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In connection with the repaying of Piccadilly, the footway
paving surrounding the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain
was very much curtailed in extent and altered in shape
and the positions of the adjacent small refuges moved to
facilitate the vehicular traffic. The carriageway between
the Fountain and the Piccadilly Lavatories, &c., was also
raised at one point as much as 19 inches, the camber of the
road reduced from 20 inches to 7½ inches, and the second
step round the Lavatories entirely removed.
ASPHALTS.
The undermentioned Streets have been paved with
Asphalte during the Year:—
Name of Street.
Part of Street
Paved.
Date
when
Paved.
Area
of Asphalte
in yds.
super.
Cost
per
yard
super.
Previous
Paving.
Description of
Paving and Name of
Contractor.
Boyle Street
Whole
April
308⅓
13/-
Pitching
2in. of compressed
Asphalte on 6in.
of Portland cement
concrete.
The French Asphalte
Company
Charles Street
East end
March
1262 5/6
12/6
Wood
Charles Street
West end
April
1090½
12/6
Wood
Duck Lane
Whole
May
350 5/9
13/-
Pitching
King's Arms
Yard
Whole
May
242 1/9
13/-
Pitching
Old Burlington
Street
Top end
April
435 2/9
18/-
Pitching
Vine Street
Whole
April
258 2/3
18/-
Pitching
Wardour St.
Between
Shaftesbury
Avenue and
Peter Street
April
1092 5/9
12/6
Wood
In addition to the above, strips of Asphalte were laid in
the carriageways of St. James's Square (opposite the
Sports Club), Bury Street (opposite the "George" publichouse),
and York Street (opposite the "Red Lion" publichouse);
the footway round the Shaftesbury Memorial