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London, England, 1821-07-31 00:00:00

THORP, MAYOR.

ACOMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber
of the Guildhall of the City of London, un Mosiosr, the
•.;oth day of July, 18.21,
RESOLVED, That, upon the most mature consideration of the
Documents and Evidence adduced before the Committee of the
honourable the I louse of Commons, appointed to inquire into
he st.ttc of London Bridge, it appears to this Court, that incase
the Starlings are, by common attention, kept in proper repair,
the foundation and superstructure of the lisidge are so secure
that they will last.for ages.
That the only complaints made against the Bridge arise from
the obstruction it occasions to the Navigation of the River,
which would in a very great degree be remedied, by removing
the wheels and machinery belonging to the Water-Works, and
opening the Water Ways under the. Arches, which have been
dammed or stopped up, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament
of the 29th of George 11. Cap. 40, to give force to the water-
wheels. The consequence or effect of this measure would he,
to reduce the fall of water under the Bridge so as materially
to lessen the danger to lives and property, occasioned by the
present destructive mode of giving motive power to the water-
wheels.

That the doubtful and important question, whether the remo.
val of the dam, occasioned by the Bridge, would or would not
cause such an influx of water as to overft.av and seriously injure
the property on the banks of the River ; and such a reflux as to
render parrs of the River. at st.tted perioas, in a great degree
anr:teig.thlt, ? would thereby be d.eided by actual and incon-
testable proof.
That it is in the highest degree expedient, in a work of such
immense magnitude, to proceed by progressive practical experi-
ment; and in ease the removal of the wheels and apparatus he-
longing to the Water-Wotks, and opening the Water-Ways
under the Arches, shall have no injurious effect on the Naviga-
tion, then to convert two small Arches into one, or four into two,
es may appear to be necessary or desirable ; and which mode of
enlarging the Water-Ways all the witnesses who have been exa-
mined to this fact (exce!st one), deem amply sufficient for ma-
siering the Navigation safe and commodious.
That should no practical detriment arise to the Navigation
from the above proceeding, it will be desirable to complete the
plan recommended by Mr. Dance, and others, in the year 1814,
by substituting four large far eight of the present small arched,
which will reduce tke fall of water at London Bridge from live
feet to three inches only, and the expense whereof is estimated
at the suns of r.fitt,oo/a; but if the expense should greatly exceed
that ant•tunt, the Bridge (louse Funds are fully adequate to
discharge it.
That the erectien of a New Bridge with an Arch, as recom-
mended by the Surveyors, 14 feet 3 inches higher than the pre-
scot Centre Arch, and with an acclivity of one foot its 2: (being
stet per than Ludgate-Lill) would occasion greater danger and
inconvenience to the tran.it over, than is now sustained by the
passage under the 1160 v ; and it is the opinion of this Court,
that if a New Bridge were erected, the acclivity should not be
more than one foot in 35, which, with a Centre Arch of the
height proposed, would occasion the destruction of property at
each cod of the Bridge to an enormous amount.
. .

That the expense .T 1 erecting a New Bridge, as recommended
by the Surveyors, including a temporary Wooden Bridge (the
possibility of constructing which, contiguous to the present
Bridge, of sufficient strength to support the traffic above, and
resist the pri:ssure of the ice below, is extremely doubtful), and,
including the value of houses to he taken down, amounts to
nearly • 600,000 ; but when it is considered how little Estimates
of this description are to be depended upon, this Court cannot
but contemplate the completion of such New Bridge, and ap-
proaches, including contingent expenses, at a suns very consi-
derably beyond that amount, and if the proper acclivity of one
foot in 55 he made, and the consequent approaches formed, the
Estimate can scarcely be calculated.
That the proceeds of the Bridge House Estates being insuffi-
cient to defray so large an expense, the impsition, directly or
indirectly, of taxes upon the Public will be inevitable; but those
proceeds, by proper care and management, would, at no very
distant period of time, be sufficient to erect a New Bridge, with
approaches, worthy of a great Nation, and an ornament to the
City of London, when the serious doubts now entertained on
the effect which the removal of the dam might have on the na-
vigation shall have been removed by the practical experience'
which the proposed alterations would afford.
That, under all the circumstances, this Court is confirmed in
Its opinion declared on the 12th of April last, that it is more
expedient to adopt the plan before detailed than to erect a New
Bridge.
That this Court is anxious only to offer such reasonable oppo-
sition to the erection of a New Bridge, as its duty to the Citi-
zens of London may require ; and being unwilling to impede a
full consideration of the subject in the ensuing Session of Parlia-
ment, this Court refers it to the Committee for Letting the
BriJgc I louse Estates to cause the proper notices to be given,
and to take such other steps, preparatory to the execution of
such a plan as may finally be approved of, as may be necessary
to comply with the Standing Orders of Parliament.
That it be referred also to the said Committee for Letting the
Bridge House Ertatea to consider the measures necessary to Ile
taken for the purpose of carrying the opinion of this Court into
tflect at the ensuing Se: don of Pailiament, to report their
opinion thereon to this Court. WOO OT 010 E.

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