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ting back the footway opposite No. 1a, Pentonville
Road, in connection with the proposed laying of
tram lines in St. John Street Road. A letter was
received from the Improvements Committee of the
Council, asking whether, in the event of the Council
agreeing to undertake the suggested improvement,
the Vestry would be prepared to make a contribution
towards the cost, and if so, to what extent, to
which the Vestry replied that they were unable to
make a contribution towards the costs, as the
necessity for the improvement would be occasioned
solely by the proposed laying of tram lines by the
Council.
. Land at junction of Goswell Road and City
Road.—The attention of the Vestry was called to
the piece of land at the junction of City and Goswell
Roads, to the unsightly hoarding enclosing same,
and to the nature of the objectionable business
carried on inside, and a Sub-Committee was appointed
to meet a Sub-Committee of the Islington
Vestry, with the view of jointly approaching the
County Council as to the purchase of the land as a
small open space for the use of the public, and, if
this were successful, of joining hands in the construction
of an underground urinal in place of the
present unsightly one. Negotiations were opened
with Messrs. Farebrother, Ellis & Co. on behalf of
t.he owners, but the price, viz., £5,000, being prohibitive,
the matter was dropped.
Price of Gas.—In January last the Vestry
appointed Mr. E. H. Tripp, J.P., as their representative
to a Conference convened by the Holborn
Board of Works. Mr. Tripp reported to the Vestry
that the Conference, finding that counsel's opinion
(see pages 49 to 53 in last year's Annual Report)