The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-18 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board.
of Works was held yesterday, in the Council Cham-
ber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair.
The financial statement was presented, which
showed a total general balance of £243,917 4s. 7d.
TILE ➢LAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS.
A deputation from the parish of St. Martin•in-
the-Fields, headed by Mr. Churchwarden Rose,
attended the board to present a memorial on the
subject of the main drainage of the metropolis. The
memorial set forth that the vestry had heard that
the Metropolitan Board of Works were about to
expend three millions for main drainage of the
metropolis, which outlay the vestry had a strong
opinion would be a useless expenditure, and would
lead to unnecessary and oppressive taxation. Mr.
Rose spoke in support of the memorial, urging
that the 'board were about to execute very exten-
sive works without proper information, and to
adopt a plan both defective in principle and details.
The memorial was received, but a motion for
entering it on the minutes was negatived by a
majority of 19 to 15.
TENDERS FOR THE NORTHERN HIGH LEVEL
SEWER FOR THE MAIN DRAINAGE.

The next business before the board was to receive
tenders for contracts for the construction of the
northern high level sewer for the main drainage of

the metropolis.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to open filo
tenders, which were for the undermentioned sums
respectively:—G. P. Hocking, £276,200 ; John
Wilson, £266,725 ; Crook and Son, £259,855 ;
G. Myers, £238,760; J. Jay, £234,130 ;
Webb, £202,808; F. J. Wood, £195,680; R. Batter-
bury, £191,000 ; J. and E. Bird, £189,399 ; W.
Hill, £186,875 ; Dethick and Thist, £186,000 ; J.
Diggell, £185,000 ; Lemon and Bird, £181,37
ero;
W. H. Roe, £180,433 ; Baldoek and £181,3
1169,000 ; Moxon, £152,680.
The tenders having been opened, the board re-
solved itself into a committee, from which the pub -
lic were for some time excluded. On our re-ad-

sion, •
Mr. WOOLRYCH, the secretary, read the report
of the committee, recommending that Mr. Moxon's
tender be accepted, subject to inquiries as to his
sureties and his ability to carry out the work.
NEW OFFICES FOR THE BOARD.

Mr. BENNETT 'brought up a report from the
Works and General Purposes Committee, stating
that the superintending architect has prepared
preliminary plans and elevations in accordance
with the requirements of the board, andh between
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Mr. OFFOR moved that the recommendation of
the committee be adopted.
Mr. LESLIE opposed the motion, and contended
that more ample accommodation could be obtained
at Greek-street than at Berkeley House, and thus
save about £20,000 of the ratepayers money.
After some discussion, the subject was adjourned
for a fortnight.
NEW PRECEPTS OF THE BOARD.
The Finance Committee reported their proceed-
ings, pursuant to the reference of the board of the
24th Sept., 1858, instructing the committee to pre-
pare a statement of the expenses of the board for
the current year ; and recommending that precepts
be issued forthwith, and made returnable on the
25th March next, and that the necessary orders
thereon be passed.
Several members urged that it would be impos-
sible to make a rate in time to get the money, and
wished a longer period for that purpose ; but even-
tually the original recommendation was put and
agreed to.
Some other matters which stood upon the -paper
were postponed, and the board adjourned.