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22
BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
Maintenance of Roads.
The following statement will show the quantity of
materials used in the maintenance and general repair
of the various macadam and gravel roads in the parish:
Tons.
cwt.
Guernsey Granite
4,162
16
Narboro' Granite
3
6
Enderly Granite
2,179
2
Gravel (Sifted)
8,424
0
Hoggin
1,689
19½
Mount Sorrel Granite Cubes
32
8
Aberdeen ditto
3
0
Broken Aberdeen
172
4
Thames Sand
182
6
Thames Shingle
1,076
8
Total
17,925
9½
The repair of the macadam roads, and in some
instances the gravel roads, have been carried out with
the aid of the two steam rollers, the cost of working
and maintaining the same including all expenses being
as follows:—
£
s.
d.
Wages to Drivers and Steerers
231
7
4½
1,677 Sacks of Coke
76
17
3
77¼ Sacks of Coal
7
14
6
214 Quarts of Lard Oil
13
7
6
20-lbs. of Russian Tallow
0
10
0
218-lbs. of Cotton Waste
2
18
5
290 Nights Watching
48
6
8
143 Quarts of Colza Oil
5
7
3
£386
8
11½