View report page

119
ensuring that there shall be no obstruction the Conservators have informed Mr. Hollway that
any barges repaired at the spot must be so placed that there shall be no interference with the
right-of-way. Instructions to this effect have also been given to the Harbour Master.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
The Clerk, JAMES H. GOUGH.
Rotherhithe Yestry.
Town Hall, Lower Road, S.E.,
17th March, 1898.
Sir,
I submitted your letter of the 1st inst., stating (in reply to my letter of 3rd February) that
the Conservators have granted permission to Mr. Hollway for the erection of the Campshed in
front of the right-of-way to the river between Trinity Wharf and the premises of Messrs.
Burt, Boulton and Haywood and that they understand what has been done will render landing
and embarking more easy, but have given instructions that there shall be no interference
with such right-of-way, to the Yestry at their last meeting, when I was directed to state that,
in the opinion of the Yestry, the erection of a Campshed immediately in front of a public
right-of-way is an interference, and may be a source of danger to barges through the possibility
of their getting half on and half off the Campshed ; and that therefore the Yestry can
take no responsibility in the matter, but will look to the Conservators to do so.
I am also directed to enquire the authority that enables the Conservators to grant privileges
that interfere to a certain extent with a public right-of-way, without first communicating
with the Local Authority upon the subject.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES J. STOKES,
Clerk to the Vestry.
The Secretary,
Thames Conservancy.
• Thames Conservancy;
Victoria Embankment, E.C.
28th March, 1898.
Sir,
I have laid before the Conservators of the River Thames your letter of the 17th inst.,
stating that the Rotherhithe Vestry consider the Campshed placed by Mr. Hollway across the
dock adjoining his premises, Trinity Wharf, Rotherhithe, in front of the public right-of-way
may be a source of danger to barges, and that the Vestry can take no responsibility in the
matter.