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a position it ceased to occupy when the Local Government Act
of 1888 transferred the jurisdiction over main roads to the Council.
Later on, by invitation, the Vestry Clerk attended a meeting of the
Highways Committee of the Council, and explained the relative position
of the Vestry and the Hornsey Local Board and of the County Councils
of London and Middlesex as regards this road. This would appear
to have had some effect for a communication was shortly after received
from the Council enclosing copies of letters from the Middlesex County
Council, intimating that in their opinion the question of widening
the roadway and rebuilding the archway was one which should
be dealt with as regards that part within the County of Middlesex
by the Hornsey Local Board and suggesting that a communication 011
the subject should be addressed to that authority. Having regard to
the fact that the Hornsey Local Board stands in a different position to
the Vestry in respect to the portion of the Archway Road in the
Board's district, inasmuch as it has claimed to retain its powers and
duties as a Highway Authority which the Vestry expressly refrained
from doing, a reply was sent suggesting that the Council should
do as suggested by the Middlesex County Council. The matter stood
thus at the close of the year with which this report deals.
MAIN ROADS.
The (juestion of "main roads" as affected by the Local Government
Act of 1888 was fully dealt with in the annual report of the
Vestry for the year 1888-9, to which was appended a, report of the
then Highways Committee 011 the subject. As mentioned in last
year's report the Vestry, in July, 1889, applied to the County
Council to declare all those roads in Islington "main roads" which
were scheduled in the report of the Committee, but it was not until
May, 1890, that a reply was received from the Council declining
to accede to the application. The only "main road" therefore, in the
parish is the Archway Road above mentioned, the cost of maintaining
which should be, as just stated, defrayed by the London County
Council.