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Messrs. Green, of Surrey Commercial Wharf, having written stating that it was their
intention to re-erect shortly the buildings fronting the street, and enquiring whether the
Vestry desired any of the frontage for the widening of the road, the Vestry, on 2nd
July, 1895,
Resolved (1) That the setting back of the frontage line of Bull Head Dock and the
Victoria Oil Mills to the line of the other buildings as previously agreed upon and submitted
to the London County Council, be adhered to, and that the offer of Messrs. Green to set
back their frontage line be not entertained.
On 27th June, 1895, a letter was received from the London County Council, stating
in reply to the Vestry's application for a contribution towards the cost of the improvement,
that the Council being of opinion that the improvement was desirable, had decided to make a
contribution, but the Council considered that the case would be met by a contribution of onethird
instead of one-half of the net cost; that the Vestry's estimate of £600 included a
sum of £170 for rebuilding the front of an office, making good a roof, and building a new
fence wall along the whole length of the property, which the Council considered could not
properly formed part of the cost of widening the street; deducting therefore this amount the
estimated net cost of the improvement was £430, and the Council's contribution would
therefore be limited to a third of the net cost, not exceeding £143 Gs. 8d.
On 2nd July, 1895, the Vestry resolved to accept the offer of the Council to contribute
one-third of the cost of the improvement, estimated at £430, and instructed the Surveyor to
have the work of setting back the existing buildings executed at once.
The improvement was duly effected before the close of the year.
Rotherhithe Street, by Swan Lane.
A letter having been received from Messrs. Long and Gardiner, Solicitors for the
Owners of Nos. 158, 160, 162 and 164, Rotherhithe Street, and the "Royal Standard"
p.h., enquiring what the Vestry would offer to have the frontage line of the whole block
up to Paxton's Alley set back; the Vestry on 2nd April, 1895, instructed the Clerk to
ascertain the terms required by the Owners, and referred the matter to the General Purposes
and AVorks Committee for consideration and report:
And on the 7th May, 1895, the Committee reported that the Surveyor had submitted a