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SURVEYOR'S
ANNUAL REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 25th, 1897.
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE VESTRY.
Ladies And Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting you with my Second Report, of the
principal works executed in my department, during the twelve months
ended March 25th, last.
Roads and Footways.
The work of re-paving Great Suffolk Street, from King's Court
to Parish Boundary, East Street, Borough Road from Newington
Causeway to Southwark Bridge Road, with re-dressed setts, and 3in.
by 9in. by 5⅜in. Jarrahdale Jarrah blocks, opposite the Schools in
Borough Road, for which a loan of £1700 was obtained from the
London County Council, was completed early in the year. The total
cost of the work was £1629 9s. 9d. or about £75 within the estimated
cost.
Southwark Bridge Road from Newington Causeway to Borough
Road was re-paved in December last, with 3in. by 9in. by 5in. Jarrahdale
Jarrah blocks. The estimate of the cost of this work was
£1483 6s. 0d., and a loan of £1450 was obtained from the London
County Council for a period of seven years for this purpose. The
actual cost of the work amounted to £1424 14s. 3d. The South
London Tramways Company supplied Australian "stringy bark" blocks
for their 18inch margins outside the tram rails, but the tram-road
within the rails was paved by the Company with pitch pine blocks.