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TAR PAVEMENT.
I wish to say the Tar Pavement on the footpath from
the Mid Kent Railway Bridge to the "Hope" Inn, Loampit
Vale, has now been down four years, and some of the Tar
Pavement in High Street, Sydenham, Park Rood, Dartmouth
Park, and the path from the Old Church, Lewisham, through
the Village of Lewisham, Montpelier Vale, Blackheath, &c,
has been laid three years. Without comparing Tar Pavement
with Rock Asphalte or Concrete, there can be no doubt these
paths have been a great boon to the public and a complete
success. I hope to paint the whole of them this summer.
In Lewisham Parish Tar Pavement was laid upon the following
paths during the year—From Hell Green to Sydenham
Green; footpath from the corner of Laurie Park to George
Road; footpath from opposite Forest Hill Railway Station,
in Perry Vale, to near Westbourne Road; Path from the
corner of Dartmouth Road, opposite the Forest Hill Post
Office, along the London Road, to opposite the Peck ham
Road; the path from Forest Hill Railway Station, opposite
the Forest Hill Post Office, to the Railway Bridge, near the
Devonshire Road. One pathway on Lewisham Hill from the
foot of the hill to Eliot Park Road, and the other path from
the foot of the hill to opposite Eliot Park. The path in
Blackheath Village from the "Crown" Hotel to Lloyd
Place, the path along the shops, &c.. at the "Hare and
Billet," and the pathway along Lansdownc Place, near the
"Green Man," Blackheath. There are 8,667 superficial
yards in the whole of this work, and the actual cost was
£761 6s. 6d.; after deducting cost of crushing machine, &c.,
&c., which will make the pavement, say 1s. 9d. per superficial
yard. The crushing machine was not purchased until late in
the year, and therefore no advantage was obtained from it.
Irrespective of the Tar pavement before mentioned, I laid
the Tar Pavement in Court Hill Road, Canterbury Road,.
Ravensbourne Villa Road, &c; in round numbers, 6,000
additional yards.
In the Hamlet of Penge Tar Pavement was laid in the