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certain number of feet of the abutments. The Bill thus amended
has passed the House of Commons and it will now be submitted to
the Lords.
By the amendments and alterations which have been made, some
of the more objectionable features of the Bill have doubtless been
disposed of or eliminated, and the new clauses which have been
introduced will afford the Board a certain amount of protection
against, and control over, the proceedings of the Company. The
Board may, for instance, require twenty-one days' notice to be
given of the intention to break up streets, impose a limit on the
extent of roadway to be broken up at any one time, and superintend
and compel the restoration of roadways within a period of
three months, to the satisfaction of the Surveyor and at the cost of
the Company. But the most objectionable clause—the 38th,
authorising the construction of temporary shafts in the Borough
High Street, for the purpose of the excavations—remains, the
Engineer of the Company being of opinion that they were
absolutely necessary, and could not be dispensed with entirely.
"Rather than incur the continued opposition of the Board, he would
have consented to there being two of such shafts, and ultimately
to there being one only, and that of limited dimensions—100 feet
by 15; also to a limitation of the time during which such shaft
might be kept open to eighteen months. The Board, however,
after very careful consideration of the matter, were of opinion that
even a single shaft with hoardings, machinery for hoisting, and a
number of carts standing by to load and carry away the excavated
materials, in the busiest portion of the Borough High Street,
would occasion a very great obstruction of the traffic, particularly
on market mornings, when the roadway and the approaches to the
Borough Market are already liable to frequent blockages, and prove
highly detrimental to the trade of the Borough Market, and to
shopkeepers carrying on business in the locality. The Board
therefore resolved to continue its opposition to the Bill in the House
of Lords.
Denman
Street and
Railway
Approach.
Denman Street and Railway Approach, the two streets leading
from the Borough High Street to the Stations of the London,
Brighton and South Coast and South Eastern Railway Companies,