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(Limited) Bill. The Conference passed the following
resolutions:—
That this Conference of representatives of Metropolitan Vestries
and District Boards is of opinion that concerted action should be
taken to watch and protect the interests of such authorities with
reference to the Bills introduced in the present session of Parliament
by the National Telephone Company, Limited, and the New
Telephone Company, Limited.
That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the various local
authorities, and that they be asked to appoint a representative to act
upon a Committee which shall consider how the concerted action can
be rendered most effective; and that it be suggested that the
representative should be authorised to co operate in giving effect to
the proposed opposition to the Bills.
The Vestry appointed Mr. Churchwarden Sans as
their representative to act upon the proposed
Committee, but without power to pledge the Vestry
to expenditure in the matter.
North Metropolitan Tramways (Rosebery
Avenue Extension,)—The North Metropolitan
Tramways Company submitted a scheme to Parliament
proposing to extend their lines from High
Street down St. John Street Road and Rosebery
Avenue to the Holborn Town Hall. The Vestry,
on the Company agreeing to pay to the Vestry a
proper sum for the paving they would take to, to
the extent of 18 inches outside their outer rails,
gave its consent to the scheme, but in consequence
of the conditions of consent imposed by the County
Council, one of which was that the tramway should
be deemed to be part of the undertaking authorised
by the Company's Act of 1871, and so become
purchasable by the Council in 1892, the application
was not proceeded with.
City and South London Railway (Islington
Extension, &c.)—The Vestry also had before