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Dock, whether the Vestry would be willing to sell a portion of their property or agree to a
"give and take" line to be drawn cutting off a portion of the two properties
Resolved—upon the recommendation of the Committee—That Messrs. Green be
informed that the Vestry cannot part with any portion of their waterside premises. but to
obtain a straight line would be willing to consider the question of purchasing a portion of
Surrey Commercial Wharf, and enquiring their terms for the tele thereof.
On the 21st April. 1896, the Vestry had before them a letter from the Secretary of the
Surrey Commercial Dock Co.: stating that the Directors were not disposed to entertain the
proposal that the Company should purchase the strip of land on the south-west side of
Rotherhithe Street, opposite Bull Head Dock, in connection with the contemplated
On 16th June, 1896, the General Purposes and Works Committee reported with
reference to a letter from Mr. Thomas Price (late Mr. Bradshaw Brown) rr proponed netting
back of Messrs. Green's premises in Rotherhithe Street, suggesting that the Vestry should
purchases so much of the premises as was coloured blue on accompanying plan, and also
that portion hatched in in pencil, and stating that if the Vestry were prepared to
negotiate on these lines, he would go into the matter, not only for that portion of the
property, but also with the view of selling the Vestry so much of the property as would give
them a straight boundary line to Bull Head Dock; Dial they had met Mr. Price and
discussed the matter with him, who had agreed to submit a price for the sole of the two
portions of the property above-mentioned for the consideration of the Committee, and they
had accordingly adjourned the further consideration of the matter pending receipt of terms
from Mr. price.
And on 7 th July. 1896, the Boll Head Dock Works Committee reported receipt of a
letter from Messrs. Bradshaw Brown, Hooper A Price, submitting terms for the sale to the
Vestry of a portion of Surrey Commercial Wharf, as under:"
We have had an interview with our ???and instructed to say that for the land
coloured pink on the plan herewith, having an area according to your management of 1,729
square ??? and also for the land colored blue and marked in with pencil ??? of the land
??? and having an area of about 446 feet, our ??? would be prepared to lake