposed Tramways connected Gipsey Hill Station
(London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway), Crystal Palace
Station (London, Chatham, and Dover Railway), Crystal Palace
and Anerley Stations (London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway).
The Tramways were to be laid in the roads between these
Stations. By far the greater length was in the Hamlet of Penge.
The Board was opposed to the Scheme. The gradients, &c.,
were unsuitable. The Bill did not go forward.
Notices were given of a projected Railway called the Crystal
Palace (High Level, Beulah, and Beckenham Railway), but no
plans, &c., were deposited. The Bill was withdrawn.
I was engaged during the year on the opposition of the East
of London, Crystal Palace, and South Eastern Junction Bill. It
was thrown out by the Committee of the House of Commons.
BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.
I prepared several plans showing the new Borough of Lewisham,
with a view of including the Beckenham tongue of land, &c.,
and I attended at Maidstone when the Commissioner sat.
FLOODING, FRONTAGE LINES, &c.
The rainfall during the year being so little, I am glad to say
no flooding occurred.
An alteration is now being carrried out to the stalls, &c., in
the Board's stables.
Twenty-eight applications were sent from the Superintending
Architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works for suggestions, and
I attended before the Building Act Committee in most of the cases.
One hundred and four plans and tracings were prepared; also a
large number of estimates, reports, and letters written.
I append to this Report a list of "New Streets" sanctioned.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient humble Servant,
JOHN CARLINE, C.E., Mem. San. Inst.,
Surveyor to the Board.
The Board of Works for the
Lemsham District.