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A course of Carriage paving, 9 feet wide, has been laid on the south side of the west
approach to Plough Bridge from the crown of the Bridge westward to the gateway of the
approach lately occupied by Messrs. Bunning, in order to lessen the wear of the Rood, caused
by the passage of heavy vehicles over that spot.
The whole of the Iron Work of Plough Bridge was, in November last, painted by Mr.
William Cracknell, under Contract, at a cost of £8 10s.
By arrangement with the Surrey Commercial Dock Company the fence of the Dock
premises at the corner of Trinity-street and Commercial Dock road has been set back, and
the line of curb and footway re-arranged so as to render the curve in the road there more
convenient for the carriage traffic.
The Vestry, during the past year, have caused the removal, by the owners, of door steps
projecting into the footway so as to be dangerous to passengers, at the following places, viz.:—
at the east side of Cross-street, Deptford-road, at the side of No. 18, Brunswick terrace, and
No. 1, Wynford-terrace, also at the north end of Yeoman-street, at the side of the house
No. 2, Lake cottages, Plough-road.
The owner of the houses Nos. 16, 18, 20, and 23, south side of Union-road, having given
up to the parish the piece of ground forming the forecourts in front of the said houses, the
Vestry paved the said space, and declared it to be from thenceforth a portion of the public
highway.
The Vestry having resolved to make up the carriageways and to pave the footways of
the following new streets in this parish, viz:—Portland-place, Maynard-road, Wellingtonstreet,
and William-street, entered into Contracts with Mr. George Rutty for the paving
work, and Mr. Lewis Etheridge for the road work, and the same will be proceeded with
forthwith, the cost of the work having been apportioned in the usual manner, viz :—the
Owners of the houses in the streets to pay three-fourths, and the Vestry to bear the remaining
one-fourth of such cost.
The Vestry have also determined to pave the footways, Plough-road, so soon as the Main
Sewers Works now in progress there are completed.
The north footway, Manor-lane, is also about to be paved by the Vestry, and the cost
of the work will bo apportioned amongst the Owners of the new property on that side of the
street, the Vestry making their usual contribution of one-fourth towards such cost.
Lighting.
During the past year the following new lamps have been set up in this parish, viz.:—two
in Commercial bock-road, between the Plough Public House and the Swing Bridge, one in
Sarahs-plarce, Swan-lane (in lieu of the lamp formerly lighted under agreement with Mr.
Blake, which has been discontinued), and one on the south side of Church-street, opposite
Princes-street the contribution, formerly paid by the Vestry towards the lighting of the lamp
over the Chemist's shop, at the comer of Princes-street, having been also discontinued ; one
lamp has been removed from the east end of Portland-place, in consequence of the houses there
having been taken down by the East London Railway Company, making the total number
of lampa. lighted under the Contract with " The Surrey Consumers' Gas Company, 365, (for
particulars of Contract, see page 8).