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In the Parish of Streatham the watering season is for
about seven months from the beginning of March to the
middle of October. The following roads were added to
the previous list for watering, viz.:— Harberson Read,
Knollys Road, Inverleith Avenue, Tooting Bec Gardens,
and Culmore Road, making the total length watered very
nearly 28 miles. All the water was obtained by meter
from the Lambeth Water Works Company, 9,311,000
gallons at 1s. per 1,000, high level; and 207,000 gallons
at 8½d. per 1,000, low level. The total quantity used was
9,518,000 gallons, the cost of which, including the hire
of meters and stand posts, amounted to £613 5s. 7d.,
being equal to £21 18s. 8d. per mile of road watered.
The total cost of road watering amounted to £43 8s. 6d.
per mile.
In the Parish of Tooting the cost of road watering
was £36 17s. 7d. per mile, of which £15 7s. 11d. was
paid to the Water Company for the supply of water and
hire of meters. The stand post which was opposite the
London and South Western Bank in the Broadway has
been removed and refixed opposite the Parish Stores in
Defoe Road.
In the Parish of Wandsworth the cost of road watering
per mile was £38 15s. 6d., of which £16 19s. 9d. was
paid to the Water Company for the supply of water and
hire of meters.