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Mr. Phillips having refused to cany out the arrangement
made to accept £5,000 for his property in Wapping Wall, and
having sold the same to Messrs. Anderson and Ludlam, the property
has been purchased by the Board of Messrs. Anderson and
Ludlam, at the sum of £207 beyond the sum which it was agreed
should be paid to Mr. Phillips.
Wapping.—A notice having been served by the Executors of
the late Mr. J. R. Hall, of their intention to purchase the plot of
land and premises arranged to be demised by agreement dated
25th July, 1872, between the Board and Mr. Hall, upon the
terms and as provided by the agreement; and accordingly the
land has been conveyed to Mr. Hall's Executors, and the purchase
money, viz., £3,037 10s. paid to the Treasurer of the Board.
The two houses belonging to the Board in Church Court
have been pulled down, and the materials sold; the hoarding has
been set back, and the lamp therefrom refixed on the adjoining
house.
The "Black Boy" public-house has been sold for the sum of
£1,300.
On account of the erection of new warehouses in High Street,
Wapping, between St. Bride's Wharf and King Edward Street, the
Board considered it desirable to make arrangements with the
parties interested for the setting back of the frontage on the North
side of the street from St. Bride's Wharf to Wapping Dock Street,
so as to widen the same to 40 feet. The property belongs to the
Bridewell Hospital, and is held under a Building Lease by Messrs.
Middleton, Son & Co. The street at present is about 26 feet wide,
and will only allow the passage of two vehicles at a time.
Nogociations are pending with the various persons interested
with a view to carrying out the Improvement.
BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
Commercial Gas Bill.—The Commercial Gas Company having
given notice that application would be made to Parliament for
power to erect new works at Bromley, Middlesex, and for other