The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-06 00:00:00

ME7ROPOLH4iN BOARD OF WORKS.

Yesterday the usual weekly meeting of the Board
was held at the offices, Spring-gardens ; Mr. John
Thwaites in the chair.

The estimate for the sums required for the enstt-
ing year was brought up by the finance committee,
as follows :

Sewerage and Drainage.—Sums required for
works during the year 1863, exclusive of main
drainage, works, and other special account works,
is £26,800; rent, taxes of pumping stations and
contingent works, £10,250, making a total of
£37,050.
Mr. DALTON moved the adoption of this part of
the estimate, which was agreed to.
Local Improvem ents—Xlo,ooo
Mr. DALTON then moved the adoption of this,
which he said was for carrying out local improve-
ments.

Mr. CARPMAEL, in a short speech, moved as on
amendment, that the sum of £50,000 should be
agreed to, for he considered that public improve-
ments were of the greatest importance, and they
could only be executed by a large outlay. Much
was expected of that board by the public, and he
believed that they would hail with pleasure a rate
of one penny in the pound, which would yield
£57,000 for such a purpose.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON seconded the amendment
and said,he fully concurred in what the honourable
member had said who had just sat down.
Mr. F. DOULTON, M.P,, said he objected to so
large a sum being raised for street improvements,
at a time when the ratepayers of Lambeth, the
parish he had the honour to represent, were paying
6s. in the pound, and would probably next year
have to pay 7s. He said the board ought to con-
sider seriously before they added to those very heavy
burdens.
Mr. FREEMAN thought the ratepayers ought net
to have their burden increased. He would not ob-
ject to £lO,OOO, but he could not vote for so large
a sum as £50,000.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he should support the
amendment, because it would not press upon the
ratepayers, but would be charged on the landed in'
terest, which had both the legal and moral right to
bear it. Since the commencement of the board/
which was about seven years ago, they had spent
in street improvements £21,000, which he conei"
dered a miserable sum.
Mr. WILKINSON thought that instead of £21,000
the sum came nearer to £140,000. He hoped the
board would pause before they put suoh an amount
aside for the purposes contemplated. If they agreed
to the £50,000 it would hold out an inducement to
the City and the metropolis to scramble for it.
After a long discussion the amendment was nega-
tived, and the original resolution carried by a Darr
majority.
The estimate for general purposes, amounting to
£19,129 55., was agreed to.
On the motion for the adoption of the expellee°
under the Sale of Gas Acts, the Chairman wad'
nounced that the money spent under those acts vfej
to be spread over three years.
The repayment of sums amounting to 0051
16s. 6d., and the compensation to late office',
amounting to £1,453 175., were agreed to wither'

dissension. a
The clerk, in the absence of the engineer, tea
the engineer's report upon the main drainge

works.
Communications were read from the clerk, suPerr
intending architect, and accountant, praying .I°,
an increase of salary consequent upon their In
.:
creased duties on account of the Thames Embank"

ment.
A MEMBER moved that it be referred to the
Thames Embankment Committee.
Mr, H. L. TAYLOR objected, and moved as
all
amendment that the communications do
table.
The amendment was put and negatived, as was
also the original motion.
the board ad'
After the usual routine business
i ourned. lie on the