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reports from the District Surveyors on this subject. From
such reports it appears that there are no underground rooms
or cellars occupied as dwellings in this District.
Roadside Waste.
The Board have from time to time taken proceedings
for preserving for the public use the pieces of green sward
or waste at the road sides. During the year 1890 a piece of
waste land near Bromley Hill was enclosed by the owners of
an adjoining Estate, and the Board were compelled to take
summary proceedings with a view to enforcing their rights
in the matter; they were, however, ultimately able to make
a satisfactory arrangement with the owners of the property.
By such arrangement the owners granted to the Board a
piece of ground required for widening the Catford-road, at
the corner of Berlin-road, on approved terms, the owners
agreed to set back the fence erected by them in the Bromley
Road, 30 feet from the centre of that road as required, and
the Board withdrew any further objection to the enclosure
of the remaining part of the piece of waste in question.
Streets in different Parishes.
On the joint application of this Board and the Board of
Works for the Greenwich District, an order has been made
by the London County Council placing Elverson Road (partly
in this District and partly in the Greenwich District) under
the exclusive management of the Greenwich District Board,
that course having been agreed upon between the two Boards.
It was also agreed that the cost of the maintenance of the
road should be borne in the same proportion as its area in
both Districts, viz., one-third by the Greenwich Board, and
two-thirds by the Lewisham Board. The road will, in the
first instance, be paved and formed as a "New Street" at
the cost of the owners.
South Eastern Metropolitan Tramway.
During the year this Tramway was constructed pursuant
to the Act obtained by the Promoters in 1888. The line was