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During the period covered by this Report a considerable amount of extra
ordinary work has been dealt with by the Surveyor's Department. embracing the
survey and preparation of drawings and. specifications for proposed alterations and
additions of the Town Hall, to meet the requirements of the London County
Council, and to provide additional accommodation for the Vestry, its Official Staff,
and the Coroner: the survey and preparation of drawings and specifications for
additions and alterations of the stables and other premises at De Beauvoir and
Reliance Wharves (recently acquired by the Vestry) in order to adapt them to the
requirements of the new Dusting and Scavenging Department: the survey and
preparation of sketch plans for the proposed rearrangement of Moira Place and
Plumber's Place insanitary areas: the survey and preparation of plans in
connection with Goldsmith's Square proposed recreation ground, and other matters
hereafter referred to in detail.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO TOWN HALL.
In consequence of a circular letter from the London County Council, dated
20th November, 1890, the Vestry at a meeting held upon the 2nd December
following, resolved—"That the Surveyor to this Vestry be directed to confer with
the Council upon the subject of the proposed alterations to the Town Hall." Such
conference took place two days afterwards, between the Council's Superintending
Architect and your Surveyor, when a scheme dealing seriatim with the suggested
structural alterations of the Town Hall for public safety, was discussed and
mutually agreed to. Upon the 10th December your Surveyor, accompanied by the
acting Vestry Clerk, attended a meeting of the Theatres and Music Halls Committee
of the Council, and his report dealing with the whole circumstances, having been
read at a Vestry meeting held upon the 11th, was referred to the Town Hall
Committee.
Acting upon instructions, an efficient temporary architectural assistant was at
once engaged, detailed measurements were taken of the Hall, and drawings
prepared, under the immediate supervision and approval of the Town Hall Committee.
Rough tracings were submitted to the Superintending Architect of the
Council on the 26th January, 1891, and subject to slight modifications the proposed
arrangements were approved.
The Theatres and Music Halls Committee of the Council surveyed the Town
Hall upon the 4th February, and as no expressed objection arose at or immediately
after such visit to the Vestry's proposals, the drawings together with cloth tracings
and a preliminary specification were submitted to the Vestry upon the 17th March,