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Estimated cost per annum of the maintenance
of carriageways in Commercial Road, East
and West India Dock Roads, and Horseferry
Branch Road 1,089
Ditto ditto footways 221
Ditto ditto scavenging and watering 1,375
Making a total of £2,685
To which should be added the estimated proportion
of establishment charges 256
And making the estimated annual cost of
maintaining the said roads £2,941
The statement was sent to the Engineer of the Council,
and in October a letter was received offering as the Council's
contribution a sum equal to one half of the average actual
annual cost during the three years ended 31st March, 1892, of
maintenance and repair, to be ascertained and agreed upon
between the Council and the Hoard, such contribution to commence
as from the 1st April, 1889, and to continue until the
31st March, 1896, or until such time as the Council's legal
position with reference to the roads referred to should be altered.
Such letter was considered by the Works Committee, who
requested me to communicate with the Council and to agree if
possible without prejudice the amount of the average actual
annual cost of maintenance, &c., during the years mentioned,
leaving the question of the proportion to be borne by the
Council for future decision.
I accordingly saw the Engineer of the Council upon the
subject, and an officer of the Council subsequently attended at
the Offices of the Hoard and examined my estimate with the
accounts, and as a result a letter was received in February, 1893,
offering as the Council's annual contribution the sum of £1,410
being one half of £2,685, the average actual annual cost, plus
£134 5s. (5 per cent, thereon) for establishment charges. The
letter was referred to the Finance Committee, and upon their
recommendation the Board decidcd to accept the offer.