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SURVEYOR'S REPORT
OF WORKS EXECUTED.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING LADY-DAY, 1876.
Gentlemen,
During the year the East London Railway Company have constructed
their new line which enters the Parish at the Whitechapel
Coal Depot, passing through the south portion of the Parish, and
connects with the Great Eastern Railway at Brick Lane. This
work has necessitated the alteration and diversion of the various
sewers with which they have come in contact, and has been carried
out under my personal supervision at the expense of the Company by
their contractor.
Several of the side streets through which the traffic had to pass, in
consequence of the railway works stopping up leading thoroughfares,
required continual watching and repair, which was carried out by the
contractor to the Vestry at the Company's cost.
It will be seen from the annexed statements of works executed that
the greater portion has again been carried out by the men in the
employ of the Vestry. I have again to draw your attention to the
condition of the smaller sewers, the cleansing, reparation, and reconstruction
of which has formed a considerable portion of work done
during the past year, and which still requires a larger amount of
attention than with the present staff can be devoted to it.