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PARISH OF TOOTING.
Mitcham Road.
A large estate on the north side of Mitcham
Road having been purchased by Mr. Heaver
for the purposes of development, the Board in conjunction
with the London County Council have arranged for the
road co-extensive with such estate to be made 60 feet
wide. The London County Council have agreed to bear
one-half the cost of the whole improvement, including
works, their contribution not to exceed the sum of £576 10s.
Upper Tooting
Road.
The portion of the footpath in the Parish of
Tooting, adjoining the new shops on the
Furzedown estate has been paved, as stated in the
Streatham report.
Trenches.
The charges for re-instating trenches] made
for gas, water, and other purposes during the
year amounted to £47 15s. 4d.
Paving Workg.
Bepairs have been effected to the paving,
kerbing, crossings, channels, wood-paving, and
tar-paving in various parts of the parish at a cost of
£68 5s. 9d.
The materials used in the above works were 4694/9
yards Victoria paving, 29 feet kerb, 241 yards bottoming,
255 yards tar-paving, 5701/9 yards re-topping, 40 bushels
cement, six bushels lime, three yards sand, five yards
ballast, and 400 wood blocks. About 1,769 feet of old
stone, brick-paving, wood-paving, &c., have been taken
up and re-laid.