Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

street, has created, we understan

among sup

• ,
of 'our townsmen as are interested in

improvements, and, at the same tim

oroduced no slight

interest as exposing the

aconsisten,

of some of the
he build-

parties to such.proiection. The proprietor of

ing in question is Mr. S. It. Jeffery

and we have 0.1(

• - before us a " Report upon town improvements, from the
the general committee, appointed at the
town's meeting, June 15, 1853," such report being.signed
by this same Mr. J. R. Jeffery, as chairman of the s3I"A
sub-committee; the other members of which were gessrs;
Earle, Gladstone,. Verelst, King, Belpe, Boult, and
Haigh—the latter being the builder now employed in

sub-committee

the confined thoroughfare of
Church-street, and who, with Mr. Jeffery, was s• P3rt3
at which

;reefing this projection

to a resolution passed at the town's mE
the committee was appointed, declaring

be Pre'.

sent condition of the town, wit

'hard to its wail'

convenient, and' inadequate to 'th,

he
irements of t
of the borough

increased population, wealth, and tra
and that it is desirable to take measure

of Liverpool

;mire their amendment,

-—one cause of such inc°ll-

venience and inadequacy being the projections and e°-

croachments which were continually

lo• Place.

narrow streets

In the report ale to, signed, we . _
Jeffery, as chairman lu
o d df
the sub-committee by '4rhie& it
was drawn up, are the following rernar/0
Church-street, where the projection
made by Mr. Jeffery 'himself

.expecting

—, .
t bang

That

t with daft'

its width must tie increased

appears idle to imagine tim

Will not

thorougfare7for traffic, whaterc.

made. A glance at Church-street, .6On
suggests that the buildings on the west side, betwee
street and Paradise-street, should be thrown back.

at the corner of Hanover-street, which was „ shop
ago, is leasehold. The premises extending from taL
to that of Messrs. Wilmer and Smith, including the Atheamu, .
are all freehold; and, of course, very valuable. Unfortunate'?
this is the narrowest part of Church-street, and the basin°
carried on, in. its immediate locality, requiring a ccir
ployment of carts, renders it one of the most clang--
inconvenient thoroughfares in the town. The old Dispensa'2,
property is leasehold. The premises from Post-office Place w
Church-alley are freehold. St.
The present footway to be added to the street along h
Peter's Church-yard, and the footpath to be carried throug_
the yard. The five shops between Church-lane and Paradis%
street to be thrown back ; three of them are freehold, and too
leasehold, which are now in possession of the Corporation.
A small improvement may be made iTI Church-street, opl,`„: f
site the Bazaar, on the east side. The houses at the corner
Basnett-street are leasehold, granted in 1729,- in which .1."
101'
three lives are in being, aged 68, 63, and 58. The next hu,,„,
ing is freehold, and the low shops between it and Parker,
street are leasehold, the lease having been imprtzdentl9_,4
newed in 1825. These buildings are in an angular line, lie
project beyond Compton House. Whenever rebuilt,,le
owners should be required to set back the front to the reqw—
distance.
at

.-stwat era;