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Surveyor's Annual Report.
???locks; the old concrete foundation having been refaced and floated
??? improved levels. The work was carried out by the Vestry's workmen,
??? a cost of 15s. 9½d per sq. yard, including labour and materials.
???he whole width of the sides of the road, including the 18 inches
???argins of the South London Tramways Company line was repaved,
???e Tramway Company having paid the Vestry their proportion of the
???ost. The Tramway Company have also repaved, between the tram???ails
with similar material. This work has proved beneficial to the
???ire Brigade and Evelina Hospital. A similar plan to this might
with great advantage, be adopted in repaying the carriageways,
Borough High Street, Old Kent Road, and St. George's Circus; the
???d granite cubes being dressed and relaid in adjacent side street ,
???iving employment to local labour, improving the sanitary condition
???f the Parish, and effecting a great saving in maintenance and
???cavenging. There would be no difficulty in borrowing money from
???he London County Council for this important work, in periods of ten
???ears for the wood and twenty years for the granite paving, as it
would be regarded as an improvement to replace the macadam with
???ranite paving.
The Vestry's workmen have laid in the footways in the Parish,
???uring the past year, 36,500 sqare feet of 2 inch Patent Victoria Stone,
???t a cost of 8½d per square foot or 6s. 4½d. per square yard. including
Labour and materials, taking up, re-squaring, sorting old paving
???arting some to adjacent side streets.
I am informed that, in the event of the Vestry entering into a
???ontract with the Patent Victoria Stone Co. for the supply of their
???naterial in larger quantities, more favourable terms could be arranged
or the supply of the stone, and the payment extendsd over 15 years
Having regard to the very worn and dilapidated condition of
???nany of the footways in the Parish, and the desire of the Vestry to