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The wood pavement in Uxbridge Road, by Porchester
Gate, and in Praed Street, has also been renewed.
These works were executed by the Vestry's
workmen at a cost of £2,974 17s. 2d.
In various parts of the Parish, the footway pavements
and water channels have been taken up, relaid,
repaired and repaved where requisite.
The repairs of the Macadam Roadways continue
to be satisfactorily carried out with the aid of the two
steam rollers.
An increased expenditure will in the future be
incurred for maintaining the roadways, where a new
Omnibus route has been recently established, viz.,
Walterton Road, Carlton Terrace, Great Western Road,
and Richmond Road.
The Vestry have exercised their powers in accordance
with the 105th section of the Metropolis Management
Act, with reference to the completion of the
paving of several new streets, and the necessary
works have been completed at the cost of owners and
occupiers of houses and land situate in such streets.
The Gas and Water Companies have opened a
great number of trenches in roads and footways of the
Parish for the purpose of laying and repairing their
mains and service pipes. The making good the
surface of the roads and footways over the trenches