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wide opposite the library door, a granite crossing at
Pinfold Road, and about 285 yards of new tar-paving
have been laid down at a cost of £78 11s. 4d.
On the west side of Streatham High Road between
Park Lodge and Natal Road, the old York flairs have
been removed to the stores and replaced by Victoria
stone paving, and the tar-paving made good, at a cost of
about £87 0s. 4d.
In Thrale Road, near Tooting Common, 551 feet of
granite edge kerb have been laid and the path re-gravelled
at a cost of £48 5s. 3d.
The improvement of Dragmire Lane has been
gradually proceeded with as the ground for widening
was given up; 783 feet of old kerb from Brixton Hill
have been refixed, a footpath formed, and the road
widened. The sum spent on it during the year amounts
to £135 8s. 7d.
A long desired improvement has been effected to the
footpath on the north side of Chestnut Grove by the
adoption of a give-and-take line of fence, and the
removal of the low fence in front of the old cottage
belonging to Mr. C. Curtis. The present cost is only
15s. 2d.
In Mitcham Lane, south west of Thrale Road, an
important strip of land has been conveyed to the Board
by Mr. Aspinall for the purpose of widening the road
to 50 feet. The Board's workmen have levelled the
hedge and made other preparations at a cost of £25 5s. 4d.,
less £4 2s. 0d. received for roots and mould. Further
progress was necessarily deferred for the construction of
the storm sewer by the London County Council.