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In addition to the carriageway paving works enumerated above, new
crossings have been formed in the following streets, with old stone from
store, by men employed by the Vestry:—
Bishop's road
Bonner road
Bonner lane
Cambridge road
Derbyshire street
Grove road (2)
Menotti street
Princes street
Ravenscroft street
Three Colt's lane, opposite Railway station
Tapp street
Wilmot etreet
371 yards sup.
The following streets have been entirely re-coated with Guernsey
granite, and have had the steam roller over them, the roads being previously
prepared: —
yds.
ft.
Cambridge road, from St. John's Church to Museum
269
0
Green street
1022
0
Old Bethnal Green road
2730
0
Pollard row
1309
0
Roman road
3051
0
Three Colts lane
3311
0
Victoria Park square
2355
5
The cost of using the steam roller, for making up the surface of roadways
after coating them with granite, including hire of roller, horse and
cart, water cart, watchman, fuel, &c. was about l^d. per superficial yard.
The necessary repairs to footway after the removal of scaffolds, and to
the roadway caused by the carrying out of private drainage works, have
also been done by men in the employ of the Vestry, at the cost of the
persons carrying out the work.
During the year the following streets have been paved and gullies
constructed by the contractor, the cost of same being charged to the
respective owners:—
Bellhaven street Cordings terrace
Burnside street Thorold street
The undermentioned works have also been carried out during the past
year by the Contractor :—
Namo of Street.
New 3-in.
York
Paving.
New 2½-in
York
Paving.
Paving
Re-laid.
New
Curb.
Curb
Re-set.
New
Pitching.
ft.
in.
ft.
in.
ft.
in.
ft.
in.
ft.
in.
yds.
ft.
Ballard's place (from Morpeth
street to Warley st.
••••
••••
679
0
12
0
120
10
••••
Grove road
1392
11
••••
1633
0
36
0
281
5
••••
Warley street
••••
2006
0
215
0
11
0
332
6
••••
Wilmot street
••••
1575
7
••••
293
3
••••
56
0