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to them of some power, or authority, in relation to any system of
underground traction to be adopted, and with regard to the
breaking-up and reinstatement of roads and footways.
The Bill was, while in Committee, further amended so as to
preclude the use of steam power or the overhead trolly system of
traction, and the promoters agreed to incorporate parts IT and III
of the Tramways Act, 1870, and sec. 23 of the Company's Special
Act, 1888, with some modification, in sub-sections 10 and 12
relating to the costs of the Bill. This section was inserted in the
Act of 1888 for the protection of the Board, and its incorporation
in the present Bill, in its modified form, with the parts of the
Tramway Act referred to, gave the Board the protection required
as to the breaking up of streets, &c. The promoters, however,
declined to agree to give the Board the right to veto any system
of traction that might be proposed, and the Committee of the
House declined to insert the amendment in this respect asked for
on behalf of the Board. The Bill has since been amended in the
Lords, at the instance of the London County Council, by the insertion
of a clause to the effect that if, before the 1st October,
1900, the Council shall give notice to the Company of the particular
system of traction which they intend to adopt on the
Tramways which may hereafter be worked by them in connection
with the Tramways of the Company, the Company shall adopt
some surface or underground system of traction which will work
in connection with the surface or underground system so adopted
by the Council.
LONDON HYDRAULIC POWER COMPANY BILL.
The attention of the Board was also called to the Bill
which was promoted by the London Hydraulic Company, for
amending the provisions contained in Section 5 of their Act
of 1884, relating to, or affecting Vestries and District Boards
in the Metropolis.
Bv this Bill the Company sought power to open roads
and lay mains without the consent of the Local Authorities.
The Board considered the proposal objectionable, and