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A Railway (No.1) commencing in the parish of St. John, Horselydown, by a
junction with the Company's railway at a point 33 yards or thereabouts westward of the
western side of Tanner Street meassured along the said railway and paasing into the
parishes of Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, and Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, and
terminating in the last-named parish by a junction with the Company's railway 157
yards or thereabouts from the western side of the Rotherhithe New Road, measured in
a westerly direction along the said railway.
A Railway (No. 2) commencing in the pariah of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, by a
junction with the Company's railway at a point 170 yards or thereabouts from the
centre of the signal box known as Corbett's Lane signal bos, near Corbett's Lane, and
passing into and terminating in the pariah of Saint Paul, Deptford, by a junction with
the Company's railway at a point 20 yards or thereabouts from the southernmost side
of Rolt Street, measured in a southerly direction along the said railway.
Resolved—(Mr. F. T. Talbot: Mr. Stuart)—That the matter be referred to the
General Purposes and Works Committee for consideration and report.
On 15th December, 1896, the Committee reported baring had the matter under their
consideration, and found from a report of the Surreyor that the plana shewed a bridge.
Southwark Park Road, to be an arch 65 feet span and 18 feet high, and a bridge, Raymouth
Road, to be an arch 10 feet span and 18 feet high very much on the skew about 100 feet
long on the rail lines; that it was proposed to entirely block up all communication with
White Past Lane, and in lieu of the present opening opposite Rudford Street which would be
abolished, to construct a new opening nearly opposite Bracton Road, but which would only
be available in the direction of Rotherhithe New Road and Corbett's Lane; that it was
purposed in lieu of the footway along the back of Goodson Road in the direction of Deptford,
to construct a new foothpath from end of Goodson Road alongside the new line joining
the present footway about to yards east of the Deptford Wharf Branch of the London.
Brighten & South Coast Railway.
Resolved—(1.)—That the Company be respectfully requested to substitude girder for
arch bridges at Sowthwark Park Road and Raymouth Road, and to
have the basements line I with white glazed briks.