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with the Board; the Company, accordingly, in March, 1881, at its
own expense, removed the greater portion of the paving, including its
plank foundation, and laid in lieu thereof new wood blocks on new
concrete foundation.
A portion of the wood paving in High Street, laid by Messrs.
Mowlem and Company in October, 1875, being also in bad repair, was
taken up by the Contractors, and new blocks laid in place thereof at
their expense.
New Sewers.
The following lengths of new Sewers were constructed during the
year:—
Upper Bedford Place 720ft. lineal of brick sewer, 4ft. by
2ft. 6in. internal dimensions.
Kenton Street (from Great
Coram Street to Boundary
of District) 420 do. do.
Henrietta Street (from Kenton
Street to Hunter Street) 300 do. do.
Great Coram Street, (from
Kenton Street to Brunswick
Square) 310 do. do.
Total 1750 ft. lineal of new brick sewers.
A length of about 80 feet of the sewer in little Queen Street was underpinned
; this work was performed to enable the Holborn Restaurant
to be drained, and the cost of the work was defrayed by the owner of
the Restaurant.
Street Cleansing.
The cleansing of the public carriage-ways was performed by a staff
of men employed by the Board, consisting of 1 foreman, 3 gangers,
and 31 sweepers.
Two sweeping machines, each drawn by one horse, were used in
sweeping the paved carriage-ways.
The street sweepings were carted away by contract, and amounted to
a total of 10,535 loads.
The carriage-ways of High Holborn, Oxford Street, Little Queen
Street, High Street, Hart Street, and Great and Little St. Andrew
Streets, were washed on several occasions during the year by means of
watering carts and the sweeping machines.
The cost of the washing is included in the two items of cost for
street cleansing and street watering given hereafter.