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to carry its weight, the sub-soil being loose sand.
This roller has been at work thirteen days and a hired
roller 102 days. The total cost of working the two has
been £241 4s. 2d.
The vehicular traffic in the Hamlet increases from
year to year, and your Roads Committee have now
under their consideration the advisability of paving
certain of the main thoroughfares, but I regret to know
that you have recently declined to adopt their recommendation
to complete the paving of Devonshire Street,
a place of considerable heavy Traffic to and from the
Devonshire Street Goods Station.
The carriageway paving in the portion of the Commercial
and Mile End Roads, kept in repair by you,
remain in good condition, and have not required any
repair from actual wear, except the piece lying between
the western boundary in the Commercial Road, as
arranged with St. Georgo's Vestry, and Bromhead
Street, on the north side of the road. This piece of
road was paved by the Tramways Company, and was
work which they had to do for St. George's Vestry,
under the Tramway Act. The pitching laid was fourinch
by six-inch Rowley stone, and it has worn so
badly that it will bo necessary shortly to replace it with
better material. I called attention to this matter in my
Report of last year, but since that time the part referred
to has, notwithstanding occasional attention and
repair, become very much worse.
During the year a number of important crossings in
carriageways have been paved, and much of the old
tram stone removed from the Commercial Road has
been re-dressed and laid in lines parallel to the foot
traffic.
A large number of other places are under consideration,
and your Committee will present a Report