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At the next meeting, the asphalting of the carriage-way in Union
Street was added to the work, and it was then determined to apply to
the London County Council for a loan of .£1,100, to include
the above work. The sum of £200 was also added, being the amount
deducted by the Council from the loan for sewerage works, thus
making the total amount asked for £1,300.
On application being made to the London County Council, some
correspondence took place between the Vestry and the Council with
regard to the loan, from which the Council insisted on deducting
£57 9s. 0d., on the ground that they considered 12s. per yard was
sufficient for the wood and asphalte paving, whereas the Vestry's late
Surveyor and the present Surveyor stated that it was utterly impossible
to carry out the work at less than 13s. Od. per yard. The Council
also asked interest at 3£ per cent., a rate of interest which the
Committee considered was more than ought to be paid, and after
further correspondence the loan was abandoned.
l. c. c.
By-Laws as to
Lamps, Ac.
In May, 1898, the County Council forwarded to the Vestry, draft
By-Laws for the regulation of lamps, signs and other structures overhanging
the public way. After considering the By-Laws
the Vestry made certain amendments therein, and returned
them to the Council. The chief objection was
raised to By-Law No. 19, which proposed to empower the
Council, in any case which it might consider expedient, to modify
or dispense with the observance of the By-Law on such terms
and conditions as it might think proper. As the By-Laws were to
be administered by the Local Authority, the Vestry expressed strong
disapproval of this proposal as contrary to the spirit of the Section
under which the By-Laws were framed.
Dusting and
Scavenging.
An important report was brought before the Vestry on 29th
November, 1898, by the Committee, containing suggestions from the
Surveyor for extensive alterations in the present method
of dealing with the work of dusting and scavenging, so as
to secure the same being done more efficiently and frequently. The
principal alterations consisted of the establishment of an early
morning gang for scavenging the principal streets, the commencement
of the horse brooms at 3 a.m. instead of 6 a.m., and the making