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The letter was referred to the Committee of the whole Vestry
sitting on Depot matters and also to the Roads and Depot Committee,
who reported on the 2nd October that the Clerk had declined to
withdraw his letter, but consented to keep the town yard clear of
unnecessary accumulations until Christmas upon payment of £75, the
amount of commission for the corresponding period in 1894. This
was agreed to by the Vestry; and at the expiration of this quarter
the Clerk continued to act under the old system and receive a
payment of 2d. per ton as heretofore for distribution pending
the investigation into Depot business and management hereafter
referred to, although no fresh engagement or agreement was entered
into upon the subject.
The loan of £1,500 for new engine boiler and accumulator at the
Town Depot (see p. 87 of last Annual Report) was taken up with the
London County Council from the 1st May 1895, at 3½ per cent. for
15 years; costs paid by Vestry £9 4s. 6d. This new plant was
erected by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. in the railway arch
hitherto used as a fodder store, the actual cost being £1,168 0s. 0d.
—£18 in excess of the tender. The foundations and other work in
connection therewith executed by Mr. J. Marsland, iucluding the
construction of a wood and glass partition between the engine and
boiler to prevent damage to machinery from steam, amounted to
£480 17s. 11d.; the total cost being therefore £1,648 17s. 11d.
The necessary renewals and repairs to the old hydraulic engine,
hoist and machinery, also carried out by Messrs. Armstrong,
Mitchell & Co., cost the Vestry the total sum of £565 8s. 5d. The
original estimate was £215, but this did not include labour at the
Depot; and the large items under this head and additional works
not at first contemplated accounted for this great apparent excess.
Depot, Manor Place.—For the purpose of flushing the new slop bays
and drains at the Depot the Vestry on the 26th June 1895 approved
of a plan prepared by the Engineer of the London, Chatham aud
Dover Railway Company for laying on a new water supply and
fixing of hydrants, and the work was carried out by Mr. J. Marsland
at a cost of £89 18s. bd.
Asphalte was laid at the bottom of the new slop bays by the
Val de Travers Co., the expense of this work being £176 18s. 9d.