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The large Hall and several of the rooms were cleaned, decorated
and painted, under contract by Mr. H. S. Lee, at a
Town Hall.
cost of £106 16s. 4d.
An additional office for the Rating Department has been
built at the rear, under contract by Mr. C. Horton at a cost of
£157 10s. 11d.
By order of the London County Council, the matchboarding at
the back of the stage has been removed, Jones' Fibrous Plaster Slabs
substituted therefor, and the stage enlarged at a cost of £36 15s.
TramwaysBed
Lion St.,
South Street,
Garratt Lane,
and Defoe Rd
The double line of Tramway has been laid in the last mentioned
road for a distance of 260 yards from Tooting
Broadway. The tracks and clearway have been paved
with granite setts and the margins have been temporarily
made good with old granite setts.
In connection with this Tramway, by arrangement with the
London County Council, the Borough Council is paving the footpaths
on both sides of the roads. The work is in progress, but will
necessarily take some time to complete, inasmuch as the whole of the
property required has not yet been purchased.
Trinity Road,
Streatham,
near Upper
Tooting ±load.
This improvement has been completed, the road wood paved,
and the footpaths flagged with artificial stone at a
total cost, including; acquisition of property, of
£9.937 4s. 4d.
The area of wood-paving is 4,429 superficial yards, and the cost
amounted to £2,616 15s., or 11s. . per superficial yard.
Trinity Road,
Wandsworth.
The following samples of artificial paving flags have been laid
on the west side of the road between Wandsworth
Common, West Side, and Windmill Road, viz.:—
Atlas, Aberdeen Adamant, North Wales, Victoria, Victoria
Indurated, Cliffe Hill, Croft Adamant, Ellis' Silicated, Excelsior,
Walker's Concrete Flags, and Nonslip Paving.
The whole of the samples with the exception of Aberdeen
Adamant, Victoria, Victoria Indurated, Croft Adamant and Nonslip
Paving (which were supplied from stock) were supplied free of cost.
A sample of "Tar Mac" has been laid by the Public Works Co.,
in continuation of the existing Tar Macadam in West Side. The
length is 151 feet and the area about 530 superficial yards. The cost
amounted to £110 8s. 4d., or 4s. 2d. per superficial yard.