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PARISH OF TOOTING.
A 10-ton steam roller has been hired and used for 62
days during the year.
The High Street has been paved with 6 inch wood
block paving, a loan having been obtained to defray the
cost. The work was carried out by Messrs. Mowlem and
Co. at 9s. l1d. per yard super. The area laid was 1,917
yards super, the cost amounting to £953 5s. 1d. The
attention of the Board having been called to the quality
of the concrete, the works were stopped for some weeks,
and upon Messrs. Mowlem and Co. giving the Board a
guarantee for the stability of the work for ten years the
paving was completed. The old macadam (670 cubic
yards) was carted away and used in repairing other roads
and footpaths in the Parish.
The paving of the footways in High Street has also
been repaired. New Victoria stone was laid on part of
the footway on the east side at a cost of £74. The kerb
and remainder of the York stone paving and carriage
entrances were taken up and relaid.
A crossing has been relaid opposite the Vestry Hall,
Merton Road; and a new carriage entrance in Mitcham
Road and one in Merton Road have been laid with
Staffordshire blue bricks. The cost of the stone and blue
brick paving, exclusive of the Victoria stone, was £129.
The new material used on the above work was 220 yards
super of Victoria stone and 20 yards super blue bricks.
Tar-paving has been repaired in the several streets,
and 3,300 yards super of footpath have been re-dressed in
Merton and Mitcham Roads.
The total cost of tar-paving repairs has been £193.
The cost of repairs to gas and water trenches for the
year paid for by the several Companies has been
£23 14s, 6d.