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The old macadam taken up from the Streatham High
Road has been used in other roads in the parish, viz.;
Devonshire Road, Bedford Hill, Garrads Road, Greyhound
Lane, Mitcham Lane, Sulina Road, Christchurch
Road, and Mill Lane.
Railway Bridges. The London, Brighton and South Coast
Railway Company have completed the widening of
Boundaries Road bridge, and the sides of the bridge have
been faced with glazed white bricks at an extra cost of
£80, of which the Board paid one-third and the London
County Council two-thirds. The Railway Company
have pulled down the old wooden steps and bridge
leading from Tooting Bec Gardens to the footway in
Tooting Bec Road, and have erected new iron ones.
Balham Hill The footway on Balham Hill, in front of
the new shops between Cathles Road and Gaskarth
Road, has been kerbed and tar-paved at a cost of
£121 4s. 9d.
Trinity Road. A portion of the footpath in Trinity
Road, between the Wheatsheaf hotel and the parish
boundary, has been kerbed, channelled, and tar-paved,
at a cost for the year of £95 6s. 2d.
cab Ranks. The old cab rank at Streatham Station
has been altered and re-laid, and a new one on the
north side of the station paved with old setts, at a cost of
£18 13s. 5d.
sand Boxes. Twelve new sand boxes have been purchased
and fixed in various parts of the Streatham High
Road and Balham High Road during the year.
Trenches. The charges for re-instating trenches
made for gas, water, telegraph, electric light, aud other
purposes during the year amounted to £'2,852 8s. 2d.