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The abolition of the toll caused a marked difference in the
traffic of the back streets, which were largely used in order to
avoid the toll. The main thoroughfare therefore had to bear more
traffic, and the smaller sank into the position of the ordinary roads
of the Hamlet.
At the expiration of the Act, a large balance remained in the
hands of the Trustees, a large portion of which was by the Trustees
with Mr. E. L. Johnson, expended in laying down pitchings in
various parts of the Mile End Road, effecting a saving to the ratepayers
of this Hamlet of over £1000.
Sewers were constructed in a great number of streets at a cost
of £1,439 13s. 6d., and new gullies built.
The following will show the quantity of each description of
sewer during the year.—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 3m. 2,020 feet.
1ft. 3in. ,, 1ft. 3in, 1,100 ,,
lft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 1in. 2,435 "
1868. A total quantity of 32,307 feet of paving was laid, the
greater part in Burdett Road.
A few streets were made up and taken to, the total length
being 1,570.
The sewer works of this year was small, the chief item
being of—
Size of Sewer. Length.
1ft. 1in. by 1ft. 1in. 800 feet.
221 houses were connected with the sewers in this year.
During the 1869, 27,154 feet superficial of paving was laid at
a cost of £"1,017 3s, 10d.
Several new streets were made up in this year, and a larger
area by the Trustees of the Cotton Estate, and all taken to
increasing the length of the roads of the Hamlet by 6,240 feet.
By an arrangement with the Great Eastern Railway made in
the spring of 1868, by me, a saving of £224 18s. 0d. on the
outlay of the preceding year was made.
The new sewers laid were —
Size of Sewer. Length.
1ft. 6in. by 1ft. 6in. 663 feet.
1ft. 3in. „ 1ft. 3in. 850 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 550 ,,
In 1870 a most important work was performed in the Mile
End Road, not at the cost, but under the immediate supervision of
myself as representative of the Paving Committee, in the shape of