One of the few good things resulting from the war is the scrapping of unsightly iron railings in public squares, parks and churchyards. A big drive is now being organized. in Britain us well as in Germany, io remove these disfigurements—not for æsthetic reasons, but because of their value as metal for steel production.
The London County Council control more than 100 parks and open spaces, which they are surveying with a view to ascertaining how much iron can be scrapped without endangering people or property. From Battersea Park alone, nearly 1,500 iron hurdles are to be removed. These will yield about 40 tons of first-class serap. The Office of Works are ce sidering what contribution io ihe of can be made by London's
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