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The carriageway paving of Bath street within this parish has been
re-laid, and new granite tramway provided and laid by Contractor.
New 3 in. by 7 in. granite pitchings have been laid upon the land given
up by the Metropolitan Board of Works to form an improved entrance to
Gibraltar walk.
The carriageway of Fleet street has been entirely re-laid with new
3 in. by 7 in. pitchings on a bed of Portland cement concrete 9 in. thick.
The carriageway of Wheeler street, under the new portion of the Great
Eastern Railway Company's arch, has been re-paved by and at the cost of
the Company with new 3 in. by 9 in. granite cubes on a bed of concrete;
and the carriageway from the old arch up to the boundary with Whitechapel
parish has been re-paved at the cost of the Vestry.
A portion of the carriageway paving of Church street, at the boundary
of the parish with the parish of Shoreditch, has been taken up and new
paving laid by the contractor.
The footway paving of Darling row, opposite Model Dwellings recently
erected, has been taken up, and new Victoria paving laid, £25 of the
total cost being paid by the building contractor.
The foot and carriageway paving in Grove road, under and adjacent to
the new railway bridge, has been repaved by the contractor, at the joint
cost of the Vestry of Mile End and this parish.
Baker's Rents has been entirely repaved with old stone re-dressed.
The following streets have been coated with granite, broken by men in
the employ of the Vestry, and channels formed with the old stone removed
from streets that have been paved:—
Bonner lane Wood street
Old Ford road, from the Wood's close
Greyhound to the bridge Church row
Russia lane Hereford street
The carriageway of Approach road has been entirely re-coated with
ballast, and rolled with steam roller.
TRENCHES.
The work of repairs to the Gas and Water Companies' trenches has
been proceeded with, and I submit below the particulars of work done
during the year by the Vestry's workmen.