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ROADS CONTRACTED FOR.
Contracts for the following roads have been entered into and the work is
in hand.
Name.
Date of
Commencement.
Contract
Price.
Amount of
Apportionment.
Contractor.
1890.
£
£
s.
d.
Avonmore Road
January, 20th.
439
549
3
7
Tomes &
Wimpey
do.
Seagrave Road
February, 3rd.
372
461
17
7
East End Road
March, 19th.
680
729
11
5
Neave & Son
do.
Broughton Road
Approach
March, 5th.
198
194
15
7
Owing to the alteration of the total sura to be collected on each road,
before the same is contracted for, being made 75 per cent instead of 50 per
cent. as formerly, the work of making up the streets has for a time been in
abeyance. It was not until January of this year that the first road was
contracted for, and I have now every reason to believe from the way the
money is being collected, that quite 40 streets will be paved during the
ensuing year.
INCREASE IN PRICES.
I regret to say that owing to the recent strikes the prices of materials
have very considerably increased, thereby necessitating additional apportionments
to be made on a great many streets, the estimates for which were
based upon the old prices.
SPECIFICATION.
On 27th February, 1890, I reported to the New Streets Committee the
advisability of altering the specification as follows:—
Vestry Hall,
Walham Green.
27th February, 1890.
Me. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to draw the attention of the Committee to the
fact, that in the past a ¾-in. mesh sieve has been used in screening
the existing hardcore in the roads, and I find the residue so dirty
that when relaid as hardcore, it seems very little better for being
screened. I would suggest that in future a 1-in. mesh sieve be used.