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lias been set apart for this purpose. The entrance to the playground
will be in Siward Road, Garratt Lane, Wandsworth. The necessary
fencing, levelling and drainage works have been carried out, and grass
seed sown, the estimated cost being £300. The ground will be
opened for the use of the children as soon as the grass is sufficiently
matured.
Pavement Lights.
130. During the past few years a large number of business
premises have been erected within the Borough, and
from time to time applications are received for permission
to construct pavement lights in the public way in order to
light the basements of the shops. The Highways Committee, who
have had the matter under consideration, have come to the conclusion
that as a general rule pavement lights ought not to be allowed in the
highway except in cases where the land in which they would be placed
has been given up to widen the road without expense to the Council.
With the view of securing uniformity of practice as far as possible
when permission is granted, the Council upon the recommendation of
the Committee adopted regulations dealing with the matter. Copies
of the regulations and forms of application for consent may be obtained
at the Council House and at the offices of the Surveyors.
131. During the past year the Highways Committee have had
Motor under consideration the subject of the desirability of
Traction. substituting motor traction for horse traction for the
Council's vehicles, and obtained a report from the Surveyors as to the
estimated cost of motors suitable for the Council's purposes. With
the view of making a trial of motor traction, the Council, upon the
recommendation of the Committee, purchased from the Lancashire
Steam Motor Company, Limited, a motor wagon with an inter-changeable
tip body and water tank.. The motor has recently been delivered,
and is at present used in the western district for street watering
purposes. The wagon having proved satisfactory, the Council in May
last decided to purchase a similar one for use in the eastern district,
and this is now in course of construction. The price of the wagons
is £600 each, and the Company have undertaken to keep them in
repair for a period of seven years for £50 per annum each. When
not required for watering, the motors will be used for conveying
materials to the Council's depots.
132. There are a number of vacancies for horses at the Council's
stables at Clapham and Putney, but in view of the trial of motor
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