'VVHITGIFT HOSPITAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—At a well-attended meeting of the above Committee it
was resolved by an overwhelming majority :-
" That bearing in mind the fact that a considerable number of traders and others who constantly use the main street—although in many cases they may be indifferent to the claims of the hospital as an ancient building—view with alarm the proposed creation of a wide open space in the centre of the town, which will, in their opinion, constitute a public danger and practically cut the main street into two portions and seriously interfere with the flow of pedestrian traffic, this Committee urges upon those who will oppose the Council's Bill in Parliament the necessity of empha- sizing the serious practical disadvantages of the Council's scheme from a town planning point of view and the superiority of the alternative plan."
The Committee fully recognize the necessity of widening the main street at an early date and would draw attention
to the fact that the alternative plan alluded to has received the approval of all the societies desirous of maintaining the Hospital, including such high authorities as the Royal In- stitute of British Architects and the Town Planning Institute ; and, although an attempt is now being made to repudiate it, by the Croydon Town Council. It is understood that the Bill will probably be debated in the House of Lords in the middle of April.—I am, Sir, &c,, JOAN FELTON, Hon. Secretary,
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