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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
Amount expended on
Footways.
Roadways.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
all night. The four snow ploughs
were sent out at 5 a.m. to clear the
9 miles of omnibus routes. The next
three days the weather changed to
thaw, rain, and mild, causing a general
break-up of the severe weather.
The cost expended on this fall being
358
9
1½
629
15
10
£599
8
6½
£1,198
1
0
The total amount expended on roadways and
footpaths being £1,797 9s. 6½d.
The total number of men, etc., engaged on the
before-mentioned works have been:—
Footpaths—Regular men 1,252
Casual men 1,699
2,951
Roadways—Regular men 2,443
Casual men 2,477
4,920
Total 7,871
There were at work 882 of the Vestry's horses,
also 141 hired horses; 3,541 loads of snow were
brought into the wharves; 141 loads were stacked
in Uxbridge Road by the Park railings; 65¾ boats
were loaded.
Carting Road Materials, Flushing Gulleys, and
General Work.
During the year 2,081 of the Vestry's horses and
1,504 hired horses and carts were engaged on this
description of work for 276 days, giving an average
of 12.98 per day.