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side having, for the most part, been taken down, and the
carriage-way widened to the full extent of 31 feet 8 inches, in
order to accommodate three lines of vehicles. The Metropolitan
Board of Works have, in this instance, agreed to
contribute £231 towards the cost, being one-half the amount
of the purchase-money paid to Mr. White, the freeholder, who
is under covenant to set back the remaining portion, consisting
of the old buildings Nos. 11 and 12, so soon as the lease
thereof shall have expired.
Electric
Lighting.
In July, 1887, the Anglo-American (Brush) Electric Light
Corporation, Limited, applied for permission to lay down
electric cables under the footway on either side of the Blackfriars
Road, with a view to supplying the electric current in a
part of the City of London, and offered, in the event of their
application being acceded to, to supply the inhabitants of the
Blackfriars Road, en route, upon the same terms as they
supply the current elsewhere. The Board acceded to the
application, upon condition that the Company entered into an
agreement in writing, to be prepared by the Solicitor of the
Board at the cost of the Company, undertaking to supply the
electric light on the terms above suggested, and providing
for the proper re-instatement of the pavements, and other
matters. An agreement has been prepared, accordingly, by
Mr. Burney; but it has not yet been executed, owing, it is
understood, to the Company's arrangements with the City
authorities being incomplete.
Marshalsea
Road.
The long-continued delay in regard to the opening of the
new thoroughfare called Marshalsea Road, leading from the
Southwark Bridge Road to Blackmail Street, engaged the
attention of the Board; and, in July last, they caused
a letter to be addressed to the Metropolitan Board of
Works protesting against the delay, and asking that the
barriers placed across the roadway of the same might be
removed. In reply, however, the Metropolitan Board stated
that, under Section 39 of the Metropolitan Board of Works
(Various Powers) Act, 1884, they were precluded from throwing
open the thoroughfare until accommodation had been