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sideration, resolved to take over the maintenance of the
fountains, seeing that they were originally maintained by
the Board, but declined to take over the trough in Broad
Street. The fountains were at the time in good repair,
except that in Endell Street against the wall of St. Giles
Workhouse, which was repaired at the Board's expense.
The fountains are now daily cleaned by a workman
of the Board—the water is supplied by the New River
Company gratuitously.
The following is a list of the fountains existing in the
St. Giles District:—
Lincolns Inn Fields south-east corner, grey granite fonntain,
presented by Mrs. Philip Twells.
Lincolns Inn Fields north-west corner—Portland Stone.
Endell Street. against wall of Workhouse, Serpentine
Rock and Bath Stone.
New Oxford Street Rubslaw and Corrennie granites, erected
by the Board in commemoration of
Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897.
Seven Dials. Iron fountain, fixed against Urinal
belonging to the Board.
St. Giles Church Yard ... Granite,presented by Sophia A. Robertson.
The Cattle Drinking Trough, which had been in existence
for a number of years in Broad Street, opposite the National
Schools, was found to cause such inconvenience and damage,
that the Board called upon the Metropolitan Drinking
Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, to whom it
belonged, to remove it, which they did, and the Board has
since placed a water post with pails for the use of horses
on the site.
Widening of Shorts Gardens.
In continuation of my report of last year on this subject
—the premises of the Charing Cross and Strand Electricity