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79
yards old tarpaving broken up, re-laid, and re-topped;
4,158 gallons tar; 289 yards shell; 4,443 feet new granite
kerb; 13,388 paving bricks; 42 tons cubes; 99 yards
chalk ; 919 feet Shap paving ; 1,585 feet block channelling;
211 yards Wilkinson paving; 42,369 wood blocks; 258
yards sand; 503 yards ballast; 189 tons cement; 12½
tons lime; 351 yards hard core; and 566 yards gravel.
About 58.908 feet of old stone and brick paving, stone
pitching, and wood paving have been taken up and re-laid.
Paving New Streets The following new streets have been paved
and adopted during the year, viz.:—
Northanger Road, Faygate Road (first and second
portions), Keymer Road, Lydhurst Avenue, Thornton
Avenue (second portion), Carminia Road, Fairmile
Avenue, Conyers Road (second portion), Heslop Road
(second portion), Streathbourne Road, Cathles Road,
Potters Lane, Cavendish Road, Drakefiela Road, Amesbury
Avenue (third portion), and Terrapin Road; total
length,—2 miles, 3 furlongs, 128 yards. The estimated
cost of making up and paving these new roads under the
annual contracts of the Board, amounted to £13,565
14s. 1d.; and the materials, etc., used in the work
included 78 new gullies, 7,099 yards hard core, 6,102
yards stone gravel and flints, 23,198 feet new kerb,
2,920 feet kerb relaid, 3,866 super, yards channel and
crossings, 9,094 yards tar paving, 9,091 yards running
and shelling, 9,565 yards artificial stone paving, and
4,830 feet block channelling.
Steam Rollers. The Board's steam rollers have been worked
on 496 days, made up as follows, viz.:—
Public Roads. New Roads. Total.
Streatham 313¾ 88 40l¾
Tooting 39 55¼ 94¼
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