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On receipt of the above-mentioned Tenders, the Board thought
it advisable to dispense "with the Cleansing of Footways; the
experiment of so doing during the previous three years not having
proved satisfactory, and it was resolved to accept the Tenders for
Roadways only, at the above rates, as also the Tender of
Mr. Batch for Dusting, and Contracts were shortly afterwards
entered into accordingly.
Contracts have also been entered into with Messrs. Reddin & Co.
for continuing the supply of water-carts, &c. for watering the
roads, on the same terms as last year, viz., 9s. 6d. per diem for
each cart required, the Contractors finding the necessary men and
horses.
improvements.
In order to effect a very desirable improvement at the NorthWest
corner of Broadwall, the Board has purchased, for the sum of
£1000, the copyhold messuages and premises, Nos. 110 and 112,
Broadwall, and is now in treaty for the enfranchisement of the
same. So soon as possession can be obtained of the premises, it is
intended to have them taken down, and the corner rounded off in
accordance with a plan which has been submitted to and approved
by the Metropolitan Board of "Works, who have consented to
contribute £450 towards the cost of the improvement, and it is
hoped that a further portion of the expense will be retrieved by
sale of the surplus land. In connection with this improvement
the Trustees of the Peabody Estates have, in consideration of the
benefit which they will derive, dedicated a small strip of land in
Roupell Street to the widening of the public footpath in front of
their buildings in that Street.
A further improvement has been effected by the setting back of
the "Smith's Arms" public house in Park Street to the line of the
adjoining buildings on the East side, and the dedication of the
strip of land in front thereof to public use, in consideration of
which, this Board has paid the freeholder £40. Towards this cost
it is expected the Metropolitan Board will contribute £20.
Street Nomenature
and
umbering.
In accordance with the expressed desire of inhabitants of
Holland Street, Blackfriars Road, this Board, in the early part of