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1. Not to offer any opposition to the County of London
and Brush Electric Lighting Scheme.*
2. To petition against the City of London Electric
Lighting Company's bill, with a view to the insertion of
clauses for the protection of the district, and also to compel
the carrying out by the Company of their agreement with
the Board dated 20th September, 1893, for the erection of
Artizans" dwellings in lieu of the houses pulled down by
them in Pitt's Place and Martagon Place.
8. Not to offer any opposition to the PostmasterGeneral's
Scheme.
4. To petition against the London County Council's
Tramway bills in order to procure the insertion of the
necessary clauses therein for the protection of the district.
FIRE ESCAPE, BLACKFRIARS ROAD.
In January last a letter was received from the London
County Council stating that the Council had, on the recommendation
of the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, decided to
discontinue the fire escape in Blackfriars Road on the ground
that a horsed escape was kept at the principal station in Southwark
Bridge Road. The Board strongly protested against its
withdrawal, being of opinion that the means for protection of
life against fire should be increased rather than diminished, but
the Council, holding that in view of the proximity of the chief
station the fire escape was unnecessary, declined to replace it.
RAILWAY BRIDGE, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD.
The Board having received an application from the contractors
of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Company
for permission to erect timber staging in Southwark Bridge
Road to accommodate the railway traffic pending the reconstruction
of the old bridge, resolved to grant the same,
subject to amendment of the plan in such manner as to provide
space beneath for vehicular traffic of 11 feet 2 inches on either
side of the carriageway, instead of 9 feet 6 inches as originally
proposed. The staging has been erected accordingly, under the
direction of Mr. Norrish, the Surveyor of the Board, and the
work is now in hand.
RAILWAY BRIDGE, SOUTHWARK STREET.
The South Eastern and Chatham Company have submitted
plans of timber staging on an extensive scale proposed to be
*This Company's Bill was rejected by the House of Commons When
brought forward for second reading.