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upper Tooting Road Artificial stone paving has been laid in front
of some of the new shops on the Manor
House estate, at a cost of £20 5s. 2d.
Balham Hill. In front of Mr. Jenkins' new shops new 12-inch
by 8-inch kerb has been laid and the footpath
paved with artificial stone paving, at a cost up to the present
of £98 15s. 11d., towards which the owner paid £40.
Balham High Road In front and at the side of the Duke of Devon-
public-house, new kerb and artificial stone
paving have been laid and part of the old kerb adjusted to the
new level of the pathway, at a cost of £26 2s. 11d., towards
which the owner paid £18 15s.; he also gave up a strip
of land for widening the road. The gas and water companies
having laid mains under the footpath on the east
side, from the railway station to Streathbourne Road, it
was decided not to re-instate the old tar-paving but that an
entirely new footpath should be constructed with 12-inch
by 8-inch kerb and artificial stone paving; this has been
done at a cost up to the present of £873 14s. 1d., towards
which the companies paid £157 12s. 4d. for re-instating
trenches.
Trenches. The charges for re-instating trenches made
for gas, water, telegraph, electric light, and
other purposes during the year amounted to £1,603
18s. 9d.
Paving works. Repairs have been effected to the paving,
kerbing, crossings, channels, wood-paving,
and tar-paving in various parts of the parish, at a
cost of £3, 18S 16s. 11d.
The materials used in the above works were 320
yards York paving; 30 yards adamant paving; 1,455
yards artificial stone paving; 11,237 yards tarpaving;
2,504 yards bottoming; 7,274 yards re-topping; 2,875