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An improvement was commenced in Brockley-grove along the
frontage of the Deptford Cemetery by widening the old roadway
for about 746 feet in length to a width of 40 feet. When the
Earl St. German sold the land to the Deptford Cemetery Company
it was on the understanding that the road was widened to 40 feet.
The Cemetery Company are going to erect a light iron railing on
a dwarf wall. The Bridge House Estate are also giving up land
in Brockley-grove to make a 50 feet roadway from Algernon-road
to near the boundary of their estate, and when this is done
Brockley-grove will be a fine wide road.
A road improvement was also carried out near the upper mill,
Bromley-road, by filling in the washway and effecting an exchange
of land by a give and take line, and widening the roadway. All
these improvements were carried out free of cost to the Board, so
far as the requisite land was concerned.
In paving and forming Hither-green-lane an arrangement
was made with A. Cameron Corbett, Esq., M.P., to give up land
to make a 50-ft. road. It is of the greatest importance in a
growing district like Lewisham to secure wide roads for the main
thoroughfares, and I think the Board have been very successful in
this particular during the year.
Plans and detail drawings were prepared of an Underground
Convenience to be constructed near the Obelisk, Lewisham Bridge.
The drawings are approved by the Board, and the accommodation
provided is as follows: Ladies lavatory and w.c.'s; Gentlemen's
lavatory, w.c.'s, and urinals. Rooms are provided for Caretakers.
Estimated cost, £1,800. The specification has been prepared and
the quantities are now being taken out.
I append to this report a list of the applications received from
the London County Council relative to lines of frontage and cases
that come under the Metropolis Building Act. An inspection will
show how each case has been dealt with, and I had, in many cases
to attend at the London County Council.
Several trenches were opened by the Blackheath and Green-