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whole work to the contractor in preference to increasing the staff of
masons and paviors.
The repairs to foot and carriageways, caused by the erection of
scaffolding and construction of private drains, have been done by
men in the employ of the Vestry at the cost of persons carrying out
the work.
An improvement has been made in Gascoyne-place by widening
the roadway so as to admit of two lines of carriage traffic. The road
has been re-paved with the stone removed from Brick-lane, supplemented
by some second-hand cubes supplied by the contractor. The
footways also have been almost entirely re-paved. This work has
been carried out by men in the employ of the Vestry.
Grove-place, Wolverley-street, has been entirely paved with Patent
Victoria Stone by the contractor to the Vestry, at the cost of the
London School Board.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The carriageways of the following streets have been repaved with
broken Guernsey granite and rolled with steam road roller, the roads
being previously scored and prepared to receive the granite:—
Bonner-road Pritchard's-road
Bonner-lane Prospect-place
Bishop's-road
The carriageway of Approach-road has been re-coated with ballast
and rolled with steam roller.
LIGHTING.
Nesv lamps have been erected as under, viz.:—
Column lamp, corner of Rapley-place and Daniel-street.
Ditto ditto Type-street and Green-street.
Ditto ditto Anglesea-street and Selby-street.
Ditto Olga-street.
Ditto Corner of Preston-street and Collin's-place.
Ditto Three lamps on urinal, Hackney-road.
Bracket lamp, Skinner's-court, Prospect-place.
Ditto Davis-place.
The amount paid to the Gas Light and Coke Company for gas