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The Board subsequently agreed (subject to the London County
Council sanctioning the improvement) to purchase for the turn of
£750 the piece of land colored pink on the plan prepared by the
Surveyor, and forming the site of the front parts of the premises; the
land colored yellow on such plan, part of the site of No 39, Narrow
Street, being conveyed to the vendors as part of the consideration
for the purchase of their property, and an agreement to carry this
out is now being prepared.
The London County Council have been asked to sanction the
proposed widening and contribute one-half of the cost but no reply
has yet been received.
OLD SEWER ON BOUNDARY BETWEEN POPLAR
AND LIMEHOUSe.
The Surveyor hiving reported that the old ewer on the boundary
between Poplar and Limehouse on the north side of the old
Rope Ground in the rear of certain premises in Park Street, was in
a defective condition, and a letter having been receive from the
Poplar District Board asking wheather the Boird would contribute
one-half the cost of filling up the old sewer and of forming a new
pipe sewer in lieu thereof, and also in regard to a proposal to extend
the wall built over the existing sewer to the bottom of the same
clear of the suggested pipe sewer, the Works Committee, after
inspecting the sewer, recommended the Board to consent to
to the extension of the said wall as suggested, and to contribute one
half of the cost of filling in the old sewer and forming in lieu thereof
a 15-in. pipe sewer on the Poplar side of the old sewer, the estimated
cost being £100, and to be jointly responsible with the Poplar
Board for the repair and maintenance of the said new pipe sewer in
the same manner as was the case with regard to the old sewer, and
that in the event of the owner of the wall making any claim for
compensation for damage to his premises in consequence of the
defective condition of the old sewer, such claim be dealt with by
the Board and the Poplar Board jointly, and that an agreement be
prepared by the Poplar District Board embodying the arrangement
referred to. The Board adopted the recommendation, and such
agreement was accordingly prepared and sealed, and the work has
has been carried out.