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On 7th July, 1896, the Vestry RESOLVED-That the Surveyor be instructed to approach
the Engineer with a view to inducing the Company to make provision for a flight of steps to
approach the new bridge from Chilton Street.
On 15th September, 1896, the General Purposes and Works Committee reported having
considered a letter from Mr. J. Wolfe Barry, stating that the Directors of the Surrey
Commercial Dock Company assented to the setting back of the parapet wall on the west side
of the new road by Plough Road, on the understanding that the Vestry would adjust the
paving of Yeoman Street and Plough Road, and also agreed to steps being erected in Yeoman
street leading up to the new road, on condition that the Vestry paid them for the piece of
land occupied by the steps and defrayed the cost of the work and all expenses incidental
thereto.
Resolved—(1) That upon the Company setting back the parapet wall on the west
side of the new road by Plough Road, the Vestry adjust the paving of
Yeoman Street and Plough Road free of expense to the Company.
(2) That the Company be respectfully requested to erect steps in Yeoman
Street leading up to the new road at their own expense, inasmuch as it
would not only be a benefit to the public at large, but also to the
Company's own employees.
On 6th October, 1896, the Vestry had before them a letter from Mr. J. Wolfe Barry,
Engineer to the Surrey Commercial Docks extension works, stating with regard to the
proposed steps from Yeoman Street to the new road (which the Vestry) suggested should
constructed at the expense of the Company) that the Company would not agree to construct
such steps at their own expense.
On 19th January, 1897, the General Purposes and Works Committee reported having
considered the following report of the Surveyor :
"I have received a plan from the Resident Engineer of the Docks
showing the proposed arrangement of the gas lamps upon the new and temporary road
constructed by the Company for the Plough Road diversion, and which I submit for your