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violence in Clerkenwell, and also strongly urged the
Vestry's oft-repeated plea for additional police protection
of the inhabitants and property of Clerkenwell.
They also directed that a communication be
sent to the Home Secretary expressing the opinion
of the Vestry that the leniency shown towards
offenders when brought before the magistrates at
the Clerkenwell Police Court is very largely the
reason for the alarming state of things now existing
in the parish.
They also had their attention called to the impending
removal of the Police Station in Old Street
for the widening of the street, when they directed
that a communication be sent to the Commissioner
of Police and to the Home Secretary, asking that
another station may be provided in the same
locality.
Fire Escape at King's Cross.—The Vestry have
urged the London County Council to establish a fire
escape and a fireman's box in the vicinity of King's
Cross, and that such escape in charge of a fireman be
maintained during the day as well as at night. The
Council, however, could not see their way to do so,
but have since informed the Vestry that a horsed fire
escape will be kept at the Farringdon Road Station
and that the fire escapes in St. John Street Road
and Guildford Street will be withdrawn.
Inter-communication in London by Underground
Electric Railways.—The Vestry had before
them a letter from the Vestry of St. Margaret and
St. John, Westminster, upon the subject of Intercommunication
in London by Underground Electric
Railways, stating that they have made representations
to the London County Council, requesting
them to oppose the railway schemes referred to