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Ratcliff—Glass House Fields, from Brook Street to Messrs. Ravenhill's
Factory ; Cock Hill, and part of Butcher Row.
Shadwell—Milk Yard, part of Back Road, Short Street, Ellow Lane,
Fox and Goose Yard, part of New Gravel Lane.
Waiting—Parson's Street.
The approaches to the new bridges over the Lea Cut at Risbie's Rope
Walk and Narrow Street have been paved, and the footway and carriage
ways altered as required, at the expense of the Trustees of the River Lea
Navigation.
New carriage way crossings have been formed at the following placesCommercial
Road, Limehouse ; North end of Three Colt Street, Burdett
Road, opposite Clemence Street.
New galvanized iron screens have been fixed by the Great Eastern
Railway Company under the Railway Bridges over the following streets:—
Limehouse—Church Row, the Mitre, Three Colt Street, Limehouse
Causeway, Salter Street, Gun Lane, and Gill Street.
Ratclife—White Horse Street and Regent Street.
The Ratcliff Gas Company have, by consent of the Limehouse District
Board, erected an iron bridge over New Crane, Shadwell, for the purpose of
carrying coals over the street, thereby preventing the obstruction to the
traffic which previously was caused by the coals being carried by men across
the street. .
LIGHTING.
The number of public lamps in the district is 711, being an increase of
36 on the number reported at Lady-day, 18GG. The situation of the lamps
have been altered in the Commercial Road and West India Dock Road, and
the number very much increased, many complaints having been made of the
want of light in those thoroughfares.