View report page

119
they have for the heavy weight they carry, and it has been
necessary to entirely relay the paving at the regular
stopping-places in Regent Street and Piccadilly.
ASPHALTE.
Ingestre Court was paved with Asphalte in July last
by the French Asphalte Company at a cost of 7s. 6d. per
square yard. The area of the court is 99½ square yards,
and it is paved with 1-inch of compressed asphalte on
4-inch of Portland cement concrete. The previous paving
was York Stone.
WOOD PAVING.
In August last the Wood Paving of Regent Street and
Waterloo Place below Piccadilly, which had been down
eight years, was taken up by the Improved Wood Pavement
Company and replaced with new 6in. by 3in. by 9in.
yellow deal blocks laid upon the old concrete foundation
after all defective places in the foundation had been made
good. The area of the new paving was 6,659 5/9 square
yards, and the cost 6s. per square yard.
FOOTWAYS.
The following work was carried out on the footways:—
York stone relaid, 25,636 square feet, granite kerb reset,
878 feet run. These dimensions include 5,106 square feet
of new York stone, and 143 feet run of new kerb. The
footway paving and kerbing of Lower Regent Street (east
side), Pall Mall (between the Opera Colonnade and Waterloo