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Upon the application of the road labourers additional sums of from three-pence
to four-pence were made to their wages, the same now ranging from 4s. to 3s. per
day according to ability.
The Vestry having received notice to quit the Stone-yard in Napier Terrace, the
Vestry after inspecting several sites negotiated with the Surrey Commercial Dock
Company for a piecc of ground for a Stone-yard on the Deptford Lower Road, near
the East London Railway Station, and it was ultimately arranged that the Vestry
should take the said ground of the Company on lease for 21 years from Michaelmas
187ft. with the option of cither the Landlord or Tenant to determine the same at the
end of the first 14 years at a yearly rental of £50 per annum. The carts stock
and utensils belonging to the Vestry have been removed from the old Stone-yard at
Napier Terrace to the new depot Deptford Lower Road and possession of the former
premises given up.
Paving Jobbing Works.
Mr. William Etheridge is the contractor for the Paving Jobbing Works, at a
schedule of prices. (For particulars of contract see page 9).
Lighting.
Thirteen additional gas lamps have been set up and lighted during the past year
viz:—1 in Tissington Street; 1 at the corner of Neston street; 1 in Warndhon Street;
2 in Cranham Road; 1 in Luxford Street; 3 in Rotherhithe New Road; 2 in
Jamaica Level; 1 in Blue Anchor Road and 1 in Gomm Road One lamp has been
discontinued in Leopards Court, making the total number of lamps in the parish
lighted by the Surrey Consumers Gas Company 405. (For particulars of contract
see page 9).
Cleansing. Watering, &c.
Mr. Alfred Thomas Hobman continues to contract for the supply of men
horses and carts and for the removal of scrapings from the whole of the roads and
streets (after the same have been swept up by the labourers employed by the Vestry)
to a shoot provided by the Vestry.
Mr. A. T. Hobman also contracts for the supply of horses, harness and drivers
for the Vestry's water carts. (For particulars of contract see page 9).