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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
The Works Committee considered the question of
providing suitable urinal accommodation at the
junction of Elgin Avenue, Fernhead and Walterton
Roads, this place being considered a most suitable
site for the construction of an Underground Lavatory,
and I was instructed to prepare plans and specifications
for carrying out this work. The accommodation
provided being five W.C.'s and fourteen urinals for
men and four W.C.'s for women, with lavatory accommodation
in each.
The construction of the above was commenced on
the 16th March by Mr. J. Bentley, Contractor, of
Leicester, whose tender was accepted for the same by
the Vestry, and the work is still proceeding.
The above-ground iron and slate urinals in different
parts of the Parish are also much used by the Public,
and are maintained in an efficient sanitary condition.
New Buildings.
Very extensive ranges of buildings have been
erected by the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company
on the East side of Amberley Road, by Harrow Road,
as an Electric Light Station.
In London Street, between Francis Street and
Stanley Street, the Post Office Authorities are