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LIMEKILN CREEK, LIMEHOUSE.
Complaints having been made by inhabitants of the locality
to the Board respecting the nuisance arising from the accumulation
of mud and deposit in the Creek, a communication was addressed
to the Thames Conservancy Board requesting them to remove the
accumulation. The Conservators have declined to do so, stating
that the owners of the premises abutting on the Creek ought to
remove the mud in front of their premises. The matter is under
the consideration of the Works and Survey Committee.
CAB RADIUS.
The Board of Works for the Hackney District addressed a
communication to the Board requesting them to take into consideration
the question of the Cab Radius, which at present is
confined to a circle of four miles from Charing Cross, and stating
that, in the opinion of the Board, the time had arrived for the
extension of the same to meet the requirements of the population of
the Eastern and North Eastern Districts. A reply was sent to the
Hackney Board stating that this Board would take part in any
Conference appointed for the purpose of having the centre of the
Radius altered to the Royal Exchange for Cabs going East and
North East.
RE-NAMING STREETS.
The Metropolitan Board of Works made an order for re-naming
"Albert Square," Shadwell, "Baroda Place," the new name has been
put up.
PREVENTION OF FLOODS.
The Metropolitan Board of Works under the powers of the
Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods),
Amendment Act, 1879, gave notice to the Board to raise the
following stairs in the District to the altered height fixed by the
Metropolitan Board after the high tide in January, 1881, namely,
5-ft. G-in. above Trinity high water mark.—In the Parish of Shad-