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in the fares for working men to and from the City and West End of the Metropolis,
and also drawing the attention of the Sonth Eastern Railway Company to the
long delay which has taken place in the erection by them of a new station near Rotherhithe
New Road, and asking them to give the matter their early attention, as tho want of such
station is very much felt by working men and others having daily business in the City.
2.—That a Memorial be drawn up and presented to the London County Council from this
Vestry, urging upon them the necessity of having the main roadway through Southwark
Park opened at a much earlier hour and kept open until midnight, and that the Vestry of
Bermondsey be asked to present a similar Memorial, and also to appoint certain of their
members to attend with this Vestry as a Deputation to the Council in support of the same,
and that the County Councillors of the Division be written to, asking them to use their
influence in favour thereof when the matter comes before the Council.
3.—That a Memorial be presented to the London County Council, urging upon them
the necessity of establishing more direct communication between Rotherhithe and Wapping,
and asking the Council to apply during the next Session of Parliament for the necessary
powers for establishing a Free Ferry from this Parish to Wapping, and for making the
necessary approaches thereto.
The following Memorials were prepared by the Clerk and approved of by the Vestry,
who ordered the Common Seal of the Vestry to be affixed thereto respectively
To the London County Council.
The Memorial of the Vestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe in the
County of London, under its Common Seal:
Sheweth,
That in the year 1893, and previously, your Memorialists, in the interests of the
working population of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, petitioned your Honorable
Council, in conjunction with the Vestry of the Parish of Bermondsey, to keep open
the mam roadway through Southwark Park daily until midnight.