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upon the general principle that any further underground
railways of this character for London should
be based upon a considered and formulated plan of
inter-communication throughout the county generally,
to be defined by Parliament itself, and not left
to the companies to take what routes they please,
without reference to the present and prospective
needs of the constantly increasing population of the ,
Metropolis and its surrounding suburbs, with which
opinion the Vestry concurred.
Workmen's Wages.-The Vestry have had before
them a letter from the Masons, Paviors, Rammermen
and Labourers, asking for an increase of wages, and
after very carefully considering the whole question,
have decided that the Masons, Paviors, Rammer
men and Labourers be engaged by the hour, at the
the ordinary Trade Union rate of wages, on and
after May 1st, 1899, and that a practical road foreman
be engaged at 50s. per week.
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890—
9, 10, and 11, Claremont Mews.—The Vestry have
received a representation from their Medical Officer
of Health certifying that the houses No. 9, 10, and
11, Claremont Mews were in a state so dangerous to
health as to be unfit for human habitation; they
therefore directed that notices under the provisions
of section 32 of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890, be served upon the owners of the houses
specified in the above representation to make the
houses fit for habitation, and that in default of compliance
with such notice, proceedings be taken at
the Police Court for prohibiting the use of the premises
for human habitation.
Small Open Spaces.—The Vestry appointed Mr.
Robson , J.P., as a delegate to a conference of