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the previous records, the Company wrote me that such
a condition, if acceded to, would compromise both sides,
and that they therefore could not agree thereto, which
I entirely sympathised with.
The Vestry, having dealt with the application then
before them upon its merits alone, left both myself
and the Company free to deal with the other question
independently, without compromising either side. I
accordingly wrote them pointedly upon the subject on
the 15th March last, and have had many interviews
with their Solicitor upon the subject, who urged that
the Tramway Company, however much they may be
disposed to meet the claim we have urged, must have
some tangible reason for voting away their Shareholders'
money, where there was no legal claim or liability.
Now, interpreting the feeling of the Vestry, I furnished
them with a tangible excuse by pledging the
Vestry to grant a siding in Goswell Road, near Compton
Street. These negotiations, although at one time
proving very disappointing and disheartening, after so
much labour on your behalf, have ultimately resulted
in my being invited to meet the Directors and chief
Officers of the Tramway Company on the 20th ult., to
exchange the £1,200 cheque for Bank of England
notes, which I have now the pleasure to lay before
you, and to offer for the acceptance of the Vestry.
I have the honor to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
ROBERT PAGET,
To the Vestry. Vestry Clerk.
And the Bank of England notes for £1,200 were
handed over to the Chairman accordingly.