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The Vestry asked the County Council whether
the statements made in such letter were true, and
received a reply that the statement was incorrect.
In July, 1889, a letter was received from Mr.
Lill, of 13, Tysoe Street, suggesting that the
Council should be supplied with statistics as to the
number of empty houses and empty rooms in the
parish, as he believed that such statistics would
show that sufficient accommodation already existed
for the persons who would be displaced on the line
of route. The Vestry accordingly directed that the
suggested information should be obtained as far as
possible and forwarded to the London County
Council, Earl Compton, M.P., and Mr. F. A. Ford.
On the 24th July, the Deputation waited upon
the Committee of the London County Council,
when Mr. Johnson was appointed to address the
Committee, on behalf of the Deputation, in support
of the Memorial. He submitted five points for the
consideration of the Committee, viz.:—(1) That
the present portion of the street between Holborn
Town Hall and Coldbath Square be completed at
once ; (2) That the remaining portion from Farringdon
Road to the "Angel" be proceeded with as soon
as possible ; (3) That the road be 60 feet wide from
end to end; (4) That there be a subway; and (5) That
any application to Parliament to delay the carrying
out of the work be opposed, as set forth in the
Memorial. The replies of the County Council
Committee were that they were getting out tenders
for the viaduct; but the seoond point they rather
evaded. With regard to the third point that the
roadway be 60 feet from end to end, the County
Council proposed to buy from the Cavendish
Buildings the 3 ft. strip of land, which would be an
eyesore to the parish, and then the carriageway
would be one uniform width of 36 ft. The Council