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As previously suggested in the reports herewith, the County Council in
conjunction with the Vestry should claim absolute power as to how each matter
comprised within these paragraphs should be carried out. Plans and Sections
should be submitted for approval or otherwise, and the works supervised, all at the
Company's cost.
Should any alteration or deviation of the sewers, drains, &c., or any disturbance
of the road surface be found necessary, (the promoters state that "It is not intended
to alter the surface level of any street or road "); provisions should be required for
re-instatement in every case by approved Contractors under proper supervision.
Adequate Hoardings (minus advertisements), properly watched and lighted,
should be insisted upon to enclose the works during their progress.
Power is sought "To authorise the Company to purchase by compulsion or
agreement, lands, houses, &c., notwithstanding the 92nd section of the Lands
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, or any amending Act, without being compelled to
purchase the whole;" also, "To appropriate and use the subsoil under any road or
property, or any part thereof, without being compelled to purchase any easement or
right to such subsoil."
Both these intentions appear to be inequitable and should be opposed.
The clause "To empower the company to enter into agreements with local
authorities for or with respect to the construction, or maintenance of the intended
railway, works, &c.," should be supported, and amplified as before suggested.
Power is sought " To alter, amend, extend, or repeal, provisions in the City and
South London Railway Acts, 1884 to 1890, and any other Act relating to the company,
including the Metropolis Local Management Acts, 1855 and 1856."
The Company should be kept to the provisions of the latter Acts, especially in
regard to Section 75, of 25 and 26 Victoria, cap. 102, affecting the general frontage
line of buildings.
Careful note should be made of the provisions contained in the other specified
Acts.
The Company do not schedule for purchase any private property within the
Parish of Shoreditch.
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.
LIVERPOOL STREET TO GLOBE ROAD WIDENING.
The close of the year 1891 witnessed the completion of this work, so far as
related to Shoreditch Parish, which had been in progress about three years.
Everything, so far as your Surveyor by close observation could judge, was
satisfactorily carried ont, excepting the reconstructed viaduct carrying Worship