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Great Crown Court, under the provisions of the Highways Act,
5 and 6 Will. IV., cap 50. An agreement based upon this arrangement
will be entered into with the Commissioners of Woods, &c.,
and no difficulty is anticipated in obtaining this Order; the greater
part of the leases expired on the 5th April, 1883, and the improvement
will therefore probably be put in hand at once.
In connection with this proposed improvement, the Vestry
suggested that the Metropolitan Board of Works should without
delay open negotiations with a view to acquiring the land between
Archer Street and Little Pulteney Street for the purpose of erecting
artizans' dwellings thereon, so as to provide accommodation for the
poorer classes who will be disturbed by the demolition of the small
property when the Crown leases fall in. The Board, however,
replied that having made inquiry into the cost of acquiring the
ground, and finding that the price asked for the same was its full
commercial value, and that there was a doubt whether the Board
would be allowed to place upon it dwellings for the working
classes, they did not deem it expedient to adopt the Vestry's
suggestion.
NAMES OF STREETS.
Complaint having been made of the inconvenience arising from
duplicate numbers in Marlborough Street and Great Marlborough
Street, the Vestry suggested to the Metropolitan Board of Works
the advisability of either incorporating the two thoroughfares, or
re-numbering the houses in Marlborough Street in continuation of
Carnaby Street, and abolishing the former name. Some of the
residents in Marlborough Street, however, objected to their premises
being described as in Carnaby Street, and the Metropolitan Board
of Works thereupon asked the Vestry whether they considered
there would be any objection to the re-numbering of the houses in
Great Marlborough Street, so as to include the houses then known
as Marlborough Street. The Vestry informed the Board that they
were not aware of any special objection to this course beingadopted,
and an order was subsequently passed by the Board
accordingly.