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SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
A Bill has been introduced in the House of Commons to make
the Parliamentary Divisions of the Metropolis Areas for School
Board Elections. The Vestry petitioned in favor of the Bill, but
there seems no disposition on the part of the Government to
facilitate its progress and little probability of its passing this
session.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Notices of application were given during the year by the
London Electric Supply Corporation, of application for a
Provisional Order, and by the House-to-House Electric Light
Supply Company, for a License to supply Electricity to this
Parish. The Vestry refused its consent to both applications,
mainly on the ground that there was no evidence of any demand
in Shoreditch for a supply, and that the Companys did not offer
sufficient guarantee for the protection of the ratepayers' interests.
A Board of Trade enquiry took place, the result of which appears
to be that some of the applications for other districts will be
granted. Both applications relating to this parish were withdrawn,
consequently the Vestry did not appear at the Enquiry.
RAILWAYS, TRAMWAYS, &c.
No application was made to Parliament in the last Session
for any Bill affecting this parish in respect to the above.
But exercising the powers previously obtained, the Great
Eastern Railway Company is making rapid progress with the
widening and Station improvement in Shoreditch. The North
London or the London and North Western Railway seems to be
making some progress with the Columbia Market Junction, but
the Columbia Market Railway itself appears to be entirely in
abeyance ; and we still look in vain for any sign of the construction
of the Regent's Canal Railway, for which an extension of time
was granted two years ago, or of the widening of the line by the
London and North Western Company at Plough Yard, Shoreditch.
It is probable that neither of these two last mentioned will be
carried out.