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In 1879 the re-construction of a sewer in Oxford Street and
Richardson Street was begun. It had been in an unsatisfactory
state for many years. The cost of sewer works was £1,043 17S. 9d.
1880. During this year the steam roller worked for the
Vestry 127 days, which would have cost, if hired, the sum of
£317 10s, The Vestry received from the adjoining parishes for
the use of it £313 17s, 6d. The total cost of working, repairs,
wages, and fuel, was £275 10s. 6d.
The sewer work constructed was—
Size of Sewer. Length.
1ft. 3in. by 1ft. 3m. 118 feet.
1ft. 0in. ,, 1ft. 0in. 505 ,,
The cost of cleansing the principal sewers of the Hamlet for
this year was £448 18s.
1881. It was necessary to replace the portion of the paving
on the north side of Commercial Road, between a point short of
the "George Public House" and the western boundary, part of
the road repaired by the Vestry. The New Road, by the ordinary
wear, required repaving.
The portion of the Commercial Road above referred to was
paved by the Tramway Company and represented the compensation
to the St. George's Vestry, which they were entitled to under the
Tramway Act, and which this Vestry had the benefit of when they
arranged to keep this part of the road in repair for the St. George's
Vestry, they taking in exchange, an equal area at the western end
of the road. The cost of these works was £2,749 16s.
During the year the steam roller worked for the Vestry 176
days, which would have cost, if hired, the sum of £440. TheVestry
received for hire of roller from adjoining parishes the sum of £167 5s.
The total cost of working, repairs, wages, and fuel, was
£262 15s. 6d.
375 cubic yards of soil were removed from the sewers, the
cost of cleansing being £700 19s. 1d.
In 1882 considerable foot paving work was done in Stepney
Green and Commercial Road. The cost being £971 9s. 9d.
Tees Scoriae was first used for channels, 3,600 blocks being
laid. Bancroft Road was the principal street laid. It is found
after nearly two years wear that this extract from the iron furnaces
of the Cleveland district is in the same condition as when first laid.
Seventeen new gullies were built this year. 734 cubic yards
of soil were removed from the sewers. The cost of cleaning being
£600 19s. 1d.