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The Vestry concurred in such resolutions, and
decided to co-operate in the manner suggested.
The Vestry, in February, received a letter from
the Guardians of the Poor of the Holborn Union,
forwarding resolution protesting against the disproportion
of 8d per 1000 feet in the price charged
for gas on the north and south sides of the Thames
respectively, and inviting the co-operation of the
Vestry in the matter. The Vestry concurred, and
wrote to the Gas Light and Coke Company
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The Vestry subsequently decided to call a Public
Meeting of the inhabitants upon the matter, the
Meeting being held after the date at which this
report closes.
Railway Bridges.—Early in the year the Yestry
received a letter from the County Council, stating
that their attention has several times been called by
local authorities and others to the condition of
many of the railway bridges over thoroughfares in
London. Some of the bridges are so wide that
the thoroughfare under them is darkened for a considerable
distance, and many of them are by no
means watertight; and the Council were of opinion
that considerable improvement might be effected
if the railway companies were required by law to
make all their bridges watertight, to provide openings
between old and new portions of widened
bridges, to face the walls underneath the bridges
with white glazed bricks or tiles, and to make
provisions for deadbning, as far as possible, the
noise of passing trains; and the Council stated that
they had resolved to endeavour to get clauses for
these purposes inserted in all bills promoted by
railway companies, and would be glad if the various