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a further Conference be held with the view to a
common course of action being arrived at.
The Vestry appointed three Delegates, Mr.
Wildbore, Mr. Sans and Mr. Kellaway, to such
Conference, which was held on the 15th March,
the following resolutions being agreed to, which
the Vestry assented to, and they presented a Petition
to the House of Commons embodying such
resolutions:—
1. That in the opinion of this Meeting of Delegates from the
various Metropolitan Vestries and District Boards of Works, it is
desirable in the interest of the Inhabitants of the Metropolis, that, as
a general principle, all Telephone, Telegraph and Electric
Lighting Wires within the Metropolitan Area should be placed
underground.
2. That the control of the construction and maintenance of all
Telephone, Telegraph, and Electric Lighting Wires in the Parishes
mentioned in Schedules A and B to the Metropolis Local Management
Act, 1855, should, whether within 1.5 feet of the surface of th&
roid or not, vest in and be under the direction of the Vestry or
District Board of the Parish or District in which such Telephone,
Telegraph, and Electric Lighting Wires are situate.
3. That in order to prevent any separate Vestry or District Board
refusing arbitrarily the passage of through wires across their parish,
to the detriment of other parishes, an appeal should be allowed to
the Mettopolitan Board of Works, similar to that sanctioned by
Section 211 of the Metropolis Local Management Act, with reference
to the orders or acts of the Vestry or Board in relation to buildings,
sewers, &c.
4. That, considering the serious invasion, not only of public, but
also of private rights proposed by the Bill of the United Telephone
Company, the various Vestries and District Boards be recommended
to adopt the foregoing Resolutions, and to oppose the Bill, with the
view to have the principles embodied in such Resolutions incorporated
in the Bill, and such other amendments as are detailed in the
Petition of the Metropolitan Board of Works against the Bill.
5. That copies of the foregoing Resolutions be sent to all the
Yestries and Dis trict Boards of the Metropolis, and to the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
6. That each Vestry and District Board be asked to petition
Parliament against the Bill, and to oppose it, through the Local
Members of Parliament.