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PARISH OF WANDSWORTH.
During the past year the carriage way of the High Street
has been paved with wood blocks between the east side
of Red Lion Street and West Hill, and in order to test
the durability and adaptability of differently prepared
woods various portions of the street have been paved with *
different kinds of this material. Thus there are 4,355
superficial yards of 9 inch by 5 inch by 3 inch creosoted
deal blocks, 500 superficial yards of 9 inch by 4 inch by
3 inch Karri wood blocks, 35 superficial yards of 9 inch
by 5 inch by 3 inch plain deal blocks, and 35 superficial
yards of 9 inch by 5 inch by 3 inch pickled deal blocks.
The total cost was £2,547 10s. 7d. One of Rutty's
scarifiers was used in ploughing up the old macadam, and
1,419 cubic yards of road material were removed and used
in repairing Merton Road, Warple Way, and Marl Street.
The kerbing and paving of the footpath on the north
side of High Street, between Red Lion Street and the
entrance to the Ram Brewery, was taken up and relaid
at a cost of £10 15s. 5d. The kerbing and paving on the
south side of High Street, between South Street and the
bridge over the Wandle, and on the north side between
the Church Passage and West Hill, was taken up and new
kerbing and York paving was laid in lieu of same, at a
cost of £462 10s. 3d.
Most of the old kerbing and York paving taken up in
High Street was re-dressed, squared, and re-laid on the
east side of Putney Bridge Road, between High Street and
North Place, at a cost of £9S 3s. 1d.
An improvement has been effected at the corner of
York Road and Alma Road by setting back the kerb,
providing new channelling, and relaying the paving, at a
cost of £20 3s.
The 12 inch by 8 inch kerbing on the north side of