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Proposed Widening of Thoroughfare from Wappitig
Bridge, Westward to Little Towfr Hill.—With the concurrence
of the White chapel District Board of Works, and of the Vestry of St.
George in-tbc-East. a second application has been made to the Metropolitan
Board of Work* requesting them to carry out this Improvement
as a Metropolitan Improvement. A memorial was accordingly presented
from this Board to the Metropolitan Board of Works. The Metropolitan
Board of Works have agreed to apply to Parliament for an Act to
carry out this and other Improvementj as Metropolitan Improvements.
The total cost of this Improvement is eatimated at £200,000.
Commercial Road.—The Commercial Road Trust, having expired
in August, 1871, the part of this road, and also the parte of tlia East
and West India Dock Roads, in this District, came under the jurisdiction
of the Board.
The North Metropolitan Tramways Company having given notice
to this Board of their intention to construct Tramways in the Commercial
and East India Dock Roads, and a considerable portion of the
said roads being under the jurisdiction of adjoining Districts, Joint
Committees were appointed by those bodies and by this Board in reference
to the laying down of the Tramways by the Company, and as
to the future paving of the roads. The Committee met several times,
and fully considered the matters referred to them ; and the Board adopted
the recommendations of the Committee to pave the whole of the road,
from curb to curb, with new material, and to use the old material now
in the road in the paving of bye streets ; and also to remove the old stone
Tramway. Further, that the new paving in this District should be laid
down by Messrs. Mowlem & Co., the contractors to the Tramway Company
; and that the sum necessary for such works, viz,, £18,000, be
borrowed for the purpose, and the principal repaid in 20 years, by
equal annual instalments. Application has been made to the Metropolitan
Board for their sanction to the loan, and such sanction has been
obtained.