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Messrs. Weekes and Co., of Fulham Road, S.W., being
accepted, the contract, amounting to ,£308 10s. od., being
duly carried out and completed.
ROAD ROLLERS.
On the report of the Engineer of the National
Boiler Insurance Company, that the Council's road roller,
No. 3,058, required overhauling, the Council gave
instructions for the roller to be sent to the makers,
Messrs. Aveling and Porter, of Rochester, for overhauling.
The roller was purchased in 1892 and overhauled
in 1898.
The Borough Surveyor having reported that the
wheels of the road roller, No. 4,717, required repairing or
replacing, and that, considering the comparatively short
time that the wheels had been in use, the attention of the
makers should be drawn to the matter, who offered to
supply a new pair of wheels at a special price of £28 net,
delivered free on rails at Rochester.
TOWN HALL RE-DECORATION.
The work of painting the walls, ceilings, and
varnishing the wood and ironwork of the large hall and
gallery, Council chamber, main staircase and crush room
and ladies' cloak room was carried out during August and
September. Twenty-one tenders were received, and
that of Messrs. J. Barker and Co., of Kensington,
amounting to £238 10s. od., was accepted.
In connection with this work an estimate of
£32 10s. od. from the same firm was accepted, for making
good a defect in the ventilating turret over the large hall.
PROPOSED ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION AT
TOWN HALL.
The Borough Surveyor presented the following
report upon the question of additional accommodation
for the Staff at the Town Hall:—