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respect to the mode adopted by the latter for cleansing the grooves of
tho rails. The practice in some streets was to take the mud from the
grooves and lay it on the carriage way in heaps, where it became a
nuisance. This led to proceedings at the Police Court, which ended in
a conviction. The Company applied for a case for the consideration of
the Queen's Bench, which was granted. On the hearing of the same
the conviction was affirmed with costs. The practice will therefore
probably cease.
RAILWAYS, &c.
No new powers have been applied for in the present Session in
respect to Railway or other Companies, but the agreement between tho
North London Railway and London and North Western Companies
and the Vestry relative to the widening of Worship Street, &c., has
been carried out, and the Vestry has agreed to construct the Sewers
through the diverted portion of Finsbury Avenue and to pave the
surface, the Railway Company paying the cost.
PROPOSED NEW STREET
FROM WORSHIP STREET TO SUN STREET.
The Vestry has engaged Mr. Robert Walker, Architect, to prepare
plans and estimates for a new thoroughfare from Worship Street,
opposite to Curtain Road, to Sun Street, with a view of submitting the
same to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
MORTUARY.
The preliminary arrangements between the Vicar of the Parish and
the Vestry, respecting the erection of a Mortuary in the Parish Church
Yard, are nearly completed, and there is some prospect that this
necessary convenience will shortly be provided.
DISORDERLY HOUSES.
Although I have issued warnings to several persons complained of
for keeping improper houses, which for the most part have had effect, I
have not found it necessary during the past year to take proceedings
against any offenders.