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remedied by structural alterations and improvements, and that the
whole of such houses ought to be demolished ; hut that the house
No. 2, Willow Row could be repaired and made fit for habitation.
Application was made to the Magistrate at the Thames Police
Court, who made an Order for Nos. 21, 23 and 25, Ropemakers'
Fields, and 1, 5, 8, 9 and 10, Nightingale Lane to be closed, and
also an Order for Nos. 6 and 11, Nightingale Lane to be put in a
proper state of repair.
With regard to the houses Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11 Willow Row
and 1 to 9, Thomas' Cottages, as the Magistrate found that certain
repairs had been executed since the summonses were issued, and
that work was going on, he declined to make an Order for
closing the houses, but made an Order for additional repairs to be
done.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
As to the application by the Metropolitan (Brush) Electric
Light and Power Company to the Hoard of Trade for a Provisional
Order to light in this District, a conference took place on the 20th
April last, between the representative of the Company and the
Clerks of the Districts of Whitechapel, Poplar, St. George-in-theEast,
and this District, as to the areas to be put in Schedule A of the
Order, and an area was arranged in this District to be inserted
therein, and it was also arranged that the amount to be appropriated
in the terms of the marginal note to Clause 8 of the Order should
be .£5,000 and the amount to be deposited .£500, and the Board of
Trade assented thereto. A letter was addressed to the Board by the
Manager of the Company, based upon the understanding arrived at
at the Meeting and confirming the arrangement.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The question of the extension of Bridge Road, Poplar, to the
West India Dock Road, which was suggested by the Board of Works
for the Poplar District, was referred to a Joint Committee consisting
of certain Members of the two Boards, for consideration, who
had several meetings upon the subject.