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£50 per annum for the first year, to include all
charges; such rental to be open to revision at the
end of that period.
Carriageway of Rosebery Avenue.—In December
the very bad condition of the wood paving in
Rosebery Avenue between Garnaulb Place and
Farringdon Road rendered it necessary that something
should at once be done to put same in order.
Having regard to the short period which has
elapsed since the work was done by the County
Council's contractors, the Yestry asked the Council
either to call upon their contractors to repair
the defective work or to reimburse the Yestry for
any outlay they may be put to in the matter. The
Works Committee, as the roadway was very rapidly
getting dangerous, asked the County Council to
send down a Surveyor to meet the Committee to
inspect same, without prejudice to any question of
the Council's liability for the cost of the necessary
repairs, so that the dangerous places might be
made good; and Mr. Elwyn, of the Engineer's
department, met the Committee, and the wood in
some of the worst places was taken up for inspection,
and for the purpose of testing the foundations.
It was found that the large number of holes between
Garnault Place and Farringdon Road were
due to the perishing of the wood blocks, which
were in many cases in a rotten state. Seeing that
this portion of the road was only opened in July,
1892, and that its bad condition is evidently due to
bad material, the Yestry were therefore of opinion
that the County Council should be asked to repave
it, and at the close of the year negotiations
with the Council were proceeding.
Vacant Land, Rosebery Avenue.—Mr. Boodle,
the agent of the Marquis Northampton, having