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An application was received for permission to lay an
electric main under or over a street for lighting private
premises with, electricity, but the Yestry did not feel
justified in assenting to the proposal.
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
Some progress has been made with the Little Pulteney
Street and Rupert Street Improvement, but the completion
of the work has been delayed by desire of the Crown and
of the Vestry to cause as little inconvenience and loss as
possible to the tradesmen and others who must necessarily
be at least temporarily displaced by the demolition of their
premises.
A minor improvement proposed by the Trustees of the
Sutton Estate for the re-arrangement of the building line in
a portion of Smith's Yard has received the approval of the
Vestry.
NAMES OF STREETS.
The only order made by the Metropolitan Board of Works
affecting the designation of houses in this Parish during the
past year was one for re-numbering some of the houses in
St. James's Square. The carrying out oi this order
met with some little opposition from certain residents
in the Square, but the Board declined to rescind their
order.
The Metropolitan Board of Works have inquired as to the
views of the Yestry respecting the suggested re-naming of
certain streets in the Parish, in order to reduce the number oi
repetitions of street names in the Metropolis, and the Vestry
have expressed an opinion in favour of the suggestion,
believing that, after the temporary inconvenience occasioned