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LIGHTING.
There are 848 lamps in the Parish of Lewisham, of
which 478 were lighted by the Crystal Palace Gas Company, at
a contract price of £4 5s. per lamp per annum, up to Christmas,
when the price was reduced to £4 3s. 4d. per annum;
and 370 are lighted by the Phœnix Gas Company at a contract
price of £4 13s. 4d. per lamp per annum.
29 new lamps were erected in Lewisham during the
year, the lighting district being extended to the whole of the
Parish.
In Penge there were 269 lamps lighted by the Crystal
Palace Gas Company, at a contract price of £4 5s. per lamp
per annum, up to Christmas, when the price was reduced to
£4 3s. 4d. per annum.
There were 8 new lamps erected.
KERBING, CHANNELLING, &c.
The Table appended to this Report gives the value of
the Kerbing and Channelling and Tar Pavement laid in
each locality of the District during the last three years.
In the Parish of Lewisham, Kerbing and Channelling
were laid during the year in the following Streets and Roads:—
Former New Cross Road, from the "George" Public-house to
Rushey Green. In Stanstead Lane, a portion relaid and
made good with new material, from the Swiss Cottage Publichouse
to the Blythe Hill Road. Part of the Kerbing, &c.,
relaid in the Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill (western footpath),
and the line of Kerbing made continuous.
New Kerbing, &c., laid from the Vicarage, Lewisham,
to near Ladywell Bridge, and the northern footpath of
Lewisham Hill was made good with Kerbing and Channelling.
The work was executed by Messrs. John Mowlem and Co.,
of London, at a contract schedule of prices, and the cost (see
Table) defrayed by a loan.