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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
able by the horse-scrapers and brooms. In two or
three main thoroughfares by the employment of street
orderly boys.
Sanding Frosty Roads.
This work has been carried out whenever requisite,
special attention being given to the bridge approaches
and wood-paved roads, at times men, horses, and
sanding machines being sent out very lute at night
and early in the morning. 457 horses and carts were
out 011 57 occasions, the quantity of shingle scattered
being 782 cubic yards.
Road Watering.
The watering season commences on the 1st of
March and ends on the 30th of November, and during
that period the water vans were out 132 days, 4,546
horses and vans being employed, giving an average of
34'43 horses and vans per day. The streets being
watered as often as required.
The quantity of water used, and the cost thereof,
for road watering and road making purposes, and
washing wood-paved roads during the season, has been
as follows:—
Grand Junction Water Co., 24,924,440 galls., at £726 19 3
West Middlesex Water Co., 5,573,110 galls., at 202 18 10
Total galls. 30,497,550 Cost £929 18 1