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Great Eastern Railway.
A Bill was introduced to empower the Company to widen the
railway across Shoreditch High Street and Commercial Street.
The Vestry opposed in order to obtain a provision that not more
than one-half of the High Street should be stopped or obstructed
at one time, and also to obtain a clause securing payment of present
rates during the execution of the works, and until the new works
were assessed to an equal or greater amount than the present value.
This was an important clause as it is doubtful whether the
additional assessment upon the extra lines of railway will equal
that of property to be taken, and if not, the parish would sustain
a permanent loss. The Company consented to the proviso as
regards the keeping open of the High Street, but resisted the
demand for a proviso as to future rating, so that after the works
are completed the railway will be assessed at its then value,
regardless of the value of property removed.
London School Board.
The School Board Schedided in their Provisional Order this
Session a portion of the Wenlock Basin, adjoining the Wenlock
Road School, probably for a playground, as the School itself is by
no means full. Also some property in Napier Street and Cropley
Street, and some in Brunswick Street, Hackney Road; likewise the
old Burial Ground in the Hackney Road, and houses in the rear.
The Yestry opposed the proposal relating to the Hackney Road
site, on the ground of decency and sanitary considerations, and
the promoters, after making several proposals and modifications
of the scheme, which were not accepted by the Parliamentary
Committee, withdrew the scheme altogether, and, considering that
this was only an alternative with the Brunswick Street scheme, it is
not likely to be repeated.