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The West Ham Board of Health having applied to be allowed to fill in the
ditch running in front of the field belonging to this Parish, at Plaistow, in order
to improve the pathway and line of fencing, the Vestry (upon receiving the
Report and recommendation of the sub-Committee who attended at Plaistow to
view the site of the proposed improvements) consented to the work being carried
out, and authorized the Churchwardens, upon the completion thereof, to contribute
£10 towards the cost. The Vestry also empowered the sub-Committee to authorize
Mr. George Legg to prepare a Plan for laying out the ground at Plaistow for
building purposes.
Miscellaneous.
In May, 1860, the Vestry presented a second memorial to the Conservators
of the Thames, urging the erection of a pier for steam-boats at or near Cherry
Garden Stairs, and a deputation from the joint Committee of this Vestry and the
Vestry of Bermondsey having had an interview with Captain Burstal, the
Secretary to the Conservators, and pointed out to him the advantages offered by
the site at Cherry Garden Stairs for a steam-boat pier, the Conservators ultimately,
in November, 1860, resolved on placing a pier at that spot, which has since been
erected and opened for passengers.
The Commercial Dock Company requiring the site of the right of way to the
river opposite the Swallow Galley P.H., Rotherhithe Street, for their new
entrance, which they proposed taking, under the power contained in their Act of
Parliament, the Vestry, upon the Report of Mr. G. Legg, the Surveyor, agreed
to accept the sum of £50 in compensation of such right of way, and arrangements
for the completion of the conveyance are now in progress.
The Committee of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, after taking the necessary
steps under the provisions of the "Highways Act," with the consent of the Vestry,
obtained an order at the Easter General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the
County of Surrey, to divert and stop up the east end of church passage, and
to make and open, in lieu thereof, a new way or passage twenty feet in width
throughout. The old buildings have since been removed, and the Lew way thrown
open to the public, the paving and completion of which will be carried out in due
course at the joint expense of the Hospital and the Vestry.
The Valuation Committee having recommended to the Vestry the expediency
of another valuation of the Parish being made for assessment to the Parochial
Rates, the Vestry adopted the recommendation of the Committee, and the same
having been submitted to the Guardians of the Poor, an order for valuing the
Parish has been obtained from the Poor Law Board, and the valuation is now
being proceeded with by Messrs. George Legg and John Davis Payne, Surveyors,
who have entered into a contract duly approved by the Poor Law Board, for that
purpose.
The Guardians of the Poor having been put to great expense in the erection