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BOARD OFFICES.
A new lamp has been fixed in the vestibule.
Two new cupboard have been fixed in the waiting room.
The old taps and wastes to the member lavatory have been
removed, and new taps fixed in lieu thereof.
The Soil pipes from the members lavatories and the general
lavatory have been carried outside the building, and ventilating
shafts have been constructed to the same; the wastes from the
lavatories discharge over gullies in the yard.
IMPROVEMENT
BEN jONSON ROAD.
The question of widening the western end of Ben Jonson
Road was again brought before the Hoard in September 1893,
when a letter was received from the Ratcliff Vestry suggesting
the propriety of carrying out the improvement on the Ratcliff
side of the street. The letter was referred to the Works
Committee, and upon their recommendation the Board decided
to again ask the London County Council to seek Parliamentary
Powers for the widening of the thoroughfare in accordance with
the plan originally prepared and it an estimated cost of £4,000,
one half of the cost being contributed by the Council and the
other half by this Hoard and the Vestry of Mile End Old Town
in equal proportion.
A communication was sent to the Council in accordance
with this Resolution, and on the 7th February, 1894, a joint
deputation from the Hoard and the Mile End Vestry waited
upon the Improvements Committee in support thereof. A reply
was subsequently received to the effect that the Committee had
resolved to recommend the Council to seek Parliamentary
powers to enable the Vestry of Mile End Old Town to carry
out the improvement, one half the cost not exceeding £3,070
being borne by the Council, one fourth by this Hoard and one