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PARISH OF PUTNEY.
During the past year the following improvements
have been effected, viz.:—
Putney Bridge
Road.
On the south side of Putney Bridge Road,
between Oxford Road and No. 5, Cedars
Cottages, near College Street, a strip of land, about 271
feet in length and of an average width of 9 feet, has
been acquired by the Board and thrown into the public
thoroughfare at a cost of £383 18s. 4d. The vacant land
on the north side of Putney Bridge Road, between Deodar
Road and Crest House, a distance of about 130 feet,
having been built upon, the forecourt line has been kept
back about 6 feet at the widest point; the re-formation of
the footpath and roadway is now in course of execution.
Paving and
Repairing New
Streets.
The following new roads have been paved and
adopted during the past year, viz.:— Dryburgh
Road and Salvin Road, a total length
of about two furlongs, at a total estimated cost of £l,224
1s. l0d. The work executed included 1,958 yards super.
patent Victoria paving; 2,643 feet run 12-inch by 8-inch
granite kerb; 100 tons 9-inch by 5-inch by 4-inch Tees
Scoriae setts; 7 tons 5-inch by 7-inch granite setts; 1,020
4½-inch by 4½-inch blue Staffordshire bricks; 14¾ tons
lias lime; 14/5 tons Portland cement; 605½ yards cube
Kentish flints; 47 yards cube hoggin; l60 yards cube
Thames ballast; and 132 yards cube hard core. In
addition to the foregoing, the following new roads have
been repaired by the Board, under the provisions of sec.
3 of the Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1890
(53 & 54 Vic., cap. 66) viz.:—Kersfield Road and Balmuir
Gardens, a total length of about 2 furlongs 173 yards.
wharf. During the past year, additional stabling has
been provided at the parish wharf by setting apart and
enclosing a portion of the open cart shed, which has been
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