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of the Contract, but in a short time hence I consider
another mode of maintenance or reinstatement must
be adopted in order to keep the paving in proper
condition.
It has been necessary to repair certain portions
of the wood pavement, laid by the Yestry in Radnor
Place, Somer's Place, and Praed Street in 1879, also
in Bishop's Road and Eastbourne Terrace in 1880,
and the condition thereof is now satisfactory.
The footway pavements and water channels
have been taken up, relaid, and repaired where
necessary in various parts of the parish.
The increased number of new streets and
consequent increase of traffic over the old ones,
render it neccssary to use Granite, in lieu of Gravel,
with the aid of two Steam Road Rollers for the
proper maintenance of the carriage ways.
The powers of the Yestry under the Metropolis
Management Acts have still been enforced to complete
the paving of certain new streets at the cost
of owners of houses and land therein.
The public passage across St. Mary's Churchyard
from St. Mary's Square to Paddington
Green has been widened by removing four
brick piers at the two ends thereof, and by
setting back the iron railing on the north