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Paving Works.
In re-instating trenches after the electric
light works, permanent stone paving has been substituted
for the old tar-paving iu several places in
front of shops, viz.: in Ballham High Road, in front of
Mr. Heaver's new shops between Streathbourne Road
and Louisville Road; between Hildreth Street and
No. 147; between Chestnut Grove and the Railway
Bridge ; between Bedford Hill and No. 93 : in Streatham
Hill (Paragon Parade), and in Streatham High Road
(both sides), from Streatham Green to Stanthorpe Road.
Repairs have been effected to the paving, kerbing,
crossings, channels, wood-paving, and tar-paving in
various parts of the parish, at a cost of £1,761 7s. 0d.
The materials used in the above works (not including
the wood-paving in Streatham High Road) were: 2,911
yards of new Victoria paving, 8,911 yards of new
Adamant paving, 212 yards of Granolithic paving, 281
yards of Imperial stone paving, 121 yards of Clifton
stone paving, 68 yards of wood-paved crossings, 16,509
yards of tar-paving, 25,702 yards of re-topping, 4,824
yards of running and shelling, 668 yards of new channels
and crossings, 279 yards of hardcore, 5,933 feet of new
granite kerb, 8,500 new wood blocks, 1,516 new blue
bricks, and 144 gallons of tar. About 59,741 feet of old
stone and brick paving, stone pitching and wood-paving
have been taken up and re-laid.
Paving
New Streets.
The following new roads have been paved
and adopted during the year, viz.: Ritherdon Road,
Barcombe Avenue (first portion), Hitherfield Road,
Foxbourne Road, Childebert Road, Tankerville Road
(second portion), Emsworth Street, Wavertree Road,
Fontenoy Road, Sternhold Avenue, Killieser Avenue,
Riggindale Road (second portion), Telford Avenue,
Kirkstall Road,Shrubbery Road (second portion), Pinfold