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54
PARISH OF STREATHAM.
The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company
have completed the widening of the bridges
at Bedford Hill, Tooting Bee Road, and Mitch am Lane,
and are proceeding with the widening of Boundaries
Road bridge.
The carriage-way in Streatham High Road, from St.
Leonard's Church to the Tate Public Library, has been
paved with Jarrah wood, at a cost up to the present of
£2,676; against this must, be placed the value of the
old macadam taken up and used elsewhere, worth about
£300. The area of the paving was 3,390 square yards.
In Balhain High Road, the paving of the footway on
the west side has been continued to Portland Place, and
the carriage-way widened and paved with wood, at a
cost for the year of £318 0s. 3d.
In Upper Tooting Road, the wood channel on the
east side of the hill has been replaced with granite, new
12-inch by 8-inch granite kerb has been fixed adjoining,
and the footpath newly paved with tar-paving, at a cost
of £231 5s. 7d.
In Potter's Lane, the footpath under the railway has
been lowered and re-paved, at a cost of £35 14s. 8d.
In Trinity Road, the footpath on the south side adjoining
the Wheatslieaf Hotel has been paved with
Victoria stone, at a cost of £43 17s. 4d,
The footpath on the north side of the old narrow