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Parliamentary Notices and Plans were received for the present
session of the following projected railway undertakings :—
1. " The Clapham and London Bridge Railway."
2. "The London, Chatham, and Dover, and South-Eastern Railways,
Nos. 1 and 2 "—to Kennington, Clapham, and Brixton.
3. "The London, Chatham, and Dover (various powers)."
The first-mentioned scheme was, very shortly after the introduction
of the Bill into Parliament, abandoned by the promoters; the
second was rejected by a Parliamentary Committee; the third, notwithstanding
the joint opposition of the Metropolitan Board of Works,
the St. Saviour's Board, and other persons, has been sanctioned.
The operation of this Act as regards the St. Saviour's District is
confined to the procurement of additional station accommodation,
necessitating a widening of the girder bridge which crosses South
wark Street, and the absorption of the site of additional houses at
the south end of the bridge in the rear of Southwark Street. the
Boards, as the result of their joint opposition, have obtained the
insertion of clauses stipulating for the lighting, at the expense of the
Company, of the roadway under the bridge, and that the bridge
shall be made and maintained water-tight as nearly as possible.
The Board have appointed throe crossing sweepers, pursuant to
section 118 of the 18th and 19th Vict., cap. 120, each of whom is
enabled to attend to several crossings. They are stationed in the
Borough High Street, Southwark Street, and the Blackfriars Road.
The Board have thought it right to give their utmost support to
the London (City) Corporation Gas Bill, by potition to Parliament.
Several Contracts for Paving, Works, &c., have expired in the
course of the twelvemonth, and fresh ones have been entered into, as
will be seen on referring to the List of Contracts at page 30. these
for Paving are on rather more advantageous terms than the last.
A largo amount of outstanding charges against Railway Companies
and other persons (over £600), for various Paving and Sewage Works,
has been collected in.
The alterations and improvements of the Board Room Promises,
referred to in the last Annual Report, having been entirely completed,
the Board, in February last, resumed occupation of the same. Such
of the parishioners of Christchurch and St. Saviour's who may bo
desirous of inspecting the renovated promises are invited to do so.
During the past year the Board have presented petitions and
memorials as under, viz.:—To Parliament, against the Railway Bills
above-named: against the Pneumatic Despatch Company's Bill: in
favour of the London (City) Corporation Gas Bill: for a modification
of the Railway Clauses Bill, 1866.
HERBERT STURMY, Cleric.
Board Room and Offices,
Emerson Street, Bankside, Southwark, S.E.,
24th June, 1866.