CHAPTER XIV.

STREET NAMING AND NUMBERING.

Necessity of naming and numbering streets — Public Health Act on the subject — Different methods of naming — Minton’s china letters — Cast iron plates — Painted names — Enamelled iron — Wooden figures — Enamelled glass tablets — Size of letters — Association of names — Methods of numbering — Forms of notice to number

CHAPTER XV.

BREAKING-UP STREETS.

The law on the subject — Water Works Clauses Act, 1847 — Consideration of the clauses — What is meant by “plan” — Specimen of specification or plan — Damage caused to roads by opening them — Private individuals breaking-up streets — Clauses of the Public Health Act — Telegraphs Act, 1863 — Clauses of this Act — Advantages and disadvantages of subways — Power of individuals to open streets for drains — Clauses of the Public Health Act on the subject — Uncertainty on the subject — Forms of notices necessary — Customs prevailing in different towns

CHAPTER XVI.

OBSTRUCTIONS IN STREETS.

List of subjects discussed — Improving line of frontages — Assessing value of compensation — Removing projections of buildings — What are legal projections? — Doors or gates opening outwards — Forms of notice necessary — Vaults or cellar coverings — Forms of notice necessary — Advantages of an “Easement book” — Rain water from shutes or down pipes — Form of notice necessary — Blinds or awnings over paths — Trees overhanging roadways — Form of notice necessary — Surface water from premises — Hoardings and scaffolds — Dangerous Buildings — Tall chimney shafts — Dangerous rock — Forms of notice necessary — Temporary obstructions

CHAPTER XVII.