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NORTH METROPOLITAN TRAMWAYS.
The Company obtained Parliamentary powers for the construction
of Tramways in the West India Dock Road, commencing
by junctions with the existing Tramways of the Company at, or
near, the South end of Burdett Road, passing thence into and along
and terminating in the West India Dock Road, near the crossing
thereof by the London and Black wall Railway. The Company by
agreement, inserted in the Act the necessary clauses for tho
protection of the Limehouse District, and for the purchase of the
paving to be interfered with by the construction of the Tramways.
The works authorised by the Aet have been carried out by tho
Company, and the Tramways have been opened for trattie.
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SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON-PARK STREET SITE.
The attention of the Board was called to the fact that the
London School Board had resolved to appropriate a site in Park
Street, Limehouse, for School purposes, and the Board, upon the
Report of a Committee, requested the School Board to reconsider
their determination, and suggested that a site adjoining, in Gill
Street, would be more suitable. A Deputation from the Board was
received by a Committee of the School Board, and the views of
the Board were explained in detail. The result was that the
Committee intimated that there were objections to the removal of
the site, and I subsequently had several interviews with the
Surveyor of the School Board, and urged that the Gill Street Site
should be brought under the consideration of the Committee, as I
considered it would cost less money and be more convenient and
eligible for the purpose required.
No decision has yet been come to upon the subject.
THAMES COMMUNICATIONS —NIGHTINGALE LANE SCHEME.
The Hackney District Board and the Vestry of Bethnal Green
having taken the opinion of Counsel as to the legality of their
contributing towards the opposition to the Nightingale Lane Tunnel
Scheme of the Metropolitan Board of Works, in Parliament, this
Board determined to oppose the same in conjunction with the Poplar