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Tree Guards.
On 21st May, 1805, the Surveyor was instructed to have made vertical all the bars of
the Tree Guards, which curved outwards, and were under the height of six feet.
On 2nd July, 1895, the General Purposes and Works Committee reported having
inspected the Tree Guards in the Southward Park Road, which they found varied very
much in height, 28 of them being very low.
Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee, that the Surveyor be, and he
is hereby instructed, to have the 28 low guards made of one uniform height of six feet.
Unemployed.
On 2nd April, 1895, the Surveyor reported that 1,921 men had been employed since
the opening of the register, at a total cost of £425 1s. 6d.
On 21st May, 1895, the Vestry Resolved to grant to Mr. A. Fletcher, one of the Vestry's
employees, the sum of £2 for keeping the Unemployed register.
On 3rd December, 1895, the Vestry had before them a circular letter from the General
Secretary, Amalgamated Society of House Decorators and Painters, asking the Vestry to assist
in mitigating the evils of lack of employment which every year play such havoc in their
ranks, by giving out as much painting work as possible, and pointing out that there is no
reason why the interior work of every description in the painting trade could not be done
equally well in the winter as in the summer season of the year.
Resolved—That the Clerk write to the London County Council and the School Board
for London, requesting them to give out the work in the winter time as suggested.
On 17 th December, 1895, the following replies were submitted to the Vestry:—
From the Clerk of the London School Board, stating that the Board had declined to
have painting done in the schools during the Christmas holidays as it was impossible to
allow sufficient time for the work to dry before the reassembling of the scholars, but
that tenders had been accepted for the cleaning of 42 schools during the holidays.
From the Clerk of the London County Council, stating that every effort would be made
by the Council to carry out during the winter, not only painting, but other kinds of work
Which could, having due regard to the interests of the ratepayers, be executed at that period.
(See also Conferences.)