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acres, situate at Blackshaw Road, Fountain Road, and
Alstone Road, Tooting,-from Mr. lies, for the sum of
£2,112 10s.; and the other (including the stabling
there) containing an area of 1 acre 1 rood and 20 poles,
situate at Besley Street, from Mr. Gr. Neal, for the sum
of £2,500.
Trenches. The charges for re-instating trenches made
for gas, water, telegraph, electric light, and other purposes
during the year amounted to £l,087 12s. 5d.
Paving works. Repairs have been effected to the paving,
kerbing, crossings, channels, wood-paving, and tarpaving
in various parts of the parish, at a cost of
£2,875 lis. 4d.
The materials used in the above works were: 1,728
yards of Adamant paving, 390 yards of new Victoria
paving, 12,627 yards of tar-paving, 25,186 yards of
re-topping, 14,733 yards of running and shelling, 969
feet of new granite kerb, 483 yards of paved crossings
and channels, 2,220 blue bricks, 12,000 wood blocks,
157 yards of sand, 85 yards of ballast, 44 tons of cement,
5 tons of lime, 64 yards of hard core, and 465 yards of
gravel. About 97,938 feet of old stone and brick paving,
stone pitching, and wood-paving have been taken up
and re-laid.
Paving
New Streets.
The following new roads have been paved
and adopted during the year, viz.: Leig-
ham Court Road West (first portion), Hereward Road,
Brandreth Road, Pathfield Road (first portion), Ormeley
Road (second portion), Byrne Road (fourth portion),
Elmbourne Road (first portion), Woodfield Avenue,
L???itwood Road (second portion), Streatham Station
Approach Road (first portion), Hailsham Avenue (first
portion), and Huron Road (first portion); total length,