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Apportionments.
Daring the year apportionments have been served upon the owners of property in the
following streets:—
Hadland Street, Yeoman Street,
Adams Gardens.
Vans and Carts.
The whole of the vans and carts now in use are the property of the Vestry, bo that it
is possible to use the horsehire to the very best advantage. In answer to
advertisements, a number of ofters were sent in and, previous to the acceptance of a tender,
a Committee of the Vestry inspected the various makes at the rear of the Town Hall. Each
maker explaining to the Committee the salient points of his particular van; they wero
required to be delivered on or before the 18th September, and were all delivered in time
to commence work on the 30th September, and comprised the following: —
14 Slop, Gully and Sewer Vans,
6 Covered Dust Vans,
6 Material Carts,
1 Crank Axle Stone Cart.
The covered dust vans were obtained from Mr. Chas. Hailstone, of Basingstoke, at a
cost of £283 10s. Od.; the whole of the remainder being supplied by Messrs. W. Glover a
Sons, Limited, of Warwick, at a cost of £789.
Dock Company's Act, 1894.
Further considerable progress has been made during the year in carrying out the work
within the Company's premises authorised by the above Act, the first contract has boon
completed, comprising the Western end of the new Greenland Dock, excavated on the sito
of the Lower Brunswick Yard and Commercial Basin, including a communication
passage into the Canada Dock, over which a swing bridge has been erected to carry New
Road No. 1, and a new canal lock and basin upon the sito of old I lough Bridge.
The new approach road from Plough Road to Swing Bridge Road, with new bridge
across the canal and spur road into London Street, was opened for traffic on the 11th June,