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decided to oppose the Bill. A Petition was accordingly presented
against it.
The Bill was, however, subsequently amended, and as
the Company, by the amended Bill, did not propose to ask
for power to lay pipes in any Districts other than those in
which they had already laid pipes with the consent of the
Local Authority, it was not necessary to proceed with the
Petition, and the same was accordingly withdrawn, the
Company not having laid any pipes in this District.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
The following Street Improvements have been carried
out by the Board during the year, viz.:—
Dartmouth-road widening.
High-street, Lewisham (between Avenue-road, and the
London and Provincial Bank).
Newlands Park (widening at entrance).
The following Improvements are still in contemplation
or in course of negotiation:—
Bromley-road, at corner of Berlin-road and at junction of
Beckenham-lane.
Southend and Beckenham-lane (Mill pond); Road widening
and wideningCounty Bridge; and Southend-lane
widening.
The Board are in communication with the London
County Council as to the County Bridge; they are also
arranging a give and take line of boundary of the lands
belonging to the Forster Estates, by which an uniform width
of road will ultimately be obtained.
OPEN SPACES—SYDENHAM WELLS PARK.
This open space has been laid out by the London
County Council during the year, and it was informally opened
on the 30th August for the use of the public.