The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-19 00:00:00

21IETROP OLITAN IMP.ROVEIIIENTS.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Board of
Works was held yesterday at the Council-chamber,
Guildhall ; Mr. Thwaites presiding.
The Board was occupied during the greater por-
tion of its sitting in considering the report of the
General Works Committee, to whom had been re.
ferred, in July, 1857, the subject of the public
works necessary for meeting the growing require-
ments of the metropolis.
On the motion of Mr. Deputy HARRISON, it was
ordered that the report be printed and the map of
the proposed works reduced, and copies thereof,
together with the report, be furnished to each
member of the board, and that the subject be
taken further into consideration on a future day.
On the motion of Mr, LEGG, it was also ordered
that copies of the report and of the map be sent to
the vestries of the metropolis.
The following is a copy of the schedule attached
to the report :

SCHEDULE OF WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Estimated
net coat.

A. WORKS ORDERED.
The main drainage of the metropolis
New street from High -street, Southwark, to end
of Stamford. street
New street from King-street, Covent -garden, to
Cranbourn-street
Victoria Park approach
B. IMPROVEMENT FOR WHICH AN ACT HAS

2,300,000

429,424

41,820
41,4i0

BEEN OBTAINED.

Formation of a park at Finsbury
C. WORKS URGENTLY REQUIRED

216,830

Reconstruction and covering over main sewers ;
construction of lines subsidiary to main drain-
age, and minor works, gullies, side entrances,
D. IMPROVEMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN
COMMUNICATIONS ENUMERATED IN THE
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF WORKS'AND
IMPROVEMENTS, DATBD THE 7TH OF MARCH,
1859. Gross Cost.
Formation of new street from Earl-
street, Blackfriars, to Mansion-
house
Formation of new street from Bow-

439,752

1,458,000

street and Long-acre to Cheapside
With a branch from Wellington-
street, Waterloo-bridge, to Carey-
street
Formation of new street through
Gate-street to Southampton-row,
Russell-square
Improvement of Holborn-hill and
Skinner-street, by a viaduct on the
north side
Widening Theobald's-road & King's-
road, north side of Liquorpond-
street, forming a new street from
the north end of Leather-lane to
Clerkenwell•green, and continua-
tion to Old-street
And on to the Eastern Counties Rail-
way
Removal of Temple-bar, and widening
the north side of Fleet-street and
the Strand, for a distance of 300
feet west of Chancery. lane
Formation of New-street, Commer-
cial-road-east, to High-street,
Whitechapel
Completing the improvement com-
menced on the north side of New-
gate-street
Widening King Edward-street, and
making opening into Little Britain
The removal of the block of buildings

1,709,508

390,000

321,600

375,000

771,306

564,000

121,002

168,497

156,800
40,320
47,425
150,000

known as Middle-row, Holborn ._ .
Widening the north end of Chancery-

lane
Widening the south end of Park-
lane into Piccadilly, and continu-
ing South Audley-street into Park-
lane
Widening the Strand on the north
side from Catherine-street to New-
castle-street, removing Holywell-
street, and farming building site,
as shown on map
Forming an entrance from Spring-
gardens into St. James's Park
Widening lower end of Bedford-
street, Strand, as the completion of
Covent-garden approach
Removal Postern-row, and cur-
tailment of enclosure of Trinity-
square
New street from Trinity-square to
Tower - street, widening and
straightening Great Tower-street
and Eastcheap
Removal of houses north end of King
William-street
Widening and improving the junction
at Gra cechurch-street, Bishops-
gate-street, Cornhill, and Leaden-
hall-street
Widening and improving Bishops-
gate-street Without and Within..
Widening and improving Norton

201,000

573,000

27,600

132,000

441,600
19,200

421,000
246,400
94,720

Folgafe
Improving Fenchurch-street, and
cutting new street into south end
of Gracechurch-street
Widening and improving Aldgate
Widening Upper and Lower Thames-
streets
Widening Queen-street, Cheapside,
on the eastern side 451,200
Widening and improving St. Mar-
tin's-lane, and widening Broad-
street, Bloomsbury. and Great St.
Andrew-street
Widening. Hungerford Suspension-
bridge, and forming new street to
West Strand, Charing-cross, with
street on the Surrey side of the
Thames, as shown on the map
Widening Poultry on the north side
Widening south end of Milk-street,
next Cheapside
Widening south end of Alderman-
bury
Widening the west end of Jewin-
street, Aldersgate-street, and the
formation of a new street into
Smithfield .
Continuation of Broad-street-build-
ings into Sun-street, Bishopsgate,
with new road to Curtain-road,
Shored itch
Widening of St, John-street, Clerk-

253,440

624,800
643,600
60,000
75,000

180,480

242,880
72,000

891,750

1,112,600

250,500

174,600

200,000

626,980

462,600

59,851

127,464

116,300
24,570
46,625
120,000

172,700

425,400

13,800

115,800

300,600
12,000

291,600
186,400
67,740

330,000
153,000
799,000
302,450

190,740

432,210
543,600
42,500
48,700

133,480

184,130
46,160

enwelcon the west side
Formation of Thames embankment,
north and south, from Westminster
to London bridges, as estimated by
Mr. Gisborne, C.E.
Purchase of the tolls of Southwark-
bridge and improving the gradients
from Thames-st.—amount claimed
bythe company
Purchase of the tolls of Waterloo-
bridge—amount claimed by the
company ................ ...
Widening High-street, Kensington,
from No. 59 to Young-street 40,000
Formation of a park in Southwark 129,875

2,000,000

300,000*

Total £19,815,521 £15,674,951

* The committee express no opinion on the propriety of
these amount a, but merely give them as the sums which there
is reason to believe would be claimed by the companies.

STEAM TO NEW YORK.—The steam-ship Ham-
monia, from Hamburg to New York, left Southampton
yesterday for her destination, with freight and passengers.
The tollowingPost-office notice was issued yester- '
.day :—" A ship letter mail for New York will be made up
in the General Post-office to be sent in the steamer Lebanon,
which is appointed to lea 4 Liverpool on the 26th inst."
Owing to the tempest on the southern coast on
Thursday evening, the Jeddo, with the Peninsular mail,
and the Atrato with the West India mail, anchored in
Yarmouth Road's, on Thursday night, and did not go to sea
until yesterday morning.
A number of gentlemen, friends and admirers
of Mr. Benjamin Webster, hive organised a dinner at the
Freemasons' Tavern, for Wednesday next, for the purpose
of congratulating him upon the completion of the new
Adelphi Theatre. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P.,
will preside, and a subscription has been opened for the
purpose of presenting Mr. Webster with a testimonial in
commemoration of the occasion.
The North Wales Chronicle states that a 'survey
is now being made of a line of railway to the beautiful little
town of Dolgelly, from a point near Corwen, on the pro-
posed line from Ruabon to Denbigh, and that there is every
prospect of the undertaking being carried out.