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Row, and thus open up direct communication with Pimlico
and Belgravia; but the proposal had not assumed a
definite shape at the close of the year.
Three new roads were created in the parish by private
enterprise:—(a) from Howick-place to Francis-street,
named "Thirleby Gardens"; (b) between Whitehall and
Victoria Embankment, named "Horse Guards Avenue";
(c) and the Imperial Institute Road at Kensington-gore;
but neither had been opened at the date of this report.
Small street improvements were also carried out in
Lancelot-place, Howick-place, and Wood-street. .
LOANS.
The Vestry obtained in the beginning of the year a loan
of £4,100 from the London County Council, for constructing
stabling and other works at the Vestry's new wharf at
No. 167, Grosvenor-road, and for purchasing plant and
horses, and another loan of £1,000 for the construction of
the underground convenience in Whitehall. Two loans of
£8,000 and £2,300 in respect of wood and asphalte paving
works respectively were also taken up, and one of £3,000
(repayable in 49 years) for defraying the cost of the improvement
in Caxton street and Great Chapel-street. The
last instalment of a loan of £7,000, negotiated in 1885, was
paid during the year. The total indebtedness of the parish
at the close of the year (see Table on page 67) was
£31,808.
By order of the Yestry,
J. E. SMITH,
Vestry Clerk.
July, 1892.