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Miscellaneous.
At the meeting of the Vestry held on the 2nd of April, 1878, a petition signed
by residents of the lower part of Bermondsev, Rotherhithe, and Hatcham, addressed to
the South Eastern Railway Company, praying for the opening of a New Station on
that line of Railway at or near the old Commercial Dock Station was presented to the
Vestry for the signatures of the Vestrymen, the petition was accordingly signed by the
Vestrymen in attendance at the Meeting, and it was
" RESOLVED that the Vestry present a Memorial under their Common Seal to
the South Eastern Railway Company in support of the before mentioned petition of the
inhabitants for the formation of a new Station on the South Eastern Railway in this
Parish at or near the Rotherhithe New Road."
Subsequently a Deputation consisting of Messrs. John Bulmer, Robert Foottit,
Robert Allen, and Lawrence Stevens with the Clerk, waited upon the Directors of
the South Eastern Railway Company, by appointment, at their offices, and presented
the said Memorial of the Vestry in favour of a New Station being formed upon
the line of Railway near the Rotherhithe New Road, in the neighbourhood of the
old Commercial Dock Station. The Directors having heard the deputation, appeared
to look upon the application favourably and arranged that Sir Edw. Watkin,
the Chairman, and Mr. Shaw the Manager and Secretary should meet the
deputation upon the spot and inspect the locality, and on the 18th June, 1878,
the deputation met Sir E. Watkin and Mr. Shaw, and accompanied them through
the District immediately contiguous to the old Commercial Dock Station and also
the new neighbourhood lying between Retherhithe New Road and Southwark Park
Road.
At a joint meeting of the Vestries of St. John, St. Thomas and St. Olave,
Southwark, and the Vestry of the Parish held on the 12th June, 1878, at St. Olave's
Vestry Hall, John Tolhurst, Esq. was duly re-elected a member of the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
At the General Meeting of the Vestry of this Parish held on the 4th June,
1878, it was moved by Mr. John Bulmer and seconded by Mr. James Powell, and
unaminously
RESOLA LD that the best thanks of this Vestry be given to John Tolhurst, Esq.
tor his assiduous attention to the requirements and interests of this prrish as its Representative
jointly with the District of St. Olave, at the Metropolitan Board of Works,
during his past three years of office as a Member of the Board, and also for his kindness
and courtesy in attending the monthlv meetings of the Vestry."
On the 5th July, 1878, Mr. John Tolhurst on behalf of the Vestry, presented a
Memorial to the Metropolitan Board of Works, as follows :