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has been laid on each side of the macadamized portions of
the road, and four new gullies constructed between Handel
Street and Edgel Street, at a cost of £86 1s. 8d.
Garratt lane. The kerbing on the east side of Garratt Lane,
between the south side of Waldron Road Board School
and Burntwood Lane, has also been taken up and re-laid
on concrete, and the footpath tar-paved, at a cost of £50,
The owners of the land abutting on the footpath in question
have agreed to pay two-thirds of the cost, and the remainder
will be paid by the Board.
Feathers wharf At the Feathers wharf, in consideration of
Messrs. McMurray and Co. giving up a strip of land
between the Board's property and the canal, for the purpose
of widening the wharf alongside the canal and
improving the approach to the river front, the Board
agreed to construct a concrete wall 15 feet in depth,
with a serrated galvanized iron fencing 5 feet in height, for
a distance of 310 feet alongside the canal. This work
has been carried out by the Board's workmen at a cost of
£565 12s. 9d. The fence has been extended to the river
front at an additional cost of £28. The Board have
also agreed to deepen the canal to the footing of and
5 feet in width from the wall in question; this work will
be carried out as soon as Messrs. McMurray can arrange
to empty the canal.
Southfields
Slop Shoot
At the Southfields slop shoot, a temporary
wooden bridge has been constructed by the Board's workmen
over the river Wandle, opposite Lydden Road, to
form an approach from the district east of the Wandle, at
a cost of £110 13s. 11d. The land, with the exception
of a portion reserved for a shoot, has been let to Messrs.
Harrison, Barber & Co. for grazing purposes to Christmas
next for the sum of £22. The negotiations for the
purchase of the land on the north side of and adjoining the