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and alterations, repairs and painting £185 8s. 7d. As stated
last year, the repairs are principally making good damage
caused by persons unknown.
MACHINE BROOMS.
The machine brooms required re-filling with new bass on
the average once in six weeks. The cost of sundry repairs
and re-fillings amounted to the sum of .£73 4s.
WATERING.
The street watering throughout the year was carried out
by Mr. William Mead, of Paddington, at a schedule of
prices. The water is supplied by the Grand Junction Water
Works Company by contract.
STONE YARD.
Additional new sheds have been erected in the Stoneyard
for housing the following machines and goods, viz.:—Horse
Scrapers, Wood Blocks, Hose and Hose Reel, Carbolic Acid,
Bricks, and Iron Castings. These articles being now kept
more compact, give more room for other things.
ORDERLY BOYS.
There are now fifteen Orderly Boys at work in the main
thoroughfares, under the direction of a Foreman. It is a
difficult matter to keep them constantly at their duties, but
nevertheless they pick up a large quantity of horse droppings
in the course of the day which would otherwise be carried all
over the streets. Bins are fixed in the streets for their
use at suitable places, to prevent the nuisance which was
previously caused by the accumulations by the kerb.