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Paving Loan. A loan of £5,000 for paving works has been
obtained, of which £3,000 is repayable by
annual instalments spread over five years and £2,000
spread over 15 years. The work executed by this loan
is as follows, viz.:— £. s. d.
Clapham Common—For kerbing the new footpath
on the North Side of the Common from the
Pavement to the Battersea parish boundary,
and on the opposite side of the road from The
Pavement to the corner of the Common near
Victoria Road,—3,750 feet lineal 12-inch by
8-inch granite kerb 390 0 0
New Road.—For kerbing and re-paving the footpaths
on both sides,—1,060 feet lineal 12-inch
by 8-inch granite kerb, and 3,650 feet super.
2½-inch York paving 317 0 0
Clapham Road.—For laying 5-inch deal block
paving on each side of the tramway, extending
from the Lambeth parish boundary to High
Street. The blocks, dipped in tar and grouted
with tar and pitch, were laid on a foundation
of six inches of Portland cement concrete :—
4,828 yards super, at 10s.
per yard £2,414 0 0
700 feet lineal 12-inch by
8-inch granite kerb, relaying
York paving, and
incidental works 110 0 0
2,524 0 0
(The Board also laid an area of 162 yards super.
of similar wood paving to complete the work
at the junctions of Landor Road and Bedford
Road, in the parish of Lambeth, the cost of
which was defrayed by the Lambeth Yestry at
the same rate, viz.:—10s. per yard super. The
London Tramways Company provided 5-inch
hard wood blocks for their 18-inch margins on
each side of the tramway, which were laid by
the Board in a similar manner to the other
wood paving).
Carried forward £3,231 0 0