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Rotherhithe Street above-mentioned, they would be willing to set back the frontage line and
thus assist the Vestry in carrying out a very necessary street improvement at that spot, and
if so, upon what terms.
On 3rd July, 1894, the Clerk reported that, acting upon the instructions of the Vestry,
he had written to the Secretary to the Surrey Commercial Dock Company, asking whether
in the event of the Company pulling down the houses belonging to them opposite Bull Head
Dodt in Rotherhithe Street, they would be willing to set back the frontage line, and upon
what terms; that the Surveyor had since seen Mr. McConnochie, the Company's Engineer,
who stated that a Committee of the Directors were of opinion that the proposed improvement
was a very desirable one, and recommended that if the Vestry would agree to erect a wall
upon the Company's boundary, the small piece of land be conveyed to the Vestry.
The Vestry thereupon resolved to agree to the terms of the Dock Company, and
instructed the Surveyor to prepare an estimate of the total cost of widening Rotherhithe
Street, and instructed the Clerk to apply to the London County Council for a contribution
towards the cost of such improvement.
The question of provision for the due care of the buildings having been referred to a
Committee, the Vestry resolved upon the recommendation of the Committee, that Mr.
Limpkin, the present caretaker, be temporarily appointed to take charge of the buildings at a
salary of £1 per week, and house rent free, he to devote the whole of his time to the duties of
the office, and that this arrangement be subject to a week's notice to quit on either side, and
that in order to facilitate the proper overlooking of the buildings, the Surveyor be instructed
to cause a gateway to be cut in the wall near the cottage, so as to provide a means of
communication between Bull Head Dock and the Victoria Oil Mills, and thus obviate the
necessity of passing along the river front.
On the 19th June, 1894, the Committee reported to the Vestry that the Surveyor had, in
accordance with their instructions, submitted two plans showing the proposed widening
of Rotherhithe Street as under:—
Plan A.—Showing the roadway widened on the north side from the line of the present
widening next the King and Queen Granaries to the existing gateway entrance of the Victoria