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1877, The Vestry made up, at the expense of the owners 0
the property and took to a total length of roadway of 738 feet.
A new brick sewer was placed in Lincoln Street in this year,
the other sewer work was—
Size of Sewer. Length.
3ft. 6in. by 2ft. 3m. 650 feet.
1ft. 3in. ,, 1ft. 3in. 191 ,,
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 624 ,,
Four new side entrances were constructed in the Commercial
Road, the cost being shared by the Vestry and the Tramway
Company, the amount paid by the Vestry being £117 10s. od.
1878. In this year the Vestry purchased from the Beverley Iron
Company a fifteen ton steam roller, made by Messrs, Aveling
and Porter, for the sum of £400. The necessity for the
possession of a steam roller by the Vestry had long been
felt, as the hire of one from the neighbouring Vestries
entailed a great expense. A comparison of the cost of the
working of the roller and that of hiring will be found under the
year 1880, together with the amount received from other parishes
for the use of our own. The cost of rolling in 1878 was £241 4s. 2d,
The most important sewer work of the year was the demolition
of the old sewer lying in the rear of the houses in Cambridge Heath
Road. This was done at the joint cost of this Vestry and Bethnal
Green; the.centre of the old sewer being then the boundary
between the two parishes. The other work was —
Size of Sewer. Length.
1ft. 3in. by 1ft. 3in. 76 feet.
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 169 ,,
Cambridge Heath Road—529ft. run brick sewer.
8,268 feet of Victoria stone were laid in 1879 various parts
of the Hamlet, at a cost of £371 16s. 1d. This stone had proved
satisfactory in other places.
Two important street improvements were carried out this
year, one at the eastern end of Oxford Street, and the other at the
Western end of Diamond Row.
The amount of claims made by freeholders and copyholders in
Oxford Street was £3,514, and the amounts settled in respect of
such claims was £3,197.
The amount claimed by tenants was £*485, and that settled to
be paid £325.
The amounts of claims of copyholds in Diamond Row Was
£570, and the amount settled to be paid £487.
The tenants claim was £100, and the amount agreed to be
paid by you was £50.
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