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rapidly as possible. Towards the end of the period under report
the County Council entered into contracts for the execution of the
work, and a section of the line at Tooting was shortly afterwards
commenced. As the re-paving of the part of the thoroughfare in
this Borough had been deferred in anticipation of the re-laying of
the tramway the woodpaving there had become very much worn,
and when it was found that the work of re-construction was about
to be begun the Council entered into a contract for laying new
wood blocks in the margins of the carriageway. This work is
now being carried out simultaneously with the paving of the tramway
by the County Council. The conduit system of electrical
traction having been adopted for the line in question the use of
wood for paving the tramway tracks is impracticable, as the expansion
of the blocks would tend to close the slot between the rails.
This part of the road is therefore being paved with granite setts,
with the exception of several short lengths where the County
Council is laying experimentally a sanitary block paving which is
quieter in use than stone and will not expand.
99 —The headway of the railway bridge over High Street, Clapham,
was found to be insufficient for the new electrical tramcars,
which are considerably larger than the horse-cars now in use. In
order to avoid altering the proposed standard type of car the
County Council asked to be allowed to slightly lower the carriageway
under the bridge in question. The Council gave the necessary
permission on the understanding that the proposed works and any
works consequent thereupon were carried out at the expense of
the County Council and to the satisfaction of this Council.
Locomotives
on
Highways.
100.—The London County Council has had under consideration
the question of framing bye-laws under the Locomotives
Act, 1898, prohibiting or restricting the use of
locomotives on certain specified highways, and asked
the opinion of the Borough Council on the subject. The County
Council did not propose that the use of locomotives should be
prohibited in any part of the Borough, but suggested that their
use in the following thoroughfares should be restricted to certain
hours of the day (6 p.m. to 8 a.m., or such other times as might be
finally decided upon), viz.:—High Street, Putney ; East Hill, High
Street Wandsworth, West Hill, Streatham High Road, and Merton