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It will be readily seen from the figures in the preceding
Table what the stoppage at the Great Eastern
Railway cost the Vestry, but I am pleased to say that
I am now in negotiation with the Company for the
removal of the road material for the coming year, and
if the worst of the wet material be taken to shoots, a
very large saving may be effected in the course of the
next year. The large increase in the cost of railway
carriage was not owing to any work of the year, but
was owing to the accumulation of heavy stuff of former
years, which had to be taken away, while the Vestry
were not deriving any advantage from the railway
system.
The Vestry propose keeping a number of horses of
their own for this work, and if they be prudently
managed I anticipate a saving on this head during the
coming year.
Removal of dust.
The dust, ashes, and house-refuse, has been removed
from the houses and factories in the Hamlet by
Mr. Rollinson, under contract, and the cost for the
year has been £1800.
A Committee is now sitting who are making arrangements
for you to collect the dust by your own carts and
men. I have no doubt that, by this means, the refuse
will be more frequently removed from the poorer parts
of the Hamlet, but I cannot see any possibility of saving
money by adopting the plan, as you have no means of
sifting and sorting the dust, and thus obtaining the
proper price from brick makers for the breeze. You
must sell it rough as collected, and in this form it is not
likely to produce much, while the whole cost of collection
will fall upon you.