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On 17th April, 1894, a letter was submitted to the Yestry from Messrs. Lawrence and
Co of 21, Mincing Lane, and endorsed by Messrs. Middleton's Steam Shipping Wharf
Co., Atkin's Wharf; The Union Oil and Cake Mills, Limited, 251, Eotherhithe Street;
G. and H. Green, Canada Wharf, Eotherhithe Street; E. Monk, 259, Eotherhithe Street;
Perkins and Homer, Dantzic Wharf, Eotherhithe Street; Mills and Knight, Nelson Dock,
Eotherhithe Street; and Burt, Boulton and Haywood, Durand's Wharf, Eotherhithe Street;
drawing attention to the gradients at the approaches to the several swing bridges erected by
the Dock Company at their entrances in Eotherhithe Street, at Lavender 1 )ock Liidge, and also
at Lady Dock Bridge in Commercial Dock Eoad, and stating that the gradients at these bridges
were so excessively steep that importers of goods frequently refused to store them at wharves
which could only be reached from land by passage across the bridges, and that not only were
extra horses required for each load to enable them to mount the bridges, but the strain on
the animals was so great as to amount to cruelty, with the probability of lasting injury being
inflicted on them, and suggesting that the Yestry should require that the incline of these
gradients should be greatly reduced, and stating that they considered the scheme of the
Dock Company should be opposed unless they undertook to make this much-needed
improvement.
"Whereupon, Mr. Bisley moved, Mr. Wells seconded, and it was Eesolved—That in
view of the want of footholds adapted to two horses abreast at Lavender Dock and Lady
Dock Liidges, a letter be written to the Dock Company drawing their attention to the fact
and asking them to widen the footholds accordingly, so as to obviate cruelty to the horses.
The question of the gradient at the approach to Lavender Dock Bridge was referred to
the Surveyor to report thereon.
on the 17th July, 1894, the Surveyor reported that the Engineer to the Dock Company
med him that he had obtained the new tram stones for the Lavender Bridge
approach , and that it would be necessary to close the roadway to put them in, which could
ame time as any alteration to the Bridge covering; that the Engineer was prepared to plank the same over with hard wood, with narrow flat iron strips across the
ctij Mould agree to the roadway being narrowed from 10ft. to 8ft. and make