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REPORT, 1889 90. 43
Carting Road Materials and General Work
During the year an average of 8.43 horses per day
were engaged in this work for 305 days.
Gleaming the Public Streets.
The main thoroughfares and most important streets
are swept daily, especially the wood-paved roads,
other roads two or three times weekly, as occasion
requires. Periodically the wood-paved roads are
washed and cleansed.
Sanding Frosty and Slippery Roads.
This important work has been attended to whenever
required, men, horses, carts, and sanding machines
being sent out during the day, late at night, and very
early in the morning, scattering sand and shingle over
the surface of the roads. 377 horses and carts were
sent out on 48 occasions, the total number of hours
working being 1,904, and 804 cubic yards of materials
being used.
Road Watering.
During the season the water-vans were engaged
114 days, at an average of 29.36 per day.
The quantity of water used and the cost thereof,
including water used for road-making purposes, being
as follows:—
Gallons.
Grand Junction Water Co., 18,857,400 £550 0 2
West Middlesex Water Co., 4,314,800 152 16 4
Totals 23,172,200 £702 16 6