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IMPROVEMENTS.
Limehouse.—(Narrow Street & Risbies' Rope Walk.)—
The purchase of the Freehold Premises in Narrow Street, belonging
to the Trustees of the late Mr. Merceron, has been completed.
The surplus land and hoarding have been offered for sale in 4
lots, and sold to Mr. Barnes, Messrs. Dowson & Worth, Mr. Porcas,
and Mr. Johnson respectively.
The party wall between the premises, lately pulled down, and
Mr. Snape's house in Three Colt Street, has been repaired and put
in order.
Shadwell.—(New Crane.)—The piece of surplus land at
New Gravel Lane, which was let on lease to the Ratcliff Gas
Company, has been conveyed to them upon payment of the purchase
money; the Company undertaking to complete the buildings
upon the land within 12 months.
Shadwell.—(Sun Tavern Gap.)—The old materials of the
houses in Sun Tavern Gap and Cable Street, which were pulled
down for the Improvement, have been sold. Tenders for the construction
of the new Bridge over Sun Tavern Gap have been
received, and the Tender of Messrs. Cooke & Green, for the sum of
£1,850, accepted, and the works are being proceeded with.
Nogociations have been concluded with the various persons
interested in the following premises required for this Improvement,
viz.:—The Lessees and Occupiers of Nos. 424, 426, and 428,
Cable Street; the tenant of No. 5, Sun Tavern Gap; the tenant
of the house, cow barn, and premises in rear of 161, High Street;
Lady Glamis, the Freeholder of the Shadwell Estate.
The old materials of the several houses pulled down for the
Improvement have been disposed of by tender in 10 lots, according
to the directions of the Board.
Shadwell.—(Wapping Wall.)—The sum of £5,633 has been
borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of Works, for the purposes of
this Improvement, to be repaid by annual instalments extending
over a period of 55 years, and to bear interest, payable quarterly,
at £3 18s. 6d. per annum.