View report page

100
WOOD CROSSINGS.
Three wood crossings were put in at Regent Street at the
entrances to Heddon Street, New Burlington Mews, and
Conduit Street.
FOOTWAYS.
The following work was carried out on the footways
in streets which have been repaved:—York stone relaid,
()9,679^ square feet, granite kerb reset 11,893 feet run.
These dimensions include 31,147 feet 3 inches of new York
stone, and 3,341 feet 7 inches of new kerb.
OLD MATERIALS.
The quantities of old materials sold were:—Wood, 34 cart
loads; iron, 10 tons 1(3 cwt.; York stone, 2,543 square feet;
pitching, 107 cart loads; kerb, 100 feet run.
WILKES' "EUREKA" PAYING.
The footway in Piccadilly between Air Street and Regent
Street, the footway under the Colonnade in the Hay market
and Pall Mall, Black Lion Court (Berwick Street), two
courts in Ham Yard, and the footway by the new buildings
in Little Pulteney Street, have been paved with Wilkes'
"Eureka" Paving.
LITTLE PULTENEY STREET IMPROVEMENT.
The alterations to the roadway necessary to effect this
improvement have been almost at a standstill during the
greater part of the year. In November a new 3ft. 9in. by
2ft. Gin. egg-shaped brick sewer was constructed, at a cost of
£1,233 10s. 3d. in lieu of the old one, and at a greater depth,
in order to drain the new houses. The widening and lowering
of the streets have now been commenced in earnest, and will