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the Vestry's requirement that the Bill should provide that the abutments of the bridge
over White Tost Lane should have a clear span of not less than 40 feet, as under: —
South-eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways
Managing Committee.
London Bridge Station, S.E.,
17th February, 1899.
Dear Sir,
Referring to the request of tnis Yestry for a bridge forty feet wide over the occupation
road and public footpath known as White Post Lane, I beg to say that as the road is close
to where the new railway would cross the Bricklayers' Arms Branch it would be an impossibility
to give them what they ask for as there would not be sufficient room between the
two bridges for the abutments ; consequently they would have to be thrown into one, which
would entail an enormous expense. A bridge, however, of about 25 feet span would leave
room for the necessary supports between the two bridges.
Yours truly,
P. C. TEMPEST,
J. W. Watkin, Esq.
The Committee did not consider that the expense should stand in the way of a 40 feet
span, and
Recommended that the Yestry adhere to their previous decision in the matter.
Resolved—That the same be approved.
The matter was proceeding at the close of the year.
National Telephone Company's Bills 1 and 2, and Telegraph
Act, 1892, Amendment Bill.
On 21st February, 1899, the Yestry had before them a letter, dated Tth February, 1899,
from the Yestry Clerk of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, stating that that Arestry had requested
the London County Council and the City Corporation to oppose the passing into law of the