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Road, Larch Road, Croxted Road, Dalmore Road,
Babington Road, Riggindale Road, Conyers Road,
Romberg Road, Dafforne Road, Foulser Road, and the
second portion of Hambro' Road, making the total length
watered very nearly 30 miles. All the water was
obtained by meter from the Lambeth Water Works
Company—11,384,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000 high level
and 214,000 gallons at 8½d per 1,000 low level. The
total quantity used was 11,598,000 gallons, the cost of
which, including the hire of meters and standposts,
amounted to £722 l1s. 6d., being equal to £24 1s. 8d.
per mile of road watered. The total cost of road
watering amounted to £49 17s. 5d. per mile.
In the Parish of Tooting the cost of road watering was
£49 0s l1d. per mile, of which £20 18s. 0d. was paid to
the Water Company for the supply of water and hire of
meters.
In the Parish of Wandsworth the water vans and carts
were painted during the winter by workmen out of
employment. The cost of road watering per mile was
£45 15s. 10d., of which £17 1s. 4d. was paid to the
Water Company for the supply of water and hire of meters.