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Railway Company running through the Parish, unless
proper provision is made for workmen's trains,
to which views the Vestry agreed.
London Water Supply.—The Vestry had before
them a letter from the Vestry of Battersea, asking
the Vestry's opinion whether the water supply of
London should be vested in a public authority, and
if so, what authority, to which the Vestry replied (1)
That they are in favour of the water supply being
vested in a public authority; and (2) That such
authority should be under Government.
The Vestry also had before them the draft of a
Bill prepared by Mr. H. S. Samuel, M.P., by which
it is provided that the Metropolitan Water Companies
shall within three months after the passing of
the Act (unless the Local Government Board shall
by provisional order extend the time) make such
junction or junctions of their mains as may seem to
the Local Government Board to be necessary for the
effective supply of water by any one or more of the
said companies to any one or more of the said companies,
but the Vestry took no action in the matter.
London Overhead Wires Act, 1891.—The Vestry
has appointed the Surveyor Inspector of Overhead
Wires, to take any action under the powers granted
to it by the London Overhead Wires Act, 1891, and
to enforce the bye-laws made under the Act by the
Council.
Indication of Fire Alarms.-The Vestry had
before them a letter from the County Council, on
the subject of the Vestry indicating the positions of
lire-alarms by means of painting the lamp-posts in
the near vicinity a bright red colour, and inserting