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Liquor Traffic (Local Control) Bill will, if passed
into law, enormously decrease the value of licensed
houses, and so throw a greater burden of rates on
all other ratepayers, and will also inflict a vast
amount of loss and injury upon many persons; and
therefore urging the Government not to proceed
with the measure, and inviting the Vestries and
District Boards of the Metropolis to adopt a similar
resolution. The Vestry expressed no opinion on
the subject.
Triangular Plot of Ground—Exmouth Street.—
Some time ago the Vestry asked the County Council
whether they would give the small triangular
plot of ground at the junction of Rosebery Avenue
and Exmouth Street for an open space or for an
underground urinal, but they replied asking £550
for same. The Vestry thought the price prohibitive,
and took no further action at that time.
In October, they again approached the Council
upon the matter, but received a reply that they
were not willing to depart from their opinion of the
price already named. The Vestry offered the sum
of £100, but were informed that the offer was not
one the Council could entertain.
Fire Engine Station, Farringdon Road.— On
the application of the County Council, the Vestry
have agreed to the removal of the whole of the
footway of the refuge in front and to the west of
Nos. 1 and 3, Mount Pleasant by the Council
granite carriageway being laid in its place, so
as to allow the exit from the station to be into
Rosebery Avenue instead of Farringdon Road.
Fire Hydrants.—In November, the Vestry received
a letter from the London County Council,