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Council. The letter was referred to the Works Committee, and
I was directed to communicate with the Surveyor of the Vestry
of Mile End Old Town upon the subject. It will be remembered
that on the 6th May, 1891,the Board passed a Resolution agreeing
to contribute a sum not exceeding £1,000 to the cost, of the
Improvement, the Mile End Vestry paying a like sum. The
estimate of the London County Council, however, amounted to
£6,140, of which it was proposed that the Board should
tribute £,535.
I saw the Surveyor of Mile End, who informed me that that
Vestry would probably rescind the Resolution limiting their
share of the expense to £l,000, and the Works Committee
recommended the Hoard to adopt a similar course. A Special
Meeting of the Board was held on the 13th July, when a motion
to expunge the words "not exceeding £1,000" from the Resolution
of the 6th May, 1891, was defeated, eleven members voting
in favour of the motion, and on the contrary twelve.
The proposal then dropped, but in November the following
Resolution was passed:—
"That the Improvements Committee of the London County
Council be informed that this Hoard does not see its way to
enlarge its contribution towards the widening of Ben Jonson
Road, West end, as they rely upon their Surveyor's estimate;
and they request your Committee's reconsideration of the
matter, and that your Committee will ask the Council to seek
Parliamentary powers for carrying the said Improvement out on
its original estimated cost of £4,000, upon the terms originally
proposed, viz: that your Council contribute £2,000, Mile End
£1,000, and Limehouse District Board £1,000."
A copy of the Resolution was sent to the Improvements
Committee, and the Clerk of the Council replied that the
Committee was not prepared to make any departure from its
previous decision.
NEW THOROUGHFARE FROM BROAD STREET TO
CRANFORD STREET.
The following Memorial as to the proposed formation of a
new thoroughfare from Broad Street to Cranford Street was
presented to the London County Council in June:-