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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
The before-mentioned Association gave to the
Vestry for the use of the public six new garden seats.
These have been fixed in the Uxbridge Road, beside
the park railings, between Leinster Terrace and
Clarendon Place.
Blomfield Road Railings.
For a very long period these railings between
Warwick Road Bridge and Westbourne Terrace Road
Bridge, by the side of the canal towing path, had been
in a very dilapidated condition. The Grand Junction
Canal Company, after a deal of pressure, admitted
their liability to repair their portion, but the Regent's
Canal Company and Messrs. Budd, Son and Brodie
denied their responsibility to repair the remaining
length of railing. A considerable amount of correspondence
had taken place from time to time, and the
fencing becoming dangerous, the Vestry Solicitor was
again consulted, and he failing to obtain a satisfactory
arrangement, a Special Committee was called, at which
the Engineers of the two Canal Companies and Mr.
Budd attended. The Engineer of the Regent's Canal
Company still maintained that they were not liable,
and Mr. Budd promised to again look into the matter.
Having done so, he found that the wall and railings in
Blomfield Road did belong to the Trustees of the
Paddington Charity Estate, and he stated that
immediate steps should be taken to put the railing in
thorough repair. This has now been done by the