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A letter, at the same meeting, was read from Mr.
F. A. Ford,L.C.C. stating that a rumour had reached
the Clerkenwell Improvement Committee, a temporary
body, of which he was a member, that there
was some fear of the dwellings in Rosoman Street
being erected without any provision being made for
the widening of the present exceedingly narrow
roadway, and that the foregoing letter of Mr.
Tarrant's was the result of suggestions by his
Committee, and urging the Vestry to approve the
plans.
These communications were referred to the
Works Committee for consideration and report, and
Mr. Farrant was asked to attend the Committee
upon the subject.
When before the Committee, Mr. Farrant, in
reply to questions, stated that there was no clause
whatever in their lease stipulating that the roadway
of Rosoman Street should be widened, and that
the reason why they could not make the roadway
40-ft. wide all through was, that if they did so, the
piece ot land at the North end would be absolutely
valueless for building purposes, as it would not be
deep enough, and that it was a matter for negociation
whether they would take the three houses at
the North end ; but that if they did, they would be
prepared to treat the Vestry in a liberal spirit, and
widen the street; and that he was prepared to pave
the whole of the footway in front of their new
buildings with 2½-in. York Paving, and 12 by 8
Granite Kerb, to the width and the levels that the
Surveyor to the Vestry shall set out.
The Committee thereupon recommended that the
proposal of the Company as shewn in the plans be
agreed to, the Company paving the whole of the
frontages with 2½-in. York Paving and 12 by 8