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Appendix " A."
REPORT OF BOROUGH ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR.
MILEAGE OF ROADS.
The total length of roads repaired by the Council is now 181 miles,
3 furlongs, 10 yards.
This does not include 10 miles, 2 furlongs, 9 yards of public ways,
which are used as footpaths only.
SEWERS.
During the past year the following lengths of sewers, &c., have
been constructed in the Borough :—
Totals.
Lineal feet of new sewers 2,807
Manholes 43
Gullies. 288
Streatham
Hill.
In connection with the development of an estate near Streatham
Hill Station, a short length of sewer has been constructed
from the 3 feet by 2 feet egg shaped sewer in
Streatham Hill to the point where Normanhurst Road enters.
The owner of the estate paid the cost of the construction of
the sewer, and the provision of a new gully with connection, which
amounted to £291 1s.
Dornton
Road.
Owing to the defective condition of a length of sewer in this road,
it was found necessary to relay same for a distance of
about 100 feet westwards of the manhole in Culverden
Road. The total cost of this work, including the building of a new
manhole, amounted to £66 3s 4d.
Babington
Road.
A short length of sewer running at the rear of No. 22, Babington
Road, having been found to be in a defective condition
has been taken up and relaid, the pipes being surrounded
with Portland cement concrete. The cost of the work
amounted to £19 10s. 5d.