Considerations humbly offered to the Honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled, shewing the necessity and benefit of an act of Parliament, to incorporate a certain select number of persons, for the more beautiful and useful paving and cleansing the streets in the cities of London and Westminster, and suburbs and liberties thereof, and out-parishes in the county of Middlesex, and in the borough of southwark, and other places within the weekly bills of mortality. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B20637 of text T146874 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B20637 Wing C5909CD Interim Tract Supplement Guide 1888.c.11[55] ESTC T146874 ocm99893674

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 eng Street cleaning -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. eebo Considerations humbly offered to the Honourable the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled, shewing the necessity and benefit of an n/a 1700 2 1197 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-04 Sampled and proofread 2014-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
CONSIDERATIONS Humbly Offered to the Honourable the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses in Parliament assembled , shewing the Necessity and Benefit of an Act of Parliament , to Incorporate a certain select Number of Persons , for the more Beautiful and Useful Paving and Cleansing the Streets in the Cities of London and Westminster , and Suburbs and Liberties thereof , and Out-Parishes in the County of Middlesex , and in the Borough of Southwark , and other Places within the Weekly Bills of Mortality .

IT hath been a Matter of Wonder to all Travellers that have resorted to the City of London , to observe the vast Riches , and beautiful Structures therein , and yet that the Streets thereof should lie deformedly Paved , and unwholsomly Dirty ; which being duly remedied , must needs tend much to the Heathfulness as well as Beauty of the City , of which likewise the whole Kingdom seem sensible , by the several Acts of Parliament from time to time made , for the Paving and Cleansing the said Streets , none of which have hitherto had the desired Effect ; for that the said Acts do only inflict Penalties where there is a Defect , but have not provided Means to make it the particular Business and Interest of any Persons to have it effected , neither can the same ever be brought to any perfection , but by a General Undertaking , which all the Cities in Europe , that are famous for their beautiful Pavements and Cleanness , have by Experience found , and that for these Reasons :

I. The Quantity that is to be Paved and Cleansed is so large , that to have it done and kept as it ought , requires a very great Sum to be raised and appropriated to that only use .

II . If every one Pave only before his own Door , there never can be a true Level , or regular Current observed , each one Paving at several times , according to his private Interest or Fancy , higher or lower , to accommodate some Threshold , Cellar-door , Cross-kennel , or some irregular Ascent or Fall , he hath no mind to alter , without any regard to the Publick : So that it is by this means impossible for a Common Line to be observed , or that there should be any raising or abating , turning , or any ways altering a Current , though never so needful .

III . Many when they Pave , have so little time in their Houses , that they purposely do it slightly to last their own time only , and some out of Covetousness , will either not Pave at all , or so very little , that the Streets are nothing the better .

IV . Where the Paviours are allowed a sufficient Price to do their Work well , yet notwithstanding they either put in such bad Stuff , or work it so slightly that it soon lieth rough and disorderly again , it being their Interest to have the Work rather often doing , than well done , and therefore impoly unskilful Persons , who will work at the cheapest Rate . And also by raising every new Pavement higher than their Neighbors , as is their constant Practice , the adjoyning Pavements are quickly spoiled . Whereas , if it be done by a Society , that are to continue the doing thereof , it will be their Business and Interest to imploy the most skilful and experienced Persons , and to form and keep each Street with a perfect and regular Level and Current , and to have the Stones of a true size , and of the most lasting sort ; and likewise , that they shall be laid in such Stuff , in which they will longest abide firm ; by which means it is only possible to have the Streets lie even , and handsomly paved , and by this means they may be swept clean , and kept neat ; but otherwise it is impossible they should .

't is likewise absolutely necessary , that the Sweeping the said Streets be performed at the Charge and Care of the Undertakers , for otherwise it will continue as now it is , that scarce any Three of the Inhabitants will sweep before their Door at the same time , and some will not be got to sweep before the Dirt-Carts be gone , whereby the whole Street will immediately be made dirty again .

The Undertakers are willing to be obliged , to have the whole Work regularly and ornamentally done at One Shilling a Yard Square , for new Laying in all such places as are already paved ; and for all such places as have not been paved , the same being at the Charge of the Parish first Cleansed , and Gravelled fit for Pavement , the Sum of 4 s . 6 d . for every Yard Square , that shall be paved with Scapel-stone ; and 1 s . 4 d . for every Yard Square that shall be paved with common Pavement , each Inhabitant being to pay proportionable to his respective Part or Share , as soon as his said Part or Share shall be finished : And the Undertakers are from time to time , at all times afterwards , to be at the Charge of Sweeping the said Pavement , and Gathering the Dirt in the Street into Heaps , ready for the Scavenger to carry away , and to keep the said Pavement in good and sufficient Repair , and well and duly Swept , at Four Pence Half-penny a Yard Square , which is cheaper by far than it now stands the Inhabitants in , though in this rude and slovenly fashion , and though they themselves are at the Charge and Trouble of Sweeping the same . And by this means the Inhabitants will be freed from Indictments and Penalties they are now troubled with . This way will likewise prevent the many Disputes that will arise from the Inequality of Parish Rates .

And the Undertakers are to be obliged at their own Costs and Charges , to carry away the Dirt , Dust , Ashes , and Filth of the Houses , Streets , Lanes , and Alleys , and at all times during the said Term , to keep clean the said Streets , and to do whatever relates to the Scavenger , at the Price is now paid for the same .

In case there be any defect either in the Paving or Cleaning , if the same be not by the Undertakers immediately reformed , upon Notice , they are willing to be subject to such Fine as shall be adjudged reasonable ; and besides the usual Remedy of Distress for the same , are willing that the Payments from the several Wards or Parishes , be stopped , till the respective Fines be paid .