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120 borough of paddington.
3.—Every New Street shall, unless the London
County Council otherwise consent in writing, have
at the least two entrances of the full width to such
Street, and shall be open from the ground upward.
4.—The measurement of the width of every
New Street shall be taken at a right angle to the
course thereof, half on either side from the centre or
crown of the roadway to the external wall or front
of the intended houses or buildings on each side
thereof; but where forecourts or other spaces are
intended to be left in front of the houses or buildings
then the width of the street, as already defined,
shall be measured from the centre line up to the
fence, railing, or boundary dividing or intended to
divide such forecourts, gardens, or spaces from the
public way.
5.—The substratum of the carriageway of every
New Street must be composed, when consolidated, of
hard brick rubbish, or other approved hard material
not less than nine inches in depth ; such brick rubbish
or hard material to be brought from time to time as,
and when wanted for immediate use, and covered
over with gravel without delay; the upper surface
to be of gravel not less than 9 inches in depth, and
sifted in a sieve of 37 wires and 21 inches in
diameter. The said carriageway must also curve or
fall from the centre or crown thereof at the rate of
three-eighths of an inch at the least for every foot
of breadth.