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Wandsworth 1894

Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895

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£s.d.
Brought forward8720
Putney Bridge Road, on north side, between Merivale Road and Florian Road, laying kerb and channel, and laying Adamant paving and channel on south side opposite Oxford Terrace1121310
Putney Hill, relaying channel and kerb1304
Eleven crossings in Gardeners Lane and Lower Richmond Road, using old materials55113
Private works, gas and water trenches, and various small w orks and repairs353173
£62248

The quantity of materials used in the above works was
as follows, viz.:—581^ yards super, tar-paving; 154 yards
super, patent Adamant stone paving; 451 feet run new
12-inch by 8-inch Norway granite kerb on concrete; 72
tons new 6-inch by 3-inch Norway granite setts on
concrete; 5 tons 9-inch by 4-inch by 5-inch Tees Scoriae
setts on concrete; 3 tons 5-inch by 7-inch dressed granite
setts on concrete; 30 tons old granite setts and cubes on
concrete; and 4 cubic yards topping for tar-paving.
At the parish wharf during the past 'year a close
boarded fence has been fixed at the western boundary,
and an oak pale fence on the boundary of the old dust
shoot, the cost of which was £81 12s. 5d. Gas has been
laid on to the engine shed, and to a new lamp which has
been fixed by the dust shoots, at a cost of £14 15s. 2d.
Various small works have also been carried out, including
finishing the surface of the wharf, at a cost of £23 2s. 2d.
The total cost of work carried out at the wharf during the
past year is £119 9s. 9d.
The steam roller has been worked 161½ days, 26½ of
which were for new roads and 19¾ for private works.