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old Town, Poplar, St. George-in-the-East, and Whitechapel should
be invited to appoint Delegates to confer with those appointed by
ths Board upon the subject of the proposed Tunnel.
In response to such request, Delegates were appointed by the
following District Boards and Vestries, viz. :—Hackney, Poplar,
Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, St. George-in-the-East and Whitechapel.
Meetings were held, and the following Resolutions were passed :—
"That, in the opinion of this Conference, the Nightingale
" Lane Tunnel Scheme of the Metropolitan Board of
"Works, as now submitted to Parliament, is altogether
"unsuitable for the purposes alleged as regards site,
" approaches, and convenience of vehicular traffic; and
14 that the same ought to be abandoned."
"That in the event of such Scheme not being abandoned,
"the Conference is of opinion that it should be opposed
"by the several Districts by every means in their power."
Copies of such Resolutions were sent to the Vestries and District
^Boards of the Metropolis, the Metropolitan Board of Works, the
City Corporation, and to the Metropolitan and Middlesex Members
of Parliament, and on the 1st February, 1884, the Conference
attended as a Deputation to the Metropolitan Board of Works in
support of a Memorial embodying such Resolutions. Mr. John Abbott
introduced the Deputation, and Mr. A. McAlister, the Chairman of the
Conference, addressed the Board in support of the Memorial. After
considerable discussion, the Metropolitan Board resolved to refer the
Memorial to the Works and General Purposes, and the Parliamentary
Committees.
A summary of the proceedings of the Conference having been
forwarded to the District Boards and Vestries represented thereat,
the Limehousc, Hackney, and Poplar District Boards, and the Vestry
of Bethnal Green re-appointed their Delegates, with instructions to
consider and advise as to the best method of opposing the
Nightingale Lane Tunnel Scheme in Parliament.