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134
Tooting High
Street and
Garratt Lane.
Town Hall.
Triangle Place.
Trinity Hoad.
Wellfield Road.
Bridge where they join the London United System. In conjunction
with the laying of the tramway the breasts of the road have
been paved with creosoted deal blocks and the footpaths which
were unpaved or tar-paved have been paved with artificial stone.
The cost of the work to 31st March amounted to £3,729 7s. 10d.
There is still a short length of paving to execute adjoining the
County boundary on the west side of road.
In connection with the new Tooting Baths at the corner of
Tooting High Street and Garratt Lane a considerable
strip of land has been added to the public
highway in both thoroughfares.
The cost of paving the footpaths amounted to £57 15s. id.
Two transformers have been supplied and fixed in order to
reduce the voltage and Osram's metal filament
lamps provided in place of carbon filament lamps,
at a cost of £82 7s. od.
Fab-ri-ko-na has been fixed to the walls of the stage by
Messrs. W. & C. Brown, at a cost of £9 15s. 0d.
Repairs have been executed to the roadway in conjunction
with the tar-paving of the paths at Triangle Place.
The owners contributed an agreed amount towards
the cost, and the Council agreed to defray the balance, which
amounted to £13 19s. 1d.
In connection with the development of the estate upon which
"The Grange" formerly stood, a considerable strip
of land has been added to the public way in Trinity
Road from Upper Tooting Park to the Police Station.
The road has been widened from 41 feet to a minimum of
54 feet, and the footpath paved, at a cost of £216 13s. id.,
towards which the freeholder of the estate has contributed £120.
The kerb has been taken up and re-laid and old granite sett
channel laid on cement concrete on the north and
south sides between Valley Road and Railway
Bridge, and the footpaths have been paved with artificial stone, at
a cost of £207 13s. 10d.