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St James's 1896

Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster

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Thirteen hundred openings have been made by the Gas
Water, Electric Light, Hydraulic Power and Telephone
Companies, and the Post Office, the areas disburbed
being :—
Pitching ... ... ... 229 yards super.
Macadam ... ... 609 do.
Wood 2,712 do.
Asphalte (Carriageway)... 901} do.
Asphalte (Footway) ... 38 do.
Footway... ... ... 31,594J feet super.
Kerb ... ... ... 269£ feet run.
New York Stone ... 5,331} feet super.
Plug Boxes, &c. ... ... 43 let into pavement.
P. C. Concrete ... ... 825), cubic yards.
These surfaces were made good at the expense of the
Companies, the total amount chargeable to them for the
year being £3,718 8s. 6d.
REPAIRS TO STREETS.
The cost of the General Repairs, &c., to streets, executed
by men in the employ of your Vestry, was as follows:—
£
s.
d.
Air Street
13
6
2
Applotreo Yard
0
7
9
Argyll Street
6
16
9
Babmaes Mows
0
11
5
Beak Street
32
4
8
Berwick Street
3
3
9
Boyle Street
64
7
0
Brewer Street
0
4
7
Broad Street
33
12
1
Carried forward
154
14
2