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STEAM ROLLER.
On September 5th, 1887, as the Steam Roller was travelling along
the Dawes Road it broke through the crown of the road and fell into
a cavity about 14 feet long, 10 feet wide by 7 feet deep. It was raised
by means of ordinary screw jacks and towed into the yard by another
steam roller before 6 p.m. the following day.
The cavity had been caused by the breaking of a connection from a
gulley to the main sewer. The repairs necessitated by the accident cost
£8 12s. 6d.
STABLES.
During the year I have prepared numerous plans and schemes for
stables to be erected on the site in Munster Lane, purchased in June
last from the District Railway by the Vestry.
On the 3rd March, 1888, I submitted a complete set of plans of
stabling for 44 horses, six loose boxes, &c., and a report shewing that
the cost would be £6,000. The last paragraph of my Report was as
follows:—
"I shall be glad if the Vestry will come to a decision, as appearances
indicate a large rise in prices during the year, and I believe I have
already made enough plans and sketches for the Vestry to equal in value
a charge of 10 per cent."
These plans were again sent back for a considerable portion of the
loft accommodation and 4 loose boxes to be removed and other minor
reductions.
In September I received instructions to commence the drainage of
the site in Munster Road. The work cost £184 13s. 9d., and the
value of the ballast and sand excavated from the cutting amounted
to £197 6s. 4d.
MORTUARY.
During the year various sites were suggested as suitable for a
mortuary for this Parish. The Burial Board however settled the
question of the site by offering to the Vestry a portion of the cemetery
ground fronting the Munster Road.
This site was accepted, and 1 was directed to prepare plans of
a mortuary and various other accompanying rooms, together with a
Coroner's Court and residence for caretaker.
These plans, in accordance with these instructions, together with a
a full report, dated February 18th, 1888, were submitted to the Vestry,
and I was further instructed to prepare fresh plans for a building one
storey high, omitting the caretaker's residence and mortuary for infectious
cases.