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I have suggested as an improvement for the specification of the works now under contract.
I consider the specification satisfactory except as regards the small details I have altered in red.
Gullies. Gullies are shown upon the plan 50 yards apart, but for the efficient drainage
of the road they should be placed in positions as altered by me and be constructed of an
approved pattern. As regards Commercial Dock Road, it is only proposed to raise the existing
gullies, but that will not be sufficient as the character of the road will be entirely altered, and
new gullies should be provided in the positions I have marked upon the plan. Nothing is shown
for the drainage of the Temporary road, which should be provided for, as this road will be in
use for a few months at least.
Sewer.—The sewer in Commercial Dock Road, which will be abolished, belongs to the
London County Council, therefore the new sewer constructed in lieu thereof will require to be
constructed to the satisfaction of the London County Council, the Vestry having nothing to
do with this.
Fence Wall.—It is proposed to construct a fence wall dividing the new road from Osprey
Street, at a height varying from 4 ft. 6 in. above the footway at the junction with Lower Road
to 6 ft. at a point about 340 ft. down Osprey Street, where the line of the new road diverges
from the line of Osprey Street. This is a very low boundary wall, and will, I am afraid, be a
source of danger, as it will be possible to mount the wall at the lower end and run along the
coping. A slip off at the top end into Osprey Street, would mean a full of 14 ft. 6 in.
As soon as the boundary wall leaves Osprey Street it is increased in height to 10 feet,
and continues at that height either in brickwork or timber fencing the whole length to Lady
Dock Bridge.
I have had an interview with the resident Engineer, who on behalf of Mr. Woolf Barry,
has agreed as follows:
The Temporary road to be constructed in macadam properly consolidated and to have a
gravel footway on one side, the company entering into the necessary agreement to efficiently drain,
light, maintain and repair the same until the completion of the new road between
iron bridge and the new bridge across the Greenland-Russia communication passge.
The cross section of construction, specification, and position and number of gullies to be amended
by the Surveyor. The height of the fence-wall at the Lower Road end of the new road to be