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In the Parish of Putney the cost of road watering
was £52 17s. 3d. per mile, of which sum £18 10s. 4d.
was paid to the Water Companies for the supply of water
and hire of meters. The quantity of water used during
the year was 9,050,000 gallons. In this amount is
included the water used for flushing sewers.
In the Parish of Streatham the following roads were
added to the previous list for watering, viz.:—Elmfield
Road, Boundaries Road (second portion), and Leverson
Street (first portion), making the total length watered
30 miles. All the water was obtained by meter from the
Lambeth Water Works Company—16,084,000 gallons at
1s. per 1,000 high level, and 327,000 gallons at 8½d
per 1,000 low level. The total quantity used was
16,411,000 gallons, the cost of which, including the
hire of meters and standposts, amounted to £978 17s. 7d.,
being equal to £32 7s. 9d. per mile of road watered.
The total cost of road watering amounted to £64 19s. 0¾d.
per mile.
In the Parish of Tooting the same roads have been
watered this year as last, a length of about 4 miles. All
the water was obtained by meter from the Lambeth
Water Works Company—709,000 gallons at 1s. per
1,000 high level, and 1,372,000 gallons at 8½ per 1,000
low level. The total quantity used was 2,081,000 gallons,
the cost of which, including the hire of meters and
standposts, &c., amounted to £112 5s. 9d., being equal
to £26 15s. 10d. per mile of road watered. The total
cost of road watering amounted to £63 14s. 10½d. per mile.
In the Parish of Wandsworth about 1,473,750 gallons
of water have been used for flushing sewers and drains,
10,491,000 gallons for street watering, 176,000 gallons in
connection with repairs to roads, 126,250 gallons in
making up new roads, &c., and 706,000 gallons in
connection with the urinals.