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The following Memorial was forwarded to the
Council:—
NEW STEEET FROM HOLBOEN TOWN HALL
to
ST. JOHN STEEET EOAD, NEAE THE "ANGEL."
TO THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
The Memorial of the Vtstry of the Parish of St. James and
St. John, Clerkenwell.
Eespectfully Sheweth:
That your Memorialists are the Local Authority constituted by
the Metropolis Local Management Act, and represent a population
of some 70,000 Inhabitants.
That this very desirable improvement, by a slightly different
route, was first proposed in 1877, and in the year 1885 an Act
was parsed, called the Metropolitan Board of Works (Various
Powers) Act, aulliorising the formation of a New Street from the
Holborn Town Hall to near the "Angel," Islington.
That much delay has taken place in carrying out this work, and
the inhabitants along the line of route, and the neighbourhood,
have suffered great annoyance and injury to their interests owing
to the uncertainty of tenure caused by such delay, and their
consequent inability to make progress with their domestic and
business arrangements. The London County Council are therefore
urged to complete the first portion of the Street to Farringdon
Eoad as quickly as possible, and to expedite the formation of
the remaining portion, commencing at both ends.
That your Memorialists would further urge that considering
the large amount of traffic which is likely to use the street, such
street should be 60 feet wide from end to end, and that there
should also be a sub-way for Gas and Water Mains, &c.
That with regard to providing for displaced Artizans, &c, your
Memorialists would point out that the remaining portion of the
line of route is not so densely populated as was the first portion.
That your Memorialists urge that any Bill in Parliament to
authorise an extension of time for carrying out this work should
be strenuously opposed.
Your Memorialists append hereto a copy of the correspondence
which has recently taken place between the Vestry and the
Metropolitan Board of Works upon the subject, to which your