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Included in the total weight is 91 tons 10 cwts. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. of trade refuse, paid for
at the rates mentioned in last year's report by the persons requiring removal of the same.
Thirty-three pails have been repaired during the year at a cost of £1 4s. 9d., and 500
new ones supplied in May by Mr. Phillip Hound, of Lye, near Stourbridge, at a cost of
£54 3s. 4d.
Bull Head Wharf and Dock.
Considerable progress has been made during the year in adapting the premises at Bull
Head Dock and Victoria Oil Mills for the use of the Vestry as a wharf and depot.
The chimney shaft was completed upon the 1st July, 1898; the work cost £2556 15s. 7d.,
this being an increase of £128 12s. 7d., entirely due to the extra depth of the foundations
mentioned in last year's report.
The contract for the Destructor Buildings, after advertisements had been issued, was
let to Messrs. Henry Knight and Co., of Tottenham, who commenced operations on
the 1st July, 1898, the amount of the contract being £3,933 10s. 6d., and the works are
now practically completed.
They consist of Destructor House and Tipping Shed, 63 ft. 10 in. long by 29 ft. 10½ in.
wide, built in stock brickwork. The principals of the roof consist entirely of wrought
iron, covered with tongued and grooved boarding and slating.
At the river end is placed the Tipping Shed, 20 ft. 4 in. wide, approached by an inclined
roadway with a gradient of 1ft. in 20ft., and varying in width from 12 ft. 6 in. to 10 ft.
This roadway is constructed of steel joists fixed about 7 ft. apart, the intervening spaces
being covered with steel arched plates rivetted to the joists, filled in with concrete and
paved with granite setts.
Beneath the Tipping Shed is placed the Engine House and Mortar Mill, entirely separated
by a division wall. The former is approached from a door in the passageway