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Oil Mills and the south side by a parallel line giving a width of about 20 ft. 4 ins.; taking
the following area into the street:-Bull Head Dock property 44 square yards, and Messrs.
Younghusband, Barnes & Co. 30 square yards.
PlanB.-Showing the roadway widened on the north side from the coinei of the
existing office, Bull Head Dock, to the end of the Victoria Oil Mills, and on the south side by
a parallel line giving a width of about 27 ft. 3 ins., taking into the street the following area :
Bull Head Dock and Victoria Oil Mills 1G0 yards, Dock Company 23 square yards, and
Messrs. Younghusband, Barnes & Co. 5 square yards; and it was
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that plan B be approved, with
the exception of the setting back of the houses at the side of the Dock Company s premises
opposite Bull Head Dock, and belonging to Messrs. Younghusband, Barnes & Co., the
latter to remain in abeyance for the present.
The clearing away of the machinery and fixtures at the Victoria Oil Mills was completed
on the 18th January, 1894, and upon examination it was found that damage to the buildings
had been occasioned to the extent of £15 10s., which amount was subsequently recovered
from the Vendors in accordance with the terms of the Contract of Sale.
The Vestry on 2nd October, 1894, resolved to utilise the premises for the storage of
the water-carts during the winter, to utilise the Depot for the storage of ballast, sand,
cement, etc., for use in Rotherhithe Street and neighbourhood, and also to cart surplus
earth theie and deposit it in the old dock at the street end so as to get that end consolidated
as soon as possible for the street improvement.
The matter remained at this stage at the close of tho year.