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and every permitted building shall be efficiently and properly drained to
the satisfaction of the Engineer for the time being of the Council, either
into a local sewer or into a main sewer of the Council.
REINSTATEMENT OF PAVING. Etc.,
DISTURBED BY GAS AND WATER COM PANIES
In consequence of the defective condition of the macadam
carriageway of Pigott Street, Limehouse, I was requested to
communicate with the Commercial Gas Company who had
opened the same in a great many places for the purpose of
laying new services, thereby conducing to its unsatisfactory
state. I accordingly addressed a letter to the Engineer of the
Company upon the subject, and suggested that the Company
should bear the expense incurred from time to time in making
good the roadway until the same was restored to its original
condition The Engineer replied to the effect that he could see
no sufficient reason for dealing with the road referred to in other
than the ordinary manner, and I was subsequently requested to
see him upon the question, and as result he wrote a further
letter stating that under the circumstances he would be prepared
to recommend the Directors to contribute a sum of £7, in
addition to the amount to be paid by the Company in the
ordinary way, for the reinstatement of the roadway. I was
thereupon requested to report as to the cost of putting the street
in proper condition, and upon receiving my estimate, which
amounted to £80, the Board directed that the Company should
be asked to contribute one half of the cost of the work. To
this the Engineer replied that Under the circumstances he was
unable to recommend the Directors to depart in any respect
from the position they had taken in the matter.
Under these circumstances the opinion of Counsel was
taken as to the position of the Board, and this having been received
notice was given to the several Companies terminating
the then existing arrangements pending the settlement of some
more satisfactory agreement, and it was reffered to the Works
Committee to consider what arrangement should be made. It