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in the work included 17 new gullies; 6,691 yards of
hard core; 6,262 yards of stone gravel; 3,913 super
yards of paved channel and crossings; 15,461 super
yards new tar paving; 19,477 feet of new granite kerb;
and 2,100 feet refixed.
In Mitcham Lane two new crossings (one wood and
one granite) have been laid, and one crossing has been
shifted, at a cost of £44 18s. 3d.
The footpath in Thurlow Park Road, from Sussex
Gardens to Rosendale Road, has been repaved with
limestone tar-paving at a cost of £80 7s. 7d. The
remainder of the footpath has been thoroughly repaired.
In Balham High Road the footway on the west side
from Russell House to Lochinvar Street has been paved
with Victoria stone, and the carriage way widened and
paved with wood at a cost for the year of £272 5s. 7d.
In Streatham High Road, near Telford Avenue, the
footway opposite the London Tramways Company's depot
has been kerbed with 12 inch by 8 inch kerb and tarpaved
at a cost of £73 15s. 5d. The carriage way
there between the kerb and the near rail has been
paved with granite setts by and at the expense of the
Company. From the depot to the old wood paving
the down side of the carriage way has been paved with
wood at a cost of £129 13s. 1d., of which the Company
paid £25 12s. 6d. for paving the margins.
The improvement in Mitcham Lane, south-west of
Thrale Road, has been completed, the cost for the year
being £773 7s. 3d.
In Garratt Lane a new footway has been formed with
12 inch by 8 inch kerb and gravel adjoining the new
cemetery at a cost (including the widening of the
carriage way) of £181 18s. 3d.