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A reporters' desk has been provided in the Council Chamber.
The work was carried out by Messrs. W. & C.
Council House.
Brown, at a cost of £,21 13s. od.
The partition wall, dividing the Borough Accountant's Office
from the room adjoining, has been taken down and the two rooms
thrown into one, a new glass screen, counter, and double desk
with brass rails have been provided, and the electric light fittings
altered where necessary, at a cost of £94 11s. nd.
The soil pipes in connection with the W.C.s have been
carried up through the roof and the necessary anti-syphon pipes
provided for the W.C.s and urinal wastes; a new pedestal W.C.
has been fixed in the lavatory on the ground floor, the intercepting
chambers have been rendered and a new 4-inch lead ventilating
pipe has been fixed and connected to new manhole on the
south side of the building, at a cost of £98 19s. 2d.
The whole of the external wood and iron-work and several of
the offices and caretaker's rooms have been cleaned and painted
by Messrs. J. Garrett & Sons, under contract, at a cost of £89.
This road, from High Street, Putney, to Oxford Road, was
dressed with tar and coated with granite chippings,
Disraeli Bold.
as an experiment, at a cost of £,34 gs. 8d., or 3'27i
pence per superficial yard.
Repairs have been executed to the chimncy-shaft at the Dust
Destructor, Alston Road, Tooting, as, on examination,
the top of the chimney was found to be
damaged by the excessive heat.
Dust Destructor
Chimney.
The firebrick lining has been taken down and re-built for a
distance of 10 feet below the top of the chimney, additional wrotiron
bands have been fixed, the tape conductor has been overhauled
and tested and four new copper conductors have been fixed
to replace the existing ones which had perished. The outside of
the chimney has also been pointed for a distance of 16 feet trom
the top.
The total cost of the work, including the preliminary laddering
of the chimney, amounted to £64.