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houses are built. This Board has likewise given its consent
to the proposal on the understanding that before the street is
taken over it shall be properly paved and a sewer constructed
in accordance with the plans submitted, and under the direction
and to the satisfaction of the surveyor of the Board.
Overhead
Wires.
Consequent upon the snowstorm which occurred on the
26th and 27th December, 1886, and proved so destructive to
overhead telegraph and telephone wires in the metropolis, this
Board passed the following resolution, and a copy was forwarded
to the President of the Board of Trade and the Metropolitan
Board of Works, viz.:—" That, taking into consideration
the damage done by the late gale, and the danger to life and
property caused by overhead wires, it is, in the opinion of this
Board, desirable that in future all such wires in the metropolis
should be placed underaround."
Coal & Wine
Dues.
Inasmuch as the Coal and Wine Dues, if not renewed will
expire in July, 1889, this Board, in October, 1886, passed the
following resolution, and a copy thereof was forwarded to the
Metropolitan Board of Works, who are promoting a Bill for
their extension for a period of ten years, viz.:—" That, in the
opinion of this Board, it is desirable that the Coal and Wine Dues
should be renewed for the purpose of metropolitan improvements
Cabs, Disinfection
of.
In October, 1886, a letter was received from the Assistant
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, inquiring when,
where, and at what cost cabs could be disinfected, and also
whether a certificate could be given to the driver of a cab that
had been disinfected to enable him to satisfy the police that
the work had been properly performed. It being desirable in
the interests of the public health that reasonable facilities
should be afforded to cab proprietors to have their vehicles
disinfected, and they being liable to penalties on default, the
Board resolved to undertake the duty at their stone yard in
Ewer Street, and to authorise their medical officer to give a
certificate as suggested, but only in respect of cabs belonging to
local proprietors, and on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. in each case.
City & Southwark
Subway
The works for the formation of the London (City) and
Southwark Subway, described in the 29th Annual Report of