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oundation where previously there was none, using new
tone in all cases between the rails of the tramways and
8 inches outside the rails, and between the tramways and
he kerbs at the widenings at Calthorp Street and Wharton
Street, and where the carriage way is widened by narrow???ng
the footways ; and redressing and using the best of the
???ld stone for the remaining parts; and further to pay the
Vestry the sum of £150.
This proposal the Vestry agreed to and Farringdon
Road and King's Cross Road, have been consequently put
into a thoroughly good state of repair.
The Company also relaid the footway in Farringdon
Road in places where the alteration of the levels of the
carriageway required it without expense to the Vestry.
The Vestry gave permission for two small portions of
the footway in Farringdon Road, and one in King's Cross
Road, to be thrown into the carriageway so as to allow a
distance of 9 feet 6 inches between the rails and the kerb.
Passing Alley.—In October, 1886, the Vestry received
a communication from Messrs. Godfrey and Webb, solicitors
to Messrs. Lovell and Christmas, the freeholders of the
premises abutting on the south side of Passing Alley (a
narrow passage running between St. John's Lane and St.
John Street), asking the consent of the Vestry to the discontinuance
and stopping up of such Alley under the
authority of the Act 57, (Geo. III, Cap. 29, Sec. 79. The
Vestry, however, also received a Memorial from the Inhabitants,
strongly objecting to the proposal, but rather
urging the widening of the Alley and they declined to give
consent to the closing of the Alley, but suggested to
the adjoining owners to improve same by giving up sufficient
ground for the passage to be widened. The applicants
in December then made another proposal. They had then