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I am also to state that they feel sure that if members of the Council were as cognisant
of the peculiar nature of the district as the members of the Yestry are, they would not hesitate
a moment in giving instructions for the escape to be immediately replaced, and they
hope that before finally disposing of this matter the members of the Council, or some of
them at least, will make it their business to visit the neighbourhood and acquaint themselves
with its peculiar features.
I am also to inform you that at their last meeting they had under consideration resolutions
which have been passed at a public meeting held at Trinity School Room, Rotherhithe
Street, on 12th December, at which between 400 and 500 people were present, which resolutions
the Yestry decided to support and directed me to enclose you a copy thereof for the information
of the Council, and to request the Council to be good enough to receive a deputation
of 6 members of the Yestry, together with myself, to urge upon them the necessity of
establishing a small Fire Engine Station in a central position between Surrey Lock and
Lady Dock Bridges.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES J. STOKES,
Clerk to the Yestry.
The Clerk, London County Council.
The following gentlemen formed the deputation :—Mr. Vice-Chairman Vezey, Messrs, W.
Beasley, J. C. Higgs, J. C. Mortimer, R. W. Moss, and R. L. Stuart.
Copy Resolutions before referred to : —
1. That this meeting of the inhabitants of Lower Rotherhithe has heard with alarm
that the London County Council, having been compelled to remove the Fire Escape
which was so long stationed upon the premises of the authorities of the Norwegian
Church, has decided not to reinstate it in the same neighbourhood, notwithstanding that
the urgent necessity for continuing such a station has been clearly pointed out to them,
both by the representatives for Rotherhithe and the Yestry of the Parish.
2. That inasmuch as the position of this part of the Parish is that of an island, ana
that serious delays in the approach of Engines and Horsed Fire Escapes might arise in
the event of the drawbridges being open at the time of a fire, this meeting respectfully
asks the Yestry to again take up the matter with the London County Council, with
the view of getting them to reconsider their decision, and to urge on them the necessity