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Several alterations have been made in the situation of the lamps
in various parts of the district.
An arrangement has been made with William Cotton, Esq., to
light certain streets on the Cotton Estate at Limehouse, and to charge
him with the expense thereof, deducting certain amounts on account
of the rateable houses therein, until the requisite number of houses
are erected, and the streets taken under the control of the Board.
PUBLIC URINALS.
The number of compartments provided in these urinals 1s 28.
The urinals are flushed with water several times daily by men
employed by the Board; and during the summer months are deodorized
after each flushing with deodorizing fluid supplied by Messrs.
Morrell and Co.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Limehouse.
Mr. William Cotton has completed the part of the new Victoria
Park Approach Road, Limehouse, contained within his estate ; and
the same having been certified by the Metropolitan Board of Works,
has been taken under the control of the Board and lighted. Arrangements
have been made for Mr. Cotton to pave the footway on one
side of the road, and for the Board to pave the other footway.
Negotiations are pending with the owners of certain properties
in Limehouse Fields, for the purchase of the same, for the purpose of
forming a new street from Salisbury Street to Catherine Street,
which will greatly improve the locality, and be a convenience to the
public.
Shad well.
Notice has been given by Mr. Edmund Phillips, the owner of
property abutting 011 King James Stairs, to the Board (as Surveyor
of Highways) to divert the thoroughfare leading from Wapping Wall
to the said Stairs, to a short distance eastward thereof, and to stop up
the old thoroughfare.