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not at the Vestry's expense. The Tramway Company have laid
pitching over the whole area of Grove Road, which is in this
Parish, the centre of Commercial Road, and also the wide space
lying between their rails at the entrance to Burdett Road from
Mile End Road.
2,241 feet were added to the space available for the traffic in
the Hamlet.
The sewers constructed in 1873 were of—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 3in. 780 feet.
3ft. 6in. ,, 2ft. 3in. 900 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in 1,621 ,,
1874. The most important of all the Vestry's work in paving
was completed in this year; that of the Commercial and Mile End
Roads, the cost of which works together with the relaying of the
old stone taken from the main thoroughfare in the by-ways, White
Horse Lane, Bancroft Place, etc., was £26,306 6s. gd. Another
feature of the paving of this year was the asphalte laid in the Mile
End Road, by the Val de Travers Co., and the Societe francaise
des Asphaltes, the area being 5,330 superficial yards at a cost of
£1,062 12s. 4d..
The sewer work was small.—
Size of Sewer. Length.
1ft. 3in. by 1ft. 3in. 520 feet.
1ft. 0in. „ 1ft. 0in. 928 ,,
In 1875 no important matter was taken in hand. The details
of lighting, watering, etc., are given in the tables.
The length of sewe s formed during the year was of—
Size of Sewer. Length.
1ft. 6in by 1ft. 6in. 600 feet.
1ft. 3m. „ 1ft. 3in. 295 „
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 329 ,,
During the year 1876 a great difficulty was experienced in
finding places for the deposit of the street refuse, owing to the
action of the Great Eastern Railway, who closed their gates
against the carts of the Vestry after a notice of 48 hours.
For a week in January there was no land at the disposal of
the Vestry for the reception of the slops which had to be shot
temporarily into barges. I made a suggestion at the time for
advantageous arrangements by which the refuse should be conveyed
to the Hackney Marshes, which has since been acted upon.
No important paving work was executed. That in the sewers
department being 560 feet run of 12 inch pipe.