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58
PARISH OF TOOTING.
A steam roller has been hired from Streatham Parish
(or 20y days, of which 6 were for new roads and 14¼ for
parish roads, at a cost of £40 10s.; and another roller for
18½ days, of which 8½ were for new roads and 10 for
parish roads, at a cost of £32 7s. 6d.
The charges for re-instating trenches made for gas and
water purposes during the year amounted to £75 6s. 2d,
Repairs have been effected to the paving, kerbing,
crossings, channels, wood-paving and tar-paving in various
parts of the parish, at a cost of £42 19s. 1d.
The materials used in the above works (including the
repairs to trenches) were 731 super, yards of tar-paving;
1,472 super, yards of re-topping; 7 super, yards of
granite pitching; 16 feet of 12-inch by 8-inch kerb; and
the refixing of about 2,045 feet of old stones, brickpaving,
wood-paving, &c.