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REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS
Of Works executed from Lady-day, 1870, to Lady-day, 1871.
Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure to present ray second annual report
upon the works carried out in my department during the
past year.
The total cost of the Highways in the Parish of Lewisham,
for labour, cartage, material, &c., was £6,169 10s. 3d.,
including the sum of £1,982 4s. 0d., the expense of the
former New Cross Roads, and £881 19s. 0d. cost of laying
Tar paving.
The total expenses of the Highways in Penge during
the year was £1,459 1s. 9d., for cartage, labour, and material.
The sum of £272 10s. 6d. lor laying Tar Pavement is
included in the above sum.
I have no hesitation in saying that the roads generally
in the District have improved during the past year. They
are in better form, and several additional gullies have been
put in. It will, however, take some time (without a large
increase of expenditure) to bring them up to the standard I
should like to see them at. The roads that require the most
attention are Stan stead Lane and Brockley Lane. In fact
these roads have never been properly made, and it is not
many years since they were mere tracts. Now they are two
important thoroughfares.
I am anxious to substitute a better material for the
maintenance of some of the roads than flint and gravel—flint
and gravel being too absorbent—but as it would involve a
large outlay to do them at once, I recommend that they may
be done gradually.
The Steam Roller was used for the first time in this
Parish in November and December, and was employed in