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The materials used in the above works were : 720 cubic
yards of hard core, 3,<116 cubic yards of flints. 1,303 cubic
yards of Thames ballast (for concrete), 33 tons of granite
setts, 780 tons of scoriae brick channel blocks, 10,9-10
super, yards of tar-paving, 2,812 super, yards of topping,
13,729 super, yards tarring and sanding, 7,493 lineal feet
of kerbing, and 50 super, yards of blue panel brick paving.
The following is a list of the various improvements
carried out during the year, viz. :—
A great improvement has been made by widening East
Hill from 29 feet to 55 feet, and by forming a kerbed and
gravelled footpath, 11 feet in width, between Melody Read
and Wandsworth Common, West Side. The cost, including
gullies and channelling, is £278 4s. The Board had
agreed to take down and set back the forecourt walls and
fences, but this expense has been saved, the owner having
erected an advertisement hoarding there. It is proposed to
continue the improvement after Michaelmas next along
West Side up to the new houses on the north side of
Trefoil Road. Negociations have been opened with the
London County Council, in whom the common is vested,
with the view of widening West Side from 40 to 50 feet,
between North Side and Trefoil Road.
The kerbing on the north side of East Hill, between
Tonsley Hill and the Battersea parish boundary, was taken
up, jointed, and re-laid on cement concrete at improved
lines and gradients, and the old York paving with tarpaved
margins taken up. The footpath between Tonsley
Hill and Alma Road was laid with York paving (Silex
brand); from Alma Road to Huntsmoor Road with
Stewart's granolithic paving, and from Huntsmoor Road
to the parish boundary with adamant paving. The total
cost, including alterations to fences and steps, was
£628 13s. 7d.