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RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, &c.
The only proposal of this character made to Parliament last
Session affecting this parish was a Bill by the Great Eastern
Railway Company, for (inter alia) powers to widen the low level
station at Bishopsgate. It presented no features to which the
Vestry had any objection.
The Tramway Extensions authorised, by the Act of 1877, the
New North Road line to Canonbury, and the High Street,
Shoreditch, have been constructed. The Vestry received for the use
of the paving already provided in these streets the sum of £2,400.
Of this amount £1,000 was expended in redeeming the bonds as
before mentioned, and the remaining amount has been decided to be
applied to the repaying of Hoxton Street.
P.S.—It may be observed that the Act authorising the Shoreditch
extension required the consent of the Metropolitan Board to the
line passing south of Bethnal Green Road. In the month of July
the Company applied for and obtained the necessary consent with
the approval of the Yestry, and the line is now in course of construction.
A further sum of about £800 will be recoverable for the
use of the pavement of this section.
NEW STREET: SUN STREET TO WORSHIP STREET,
This street has now been completed and opened. The Vestry
has contributed the sum of £55,000 towards the cost of this improvement,
which sum was advanced by the Metropolitan Board,
repayable by annual instalments over a period of fifty years, at
£3 15s. per cent., a further call for £15,000 was made, but this
being objected to by the Vestry, as excessive, has been reduced to
£10,000; the necessary preliminaries for its advance and re-payment
are not yet completed. The total cost of the work has not yet been
ascertained, and a very small amount has been as yet received by