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69
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
The cost of removing snow from the streets and sanding
roads in the several parishes in the District was as follows,
viz.: Clapham, £638 2s. lid.; Putney, £327 14s. 3d.;
Streatham, £824 17s. 7d.; Tooting, £125 17s. 9d.;
Wandsworth, £570 15s. 6d.—total £2,487 8s.
In the Parish of Clapham, from the 22nd January to the
2nd February, 1895, extra casual men were employed in
clearing snow from the streets; the average number
employed was 166 men per day during the period of eight
days. In addition, the whole of the Board's labourers, who
would otherwise have been engaged upon remunerative
work, were thus employed. The cost was as follows, viz;—
£
B.
d.
W ages paid for casual labour 247 2 11
Wages paid to Board's regular men 225 0 0
For cartage and sand 166 0 0
£638 2 11
With the exception of an interval of open weather
between the 14th and 21st January, the frost extended
from the 30th December, 1894, to the end of February,
1895. From the 5th to the 20th February it was of
unprecedented severity, causing considerable damage to
roads and water mains, and completely dislocating the
water supply. The damage done was in some measure
owing to the intense frost occurring after the snow was
removed, for had the roads been covered with snow some
protection would have been afforded to the water mains
and pipes under the surface.