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the lino from the point where it would enter the Parish of
Lewisham, at Beckenham Place to Brockley, where it entered
the Parish of Deptford, joining the Greenwich (Blackheath
Hill) branch of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway to
Nunhead, and submitting, with such report, a statement of
the provisions and works deemed necessary for the protection
of the roads, footpaths, sewers, and other matters coming
under the Board's jurisdiction.
It was stated that the proposed line would cross the
River Ravensbourne four times between Ladywell and Catford,
and that three of those crossings would be made at a
point where the line would pass through the ground to be
acquired for the Public Recreation Grounds at the northern
end and western side of the Adenmore Gardens Estate.
The Committee stated that they were of opinion that the
lino of railway should be altered, and that it should be laid
down nearer to the line of deviation shown by the broken line
on the plan, and thus only cross the river once at that point,
and avoid interference to any extent with the Recreation
Grounds.
The Committee also stated their opinion that, for the
public convenience, road bridges of the full width for vehicular
and foot traffic should be provided at least every halfmile
along the line of railway, and that, where practicable,
provision should be made for the formation of roads in relation
to the future laying-out of the lands over which the
railway would be made; and also that all bridges should be
of an ornamental description.
The Board adopted the Committee's report, and decided
to embody the amendments required in a Memorial to be
presented to the Metropolitan Board of Works, with a
request to that Board to withhold their consent to the scheme
until the required provisions and alterations were made in the
Bill, and a Memorial was accordingly submitted to that
Board.
It was, however, necessary that this Board should—in
order to fully protect the interests of the District, and to