View report page

44
Southampton Street
Woburn Place
Keppel Mews North (north end)
400 feet lineal of new brick sewer,
4 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. internal dimensions.
440 feet lineal of new brick sewer, 4 ft.
by 2 ft. 6 in. internal dimensions.
80 feet lineal of new brick sewer, 4 ft.
by 2 ft. 6 in. internal dimensions.
Street Cleansing.
The cleansing of the public ways was performed by a staff
of men employed by the Board, consisting of 1 foreman, 3
gangers, and 31 sweepers. Two sweeping machines, drawn
by horses, were also used in sweeping the carriage-ways.
Sixteen boys and one man as ganger were also employed in
collecting the horse droppings from the surfaces of the
several wood and asphalte pavements in the District during
dry weather, and in wet and sloppy weather in cleansing the
public footways within the District. Additional labour was
also engaged when found necessary for the purpose of ballasting
the asphalte carriage-ways and more frequently
cleansing them when under certain atmospheric conditions
they became greasy.
Complaint was made during the year of paper and straw
blowing about in the Squares of the District on Sundays, and
as an experiment two men have been engaged on Sunday
mornings in collecting into baskets all loose paper and other
matters lying in the public ways of the Squares.
The street sweepings were carted away by contract, and
amounted to a total of 5,839 van loads, equal to over 17,000
cubic yards.
The carriage-ways of the main thoroughfares that are paved
with wood and asphalte were washed frequently during the
year by means of watering-carts and the machine brooms,
• .