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The Streets in Southwark Park Road named Slippers Place, Winchester Street,
Robert Street, Hickling Street, Glebe Road, Stalham Street, and Matson Street have
been properly made up and paved under a Contract with Mr. William Etheridge, at a
cost as follows, viz:—
Slippers Place £225
Winchester Street £175
Robert Street £95
Hicklng Street £185
Glebe Road £97
Stalham Street £130
Matson Street £30 10s.
The expense, after deducting the usual contributions made by the Vestry, for the
number of years the property had been rated, was apportioned amongst the owners of
property in and abutting upon the said streets, and the same have been taken to by the
Vestry.
The portion of Moreton Terrace, Southwark Park Road, under the jurisdiction of
the Vestry, was at the same time paved at the expense of the Vestry, under the said
contract with Mr. William Etheridge, at a cost of £55 10s.
Eves Place, Adam Street, having been paved and made up by the owners of the
property, the said place was in May, 1885, taken to by the Vestry for the cleansing and
repair thereof in futnre.
The new street named Eugenia Road, and the return roads thereto have been
properly made up and paved under a contract with H. N. Trehearne & Co., at a cost of
£690 which sum has been apportioned for payment amongst the owners of the property
in and abutting upon the said road.
Paving Jobbing Works.
Mr. William Etheridge is the Contractor for Paving Jobbing Works, at a schedule
of prices. (For particulars of Contract see page 8).
Lighting.
Five additional ordinary gas Lamps have been set up and lighted during the past
year, viz:—one in Rotherhithe-street, one at the Urinal, Lavender Bridge, one in
Abbeyfield-road, one in West-lane at Millpond Improvement, and one in Stalham-street,
making the Total number of lamps in the parish lighted by the South Metropolitan
Gas Company, 461.
From Christmas 1885, the South Metropolitan Gas Company reduced the price of
lighting the ordinary public lamps in this parish from £3 12s. 6d., to £3 9s. 0d. per
lamp, per annum. The Gas Company from the same date reduced the price of Gas to
private consumers from 2/8 to 2/6 per 1000 feet.