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No less than 29 new gullies have been constructed in various
parts of the district during the past twelve months, and their
outlets connected with the sewers in the roads where the works
were carried out.
RIVER WALLS AND DOCKS.
The following works were carried out on the River Wall
during last autumn, on that portion extending from a point from
the Seed Mills to the Wood Paving Company's premises and the
long batter on the north side of Horseshoe point, in front of the
Linoleum Works 310 feet westwards. A dwarf concrete wall,
2' 6" deep and 2' wide, runs along the above lengths at the foot
of the stone rubble batters, for which 94 yards cube of concrete
were used, 863 yards super of the rubble stone batter raised and
relaid on clay backing, and 2,515 yards super grouted in with fine
Portland cement concrete, at a cost, for materials, labour and
plant, of £319 lis 6d.
CONVENIENCES.
The construction of the Underground Convenience situate
at the junction of South Street and Greenwich Road was completed
and opened in May, 1897. The cost of erection amounted
to £2,099 18s. l1d.
An Underground Convenience was also constructed at New
Cross Gate, which was completed and opened in August, 1897.
The cost of this construction was £2,274 16s. lOd.
I may be allowed to state that these Conveniences have
filled a long felt public want in these neighbourhoods., and have
been the means of remedying to a great extent the evils
complained of so bitterly by the residents in the immediate
locality.