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On 17th April 1895, the Clerk reported to the Vestry that he had been in communication
with the London County Council, with reference to the Surrey Commercial Dock Company's
Bill and that the Surveyor had seen Mr. Binnie, as to the evidence to be given with
reference to the proposed new road from Derrick Street to Grove Street, Deptford, and that
local evidence of an influential character would have to be adduced in support thereof.
It was also elicited from Mr. Howell J. Williams, one of the Rotherhithe representatives
on the Council, that the Parliamentary Committee of the Council were considering the Bill,
which they had already arranged to oppose, so as to get a locus standi; that with reference
to the proposed new road between Derrick Street and Grove Stieet, Deptford, the Council
had only taken the matter up on the understanding that influential evidence of a local
character would be brought to bear in support there of; that the Council would not treat the
improvement as a Metropolitan one; and that if the Yestry wished the thing to succeed, they
would do well to agree to contribute something towards the cost of the improvement.
It was thereupon Resolved—That the Vestry contribute a sum not exceeding £5000
towards the cost of making the new road to connect this Parish with Deptford from Derrick
Street to Grove Street, and that Mr. Howell J. Williams, the Rotherhithe representative at
the London County Council, be asked to bring the matter before the Parliamentary
Committee of the Council.
On 1st May, 1894, the Clerk reported that he attended at the House of Commons,
when the Bill was in Committee; that Mr. Bidder, Q.C., represented the London County
Council, and that a representative from the Union Oil and Cake Mills, Limited; Mr. Miller;
Mr. Howell J. Williams, L.C.C., Captain Simmonds, of the Fire Brigade; Mr. Binnie, the
Engineer to the London County Council; and the Surveyor to the Vestry and others were called
to give evidence as to the necessity for the formation of a carriageway from Derrick Street,
Rotherhithe, to Grove Stieet, Deptford, and that the Committee after hearing the evidence
on the part of the Dock Company, and the Council, stated through the Chairman that they
could not see their way to include the provision of this new road in the Company's Bill.
June, 1894, it was reported by the Clerk to the Vestry that he had had
interviews with the Secretary of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company on