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and Park Place. No payment is made by either Vestry to
the other under this Order, the exchange of area being
regarded as an equivalent.
An order was made by the Metropolitan Board of Works
on the 21st December, 1883, placing so much of the carriageway
of Wardour Street as lies south of Meard s Court under
the exclusive management of the Vestry for the purposes of
cleansing and maintenance, and the remainder of the street
under the. exclusive management, for the same purposes, of
the Strand District Board.
An arrangement made some years since with the Vestry
of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the apportionment of
Coventry Street as regards the cleansing and paving, in
consequence of the boundary line being somewhat irregular,
is still in force.
PAVING AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
In the early autumn the carriage-ways of Regent Street
(between the two circuses) and Piccadilly were re-paved with
wood, at a total cost of £8,199 15s. 4d. Tenders were invited
by public advertisement in each case; that of the Improved
Wood Pavement Company being accepted for Regent Street,
and that of Messrs. Turner and Son, of Chelsea, for Piccadilly.
Advantage was taken of these works to fix eleven additional
standposts for street watering purposes, and to form three
additional refuges for the protection of pedestrian traffic.
Several of the minor streets were paved with asphalte by
the French Asphalte Company, and a large number of casual
repairs were carried out, as usual, by the Vestry's workmen;
a short length of footway on each side of Regent Street has