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Powers Act, 1885, for the compulsory purchase of lands
mentioned in section 12 of the first-named Act, but the same
does not apply to St. Saviour's except in so far as it authorises
the Company to dispose of surplus lands situate within the
district. The Company have made considerable progress with
the new City Terminus Bridge, and are about to take possession
of lands for the purpose of the widenings in connection
therewith, amongst others the small piece of land at the
corner of South Street in Union Street belonging to them,
and which is in the occupation of this Board as tenants-atwill
under an agreement.
Railway
Bridges.
The Board, as mentioned in the last Annual Report, had
given directions for proceedings to be taken against the South
Eastern Railway Company in respect of the percolation of
water through their bridges crossing the Borough High Street
and Southwark Street, and, in June, 1885, an action was
commenced in the Chancery Division of the High Court of
Justice for an injunction to restrain the Company from allowing
the bridges to remain in such a condition as to cause a
nuisance, in other words, for the purpose of compelling them
to execute the necessary works to put a stop to the nuisance
complained of. In January last, Messrs. Nye, Greenwood,
and Moreton, the solicitors employed by the Board, reported
that the case had been set down for trial, and would, they
expected, be reached in six or seven weeks from that date.
It was, however, postponed with the consent of both parties,
and now stands over in the hope that an amicable arrangement
may be come to with the Company for the execution of the
necessary works.
Hyde Park
(New Streets)
Bill.
The Hyde Park Corner (New Streets) Bill was laid before
the House of Commons in the early part of the present
session, and was similar to others bearing the same title
which were before Parliament during the three previous sessions.
It was promoted by the First Commissioner of Works
and Public Buildings on behalf of Her Majesty's Government,
its object being to determine by whom and in what proportion
the cost of maintaining the newly-formed streets at Hyde