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Board; the remaining portion of the Lewisham Roads being
watered by men and horses supplied by Mr. Lane at a contract
price of 9s. per day for horse and man. In Sydenham and Forest
Hill a portion of the roads were watered by horses belonging
to the Board, but the greater portion by horses and men
supplied by Mr. Stimpson at 9s. per horse and man per day.
The contract for watering the Lower Sydenham Roads was let
to Mr. Roberts at 9s. 3d. per horse and man per day. In the
Hamlet of Penge Mr. Winnitrith supplied horses and men at a
contract price of 8s. 6d. per horse and man per day. At the end
of this Report I attach a list of all the roads watered during the
year in Blackheath, Lewisham, Sydenham, Forest Hill, and a
portion of Beckenham. The roads in Beckenham were watered
by horses and men employed by the Lewisham Board of Works ;
the Beckenham Local Board paying the cost of the same. The
road of Sydenham Hill was also watered, the Camberwell Vestry
paying half the cost.
LIGHTING.
In Lewisham Parish at present there are 535 lamps, lighted
by the Phoenix Gas Company, at a contract price of £4 5s. per
lamp per annum, and 586 lamps lighted by the Crystal Palace
District Gas Company, at a contract price of £4 3s. 4d.
In the Hamlet of Penge there are 323 lamps, lighted by the
Crystal Palace District Gas Company, at a contract price of
£4 3s. 4d. per lamp. Thirty-five lamps were removed during
the year.
The whole of the lamps lighted by the Crystal Palace District
Gas Company were carefully counted during the year. It was
found that there were two more lamps than had been paid for.
The matter was of course put right.
The Indices of the meter lamps were regularly read during
the year.
The following list will give the new lamps put up during
the year:—
Lewisham.
Avenue Road 1
Algernon Road 4
*Bromley Road 17
Brockley Road 17