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In the Parish of Streatham the following roads were
added to the previous list for watering, viz. :—Telford
Avenue (first portion), Sternhold Avenue (first portion),
Killieser Avenue, Kirkstall Road (first portion),
Riggindale Road (second portion), Fontenoy Road,
Amesbury Avenue (first portion), Barcombe Avenue (first
portion), Wavertree Road (first portion), Upper Tooting
Park (first portion), Cloudesdale Road, and Shrubbery
Road (second portion), making the total length watered
about 34¼ miles. All the water was obtained by meter
from the Lambeth Water Company_13,601,667 gallons
at 1s. per 1,000, high level, and 182,000 gallons at 8½d.
per 1,000, low level; these prices are now subject to a
discount of 10 per cent. The total quantity used was
13,783,667 gallons, the cost of which, including the hire
of meters, amounted to £813 15s. 6d., being equal to
£23 15s. 2d. per mile of road watered. The total cost of
road watering amounted to £60 14s. 2d. per mile.
In the Parish of Tooting the total length of road
watered was about 4¾ miles. All the water was obtained
by meter from the Lambeth Water Company,—197,000
gallons at 1s. per 1,000, high level, and 1,705,000 gallons
at 8½d per 1,000, low level; these prices are now subject
to a discount of 10 per cent. The total quantity used was
1,902,000 gallons, the cost of which, including the hire
of meters and standposts, amounted to £85 9s. 11d., being
equal to £18 per mile of road watered. The total cost of
road watering amounted to £47 9s. 9d. per mile.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, all the water was
obtained by meter,—830,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000
gallons and 604,000 gallons at 8½d. per 1,000 gallons
(subject to a discount of 10 per cent.) from the Lambeth
Water Company, and 11,431,000 gallons at 8½d per
1,000 gallons from the Southwark and Vauxhall Water
Company, the cost of which, including the hire of