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Engineer and Surveyor's Annual Report,
1898-99.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Report upon the work of my department for the year
ending 25th March, 1899.
Licenses.
Sixty-six licenses were granted to erect scaffolds and hoardings in the public footpaths
and carriageways for new buildings, alterations, additions or repairs; being an increase of
nineteen upon the number granted last year.
Road and Footways.
In addition to general repairs, special works have been executed as enumerated below: —
RED LION CORNER.—For a number of years past the condition of the footway at the
"Red Lion" Corner, Lower Road, had been a source of danger to pedestrians owing to the
excessive crossfall; the rebuilding of the premises, the erection of new shops at the corner of
Bush Road and the giving up of the forecourt of the "Red Lion" and the projecting piece
of ground in front of the shops, enabled the work of relaying the whole of the footway to
be undertaken and the levels to be improved. The difference in level of the floors (about
15 ins.) of the "Red Lion" P.H. and the first shop made this a matter of great difficulty,