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Mile End 1867

The eleventh annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex

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Carriageway Paving.
The Vestry have purchased of Messrs. Hill and
Keddle about 2000 tons of second hand pitching from
the Holborn Valley; but, owing to the works of the
Corporation of the City not proceeding as rapidly as
was anticipated, we have up to the present time only
received 840 tons. This has been laid in Devonshire
Street, Globe Road, and Hayfield Passage.
New Streets.
During the year you have made up and taken to
Calverley Street, Floriston Street, Copley Street, Carlton
Road, and Wentworth Road. The footways of
the streets have also been paved.
The whole of the works, with the exception of
Copley Street, have been performed at the expense of
the owners of property situate in such streets.
I append a tabular statement shewing the cost of
labour, scavenging, and horse hire, for the year ending
25th March, 1867, also the quantity of materials used
during the year: