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At the Committee meeting Mr. Farrant was
asked whether he was prepared to pay the cost of
widening the carriageway as well as laying the new
footway and kerb, estimated at £419.
Mr Farrant replied that his Company could not
undertake to bear the whole of the cost of the
re-modelling of the roadway, and whilst denying
any liability on the part of his Company, or the
right of the Vestry to call upon them to bear such
expense, he was willing to pledge his Company to
the extent of £100, and, after further discussion,
Mr. Farrant agreed to contribute £200, providing
the consent of the Vestry be given to their plans as
submitted, but this would be the utmost he could
promise ; and this offer was accepted by the Vestry,
and the necessary steps are therefore in progress to
give effect to the arrangement.
Discovery of Human Remains in Rosoman
Street.— In excavating for the new buildings in
Rosoman Street, the Artizans', Labourers' and
General Dwellings Company discovered several
coffins, as though the place was once a burial
ground. The Vestry Clerk therefore communicated
the fact to the Home Secretary, and received a
letter in reply stating that under the special
circumstances of the case there did not appear to
be any occasion for a license for removal of the
coffins and remains, and recommending that the
coffins and remains should be removed to some
Burial ground where they can legally be re-buried,
and that the work of removal should be carried out
under the supervision, and to the satisfaction of the
Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell.
The subject was referred to the Sanitary Committee
for consideration and report, and they visited
the place and saw Mr. Farrant, the Managing
Director, who stated that the Company had made