The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-12 00:00:00

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ItIE7ROPOLITAII' BOARD OF WORKS.

'The usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan
Board of Works was held yesterday at the office in
Spring-gardens ; Sir J. Thwaites in the chair.
FINANCE.
The financial statement showed that the aggre-
gate cash balances in the hands of the treasurer on
the 7th of October amounted to £633,398 38. Ild.,
out of which payments were ordered to be made to
the amount of £25,868 16s. 4d.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MARYLEBONE.
Mr. NECIIOLAY introduced a deputation from the
vestry of Marylebone, and from the inhabitants of
that locality, for the purpose of presenting a memo-
rial urging thecarrying outof the propnset improve-
ment by widening Singo-lane and making a. carriage
thoroughfare into the Marylebone-road.
The memorial having been read by Mr. Pollard,
the Chief Clerk,
Mr. HALLAM addressed the Board in support of
it, and, in answer to questions put to him, said the
estimated expense, by their own surveyor, of mak-
ing the new road was £60,000, of which they asked
the Metropolitan Board to contribute one half. The
estimate made by the surveyor to this board ex-
ceeded that amount, but the members of the depu-
tation were strongly of opinion that the amount
mentioned by their own surveyor would cover the
entire cost.
After a short discussion the memorial was referred
to the Works and General Purposes Committee.
PROPOSED ROAD FROM ISLINGTON TO TILE CITY.
Mr. Hows introduced a deputation from the in-
habitants of Packington-street, City-road, and its
immediate neighbourhood, for the purpose of pro..
senting a memorial in favour of a direct route for
vehicles from Essex (formerly Lower) road, and
proceeding along Packington-street, Shepherdess..
walk, Bath-street, Bunhill-row, and Moor-lane, into
the centre of the great termini of the Metropolltan,
Great Northern, Midlaad, Great Western, Landon,
Chatham, and hover Railways, Moorgate-street,
Cripplegate, and the immediate widening of Shep-
herdess-walk, at the cost of the Metropolitan Board
of Works as a part of a great metropolitan move-
ment.

The memorial stated that at present there were
from 30,000 to 40,01)0 who left the Islington dis-
trict on their way to the city, but at present the
route was so inconvenient that it was attended with
great danger to both life and limb, and especially
so to young children, and one City firm had 'calcu-
lated that if this proposed route were adopted it
would save to their clerks and other employes at
least 150 miles a day in omnibus riding or other
conveyance, and when it was remembered the tens
of thousands of perions who went to the City
every day the saving of time would be incal-
culable. The memorial went on to state that :
It was with a view to aid this improvement which is
now, and for many years has been, sought to be
carried out, that when the Wenlock, Shepherdess,
Britannia, and other fields were marked out for
building purposes, the freeholders, actuated by
public spirit, at their own cost and charges, laid out
the same with fine wide streets and roads, which, it
is submitted, is no small expenditure for the public
good. Your memorialists are further informed and
believe that the Vestry of St. Luke is negotiating
with the proper parties for the widening each end
of Bath-street. Indeed, with respect to the southern
or Old-street end, the Hospital, the Vestry, and all
parties are agreed, and the improvement only waits
the engrossing and formal recognition of the neces-
sary documents, when possession of the ground let
by the Vestry at a small rental to the asylum will
be given up, and that institution will immediately
set back the wall in a line with Alleyn's Alms-
houses, Bath-street, which therefore may be consi-
dered as a settled transaction. That the three

parishes—lslington, Shoreditch, and St. Luke--

though heavily rated to the relief of the poor, have
contributed in various ways to your hon. Board an

aggregate sum of over £200,000 towards various
improvements in the metropolis, and your memo-
rialists have paid their full share to the same, and
feel that they are not soliciting too much in asking
your Board to take up a most valuable and im-
portant improvement, which your memorialists' are
informed and believe may be effected for a sum of

about £l4,ooo—a sum exceedingly small when com-
pared to the beneficial gain to the public at large."
The subject gave rise to a short discussion, and the
memorial was referred to the Works and General
Purposes Committee for consideration and report.
THE SUPERINTENDING ARCHITECT.
A report was read from the Works and General
Purposes Committee recommending that the salary
of the superintending architect be increased from
£l,OOO to £1,200 per annum, and that the resolu-
tion of the Board of the 4th March, 1864, in rela-
tion to the salary of the superintendent architect,
be varied accordingly. The report was adapted.
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