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Ambrosden Avenue.—Mr. W. Cooke applied for permission to
lay a drain at the rear of the buildings in this Avenue, but sanction
was not granted. Assent, however, has been given to the laying
of 120 feet of 12 inch pipe sewer in the centre of the roadway.
The sewer will be properly ventilated by shafts carried up the
fronts of the buildings, and inspection chambers will be constructed.
urinals.
The Chelsea Waterworks Company having changed the supply
of water to some of the urinals from the "rental" system to the
"meter" system, and thus causing the expenditure to increase
about 400 per cent., automatic regulating flush tanks of various
makes were fixed to the urinals, and although a sufficient time
had not elapsed for an accurate comparison to be made, the
result has been extremely gratifying.
The following is a list of the urinals erected in the Parish:—
Charles Street, Trevor Square.
Vauxhall Bridge Road.
Grosvenor Road, by Grosvenor Wharf.
Horseferry Road, by St. John's Gardens.
„ „ „ Grey Coat Hospital.
Laundry Yard.
Lewisham Street, by "Two Chairmen" publichouse.
Little George Street.
Broadway, by St. James's Park Station.
special works and proposed street improvements.
The following schemes being thought necessary for improving
the lines of increasing traffic between this and adjoining districts,
a plan and an estimate was prepared and submitted to the London
County Council, who in all cases have not seen the necessity for
recommending any contribution towards such improvements:—
No. 1. York Street improvement.—This scheme includes the
demolition of several dilapidated houses, and the street
would be made a uniform width of 50 feet, by throwing
into the public way a strip of land 10 feet wide on the
north side, between James Street and King's Head Court,
and a strip varying from 10 to 18 feet on the south side
between No. 98 and Horseshoe Alley.
No. 2. Great Smith Street and Marsham Street.—It was proposed
to make this street of a uniform width of 50
feet by throwing into the public way a strip of land along
the whole of the east side, and by altering the building
line on the west side between the Baths and Orchard Street.
No. 3. Artillery Row improvement.—It was proposed to continue
Artillery Row in a direct line to Rochester Row by