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missioners, sitting at the County-hall, Spring-gardens, on the
25th April, when, pursuant to instructions, Counsel were
retained to appear and oppose the applications on behalf of
this Board, and in support of their objections. The schemes
were also opposed by various frontagers on the proposed line
of route, and by the South Eastern and London Chatham and
Dover Railway, the Lee District Board of Works, the South
Metropolitan Gas Company, the South Metropolitan Tramway
Company, and the Kent, Water Works Company.
The draft Order in relation to the Droposed Light Railway
from Deptford to Shooters'-hill and Woolwich was first
taken by the Commissioners, and, after the case for the
Council had been stated and their evidence had been given,
Counsel on behalf of this Board addressed the Commissioners,
and, after some argument, the scheme was rejected.
The application in relation to the Order as to the proposed
Light Railway from New Cross to Eltham was subsequently
proceeded with, with a similar result. It was
intimated that the Council would appeal to the Board of
Trade, but this course was not adopted.
Following these proceedings the London County Council
Improvements Bill, in which the widenings for the Light
Railways had been included, came before the Committee of
the House of Commons on the 1st May, when Counsel on
behalf of the Promoters, at the last moment, withdrew the
Clause relating to the Lewisham Improvements
SOUTH EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM
AND DOVER RAILWAY COMPANIES
(AMALGAMATION) BILL.
The Board considered this Bill, and expressed their
concurrence in the views embodied in the following resolution
passed by the Lee District Board, viz.:
That this Board considers that the fares for passengers and
rates for goods and agricultural produce of the South Eastern
Railway are excessive, and that the train service, as to time
and number of trains and speed of travelling, is very