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fare from Broad Street to the Commercial Road, of which the
proposed extension of Dorset Street in connection with the
Queen Catherine Court unhealthy area would form part.
"5. That the construction of the said road would increase
the value of the Brook Street area by giving a convenient and
direct access from it to Brook Street. It is estimated that tlu
cost of acquiring the land necessary for the road will amount to
£8,500, and the cost of forming and paving the road and footpaths
will amount to the sum of £800, exclusive of legal and
other expenses.
"Your Memorialists would therefore respectfully urge the
Council to give the subject of this Memorial their favourable
consideration, and direct that the necessary steps be taken to
carry out the suggested improvements as a County Improvement."
The Council replied that they were of opinion that the
amount of through traffic which would pass along the new
street would not be sufficient to justify an expenditure being
made out of the County Fund. Moreover, the Council considered
the Improvement was one of a local character, and
one which if undertaken should be carried out by the Local
Authority, and the Council was therefore not prepared to
undertake the work. The matter is now under the consideration
of the Works Committee.
NARROW STREET.
In June 1892, a Memorial, of which the following is a copy,
was presented to the London County Council.
To the London County Council.
The Memorial of the Board of Works for the Limehouse
District in the County of London, sheweth :
"I. That your Memorialists are one of the bodies mentioned
in Schedule 15 of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and