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incorporated by Section 42 of that Act, and that under the said
Act the streets and highways of the Limehouse District are
vested in your Memorialists who have the control and management
and improvement of the same.
"2. That your Memorialists since 1855 have expended from
time to time large sums of money in widening the narrow
portions of the streets near the River Thames, and to which the
Metropolitan Hoard of Works largely contributed.
"3. That a Memorial has lately been received from the
owners and occupiers of premises in Narrow Street, Ratcliff,
complaining of the narrowness of the street and the difficulty of
access to and egress from the several wharves and warehouses
in that thoroughfare, the greater part of the street being only
sufficiently wide to allow one vehicle to pass at a time, which
causes much loss and inconvenience to them and to the public
generally.
"4. That your Memorialists, after careful consideration, find
that the cost of widening Narrow Strict would be so great that
they would not be justified in incurring the consequent expense.
"5. That your Memorialists with the view of meeting the
difficulty, suggest that the West end of Narrow Street should be
widened by setting back the fronts of the houses 19-fcct, and by
widening the roadway adjoining thereto from 12-feet 6-inches to
22-feet. and from 14-feet i-inch to 18-feet 1-inch, as shown upon
the annexed plan and coloured red; and that Noah's Ark Alley
at the Last end of Narrow Street should be widened from 8-feet
5-inches to 42-feet at the North end, and from 3-feet 6-inches
to 32-feet at the South end as shown on the said plan and
coloured red.
"6. That the widening of the West end of Narrow Street
would, by forming a lay by and improved access to the wharves
and premises in that portion of the street, give great facilities to
the traffic; and that the formation of the new street at the East
end, by giving a direct access to Medland Street, and through
the Horseferry Branch Road to the Commercial Road, would
also greatly facilitate the traffic in the street.