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WATERING.
The principal portion of the Watering in Lewisham and
Blackheath Village was done by the Hoard's men and horses; the
Watering in Sydenham and Forest Hill, &c., at a contract price of
8s. 3d. per horse and man; and in the Hamlet of Penge 8s. per
man and horse.
The total cost of the watering in the Parish of Lewisham
during the year was £2,065 16s. 5d., and in the Hamlet of Penge
£557 14s. 10d.
LIGHTING LEWISHAM.
318 lamps in the Parish of Lewisham are supplied with gas
by the Phoenix Gas Company at a contract price of £4 13s. 4d.
per lamp per annum, and 451 lamps by the Crystal Palace District
Gas Company at a contract price of £4 5s. per lamp per annum.
13 new lamps have been erected during the year.
PENGE.
251 lamps in the Hamlet of Penge are supplied with gas by
the Crystal Palace District Gas Company at a contract price of
£4 5s. per lamp per annum.
9 new lamps have been erected during the year.
TAR PAVEMENT.
With a view, if found suitable, to the same being generally
adopted in all the principal footways in the Parish of Lewisham,
the footpath in Loampit Vale, recently kerbed and channelled, has
been laid with tar pavement, at the cost of 1s. 6¼d. P superficial
yard, exclusive of the cost of a part of the plant. Tar pavements
were also laid in the Hamlet of Penge in the following streets:—
Superficial yds.
Brunswick Parade 383
Oakfield Road 1833½
Maple Road 2318½
Belvedere Road 165
Seymour Villas 178½
Total 4878½
Under a contract with Mr. Thomas Fuller at 1s. 10½d. P superficial
yard, and at a total cost of £457 7s. 3d.