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ROAD WATERING.
The source of supply for watering, the mileage of Roads
watered, and the amounts paid for water, the rent and cost
of repairs of meters and standposts were as follows:—
£
s.
d.
Southwark & Vauxhall Water Company—Water by meter
612
13
5
Rent, including cost of repair of meters
131
12
0
Repairs to Standposts (the property of Vestry)
111
0
0
Lambeth Water Company—Water by meter
295
1
4
Rent of meters (including repairs)
71
15
0
Rent of Standposts (the property of the Company)
and Maintenance
51
5
0
Maintenance of Swan necks
17
1
8
Kent Water Company—by mileage: about 13½ miles
300
0
0
Lewisham Board of Works—Sydenham hill (moiety
of watering expenses)
21
19
0
Maintenance of Swan necks (the property of the Vestry)
33
0
0
£1,645
7
5
Length of roads watered about 102½ miles = about £16 4s. 0d. per mile,
inclusive of all the above charges.
Southwark
& Vauxhall
Co. 's supply.
Kent
Co.'s
supply.
Lambeth
Water Co.'s
supply.
No.
No.
No.
Hydrants, the property of Vestry
6
2
—
Waterposts do. do.
57
10
—
Do. the property of the Lambeth
Water Company, for which a rental
of 30/- each per annum is paid
-
-
35
Meters—the property of the Companies,
for which a rent of £2 2s. each per
annum is paid
63
-
35