The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-01 00:00:00

Metropolitan Board of Works.

The usual weekly meeting of the members of this
board was held yeAerday at the offices
.in Spring-
gardens—Sir J. Thwaites in the chair.

The financial statement. was presented, which
shOwed.that the cash balances in the hands •of the
treasurer amounted to £458,382 15s. 81., cheques
not presentedl•s3,79s7s.Bd. Cheques were ordered
to be drawn for public improvements amounting
to £12,399-05.

THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT AND WIDENING OF

PARK-LANE.

A report was brought up from the Works and
General Purposes Committee, which stated that
they had further considered the • communication
from.the parish of St. George, Hanover-spare, on
the widening of Park-lane ; and in reference to it
the vestry'. transmitted to them a copy of a‘letterre-
ceived from the First Commissioner of her Majesty's
Works, &c., in reply to the resolution of the vestry
on the subject of widening Park-lane, stating that
upou a representation to her Majesty that the width
of that portion of Park-lane within the parish of St.
George, Ilamover-square, was not sufficient to pro-
vide for the safe passage of the increasing traffic
through it, and that the widening of so much thereof
as abuts on the Royal demesne of Hyde-park would
be a great public improvement, her Majesty had been
graciously pleased, in order to facilitate this im-
provement, to authorise the setting back of the park
boundary fence, and to permit the portion of the
park which would be thus left unenelosel to be ap-
propriated by such body or bodies as the Commis-
sioner of Works might direct, for the purpose of
widening and improving Park-lane. The First
Commissioner also stated that he was then prepared
to consider any pans and sections which might be
subMitted to him by the vestry of St. George,
Hanover-square, how they proposed to widen and
improve the carriage-way and footpath. The com-
mittee had discussed the subject of the correspon-
dence, and they were strongly impressed with the
importance of carrying out such an improvement as
the one suggested. The application for the board
to make up and put into a proper state of repair
land which had been gratuitously given up for the
purpose of widening as existing thoroughfare was a
somewhat unusual one; but it appeared to the com-
mittee that this was a special and exceptional case,
as Park-lane was well known to be an important
leading thoroughfare, connecting, as it did, the
traffic between the north and south-west portions
of the metropolis, and since the opening of the rail-
way termini at Victoria it had become one of the
main routes fur omnibuses and other traffic. It
must be borne in mind that there was no outlet be-
tween this point and Kensington fir the traffic to
the south-west portions of the metropoliA. It ap-
peared, -therefore, to the committee that•the hn-
provement was in no way a local one, but an essen-
tial one of ai metropolitan character, and should be
carried Out by this board, niore especially when it
was borne in mind that the board was actually pro-
moting a bill for improving a portion of the lane, and
that the proposed extension of the widening would
in every respect render the improvement more com-
plete and valuable. The committee considered that
a great boon had been conferred upon the rate-
payers by the grant of the land out of the park for
the purpose of the improvement, and they felt that
the board might with propriety and advantage to the
public interests comply with the request of the vestry.
They therefore presented the following recommenda-
tion for the adoption of the report :—" That taking
into consideration the fact that the grant which has
been made by the Crown of a portion of Hyde-park
for the purposes of facilitating the public traffic in
Park-lane, has been made with a view of completing
the improvement now sought to be effected by the
board at the Piccadilly entrance to the lane, the
board do put the road into a proper state of repair
with a view to its being vested in and maintained in
future by the parish of St. George, llanover-square."
Mr. FREEMAN, in moving that the rvcornmenda-
tion of the committee be adopted, said there could
be no doubt that the widening of Park-lane would
be a great public improvement, and a boon to the
inhabitants of the metropolis.
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proper for the aristocratic parish of St. George,
Hanover-square, to desire what was a local improve-
ment to be carried out at the cost of the entire me-
tropolis. The parish of St. George, Hanover-square,
was a very wealthy one, and if it was assessed 50
per cent. more than it was at present -it would not
more than bear its fair share of the public burdens.
Mr.. SILAS TAYLOR seconded the amendment, and
said it was his opinion that the parish of St. George
ought to be called upon to do the work.
Cul. lIoGG, M.P., supportel the original motion,
and in reference to St. George's being an aristocratic
parish he said when he was returned to that board
ho did not come there to represent one corner of the
metropolis, but: to look to time general interests of .the
whole .of the metropolis, and he gontended that,
there was no wish on the part of the. parish of St.
Georgets,Hanover-square, to shirk any burdens that
could be fairly cast upon it.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR believed that a great prlnciple

was involved in this question, as it was proposed to
contribute to property that had not come into their
poslession, and of which they did not poSiesS the fee
simple.. if it was intended to be adopled as .a. gene:
rat rule, and to apply to the application from. the
City_ he should give it his cordial support.
The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, when the
amendment was negatived by 18 to 14.

Two or three other amendments were moved, bu
eventually the original motion was carried.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

On the recommendation of the Works and Gene-
ral Purposes Committee resolutions were carried to
the effect that the board do contribute one-half of
the purchase-money for widening a portiOn of Cob-
halt-row, Clerkenwell, at a cost not exceeding £125;
and one-half the cost (1:3,00j) of an improvemen
at the south-west corner of Fenchurch-street and
Gracechurch-street. Sums of money were alSo voted
for improvements at the north-west corner of Fen-
church-street and Gracechurch-street ; at Nos. 7 and
8, Throgmortou-street ; in Tokenhouse-yard ; im-
proving the canal bridge in Caledonian-road, and
the bridge over the New River in Canonhury-road.
TlT..other business was disposed of, and the board
adjourned. .

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