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the banks of the Maiden stream, with a view to
ultimate possibilities as to sewage works, a forcible
reason for this being that Kingston had, shortly
before been putting forward the argument at the
Incorporation Inquiry that, as they treated our
sewage, it was a justification for incorporation with
them. This was stoutly repudiated, and to protect
ourselves, the then Board consequently thought it
wise to acquire this land.
Time went on, and as it drew nearer to the
expiration of the agreement with Kingston, steps
began to be taken to formulate a plan for the treatment
of our own enlarged district by ourselves at
our own cost, and eventually an engineer was
selected, land provisionally obtained at Tolworth
Court, on the banks of the Maiden river, and the
proposed plan and site became the subject of a
Local Government Board Inquiry in February
1907. This plan was finally set aside by the upper
Board mainly on the ground of cost, and a refusal
to allow the effluent to be discharged into the
stream. Next, an enquiry was held in February
1908, as to the merits', or otherwise, of a site in the
Lower Marsh Lane, a site that had been indicated
by the Local Government Board, and which had
also been considered and reported on bv the late
Mr. Mather, a former Surveyor to the Council.
The land in Maiden Parish was not now available
as building operations had developed in its
proximity, but it has immensely increased in value
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