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The roads laid out and taken to during this year, were Grafton
Street, Holford Street, Carlton Road South, Norfolk Street, and
York Street, the aggregate length being 3,330 feet.
The sewers constructed were—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 6in. 366 feet.
3ft. 6in. ,, 2ft. 3in. 416 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 2,558 ,,
There were 29 new gullies formed, which made the total up to
this year 945. The cost of the sewer works was £924 11s. 8d.
1864 was the year in which Burdett Road was taken to by
the Vestry, by an arrangement with the Metropolitan Board of
Works. The other streets taken to in this year were Cologne-street,
Bruges-street, and Bale-street. The total length being 3,830 feet.
The sewers constructed in this year were
Size of Sewer. Length.
2ft. 6in. by 2ft. 3m. 1,675 feet.
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 4,503 ,,
The reconstruction of the sewer in the Mile End Road,
between Globe Road and Assembly Passage, was effected. The
old levels were found to be irregular, and that Charrington's
brewery being two feet below the two points of discharge, causing
a perpetual deposit which required a considerable annual expenditure
to remove. Following your Surveyor's advice, the whole of
the sewer between the places mentioned was rebuilt; the fall being
made both ways to Hannibal Road, and a new egg-shaped brick
sewer constructed therein.
The sewers were formed in various other streets, the total cost
amounting to £1,179 3s. 6d.
A large quantity of paving work was done in 1865, there being
44,094 superficial feet of 3 inch, and 16,859 of 2½ inch. The Mile
End Koad, Stepney Green, and Burdett Road were the chief
thoroughfares repaired. The cost of these works was £2,110 15s. 9d.
Great difficulty was experienced this year in finding places for
the deposit of slop, thus causing an increase in the cost of horse
hire, which will be seen by reference to the tables annexed.
The sewer works this year, costing £373 12s. 6d., were—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. 6in. by 2ft, 3m. 174 feet.
1ft. 3in. ,, 1ft. 3in. 600 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 2,300 ,,
In consequence of some remarks made in the House of
Commons by Sir William Fraser, which reflected upon the local
bodies in the Metropolis, your Surveyor submitted a brief statement
of the works executed by the Vestry up to this year, (1865)