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river. The steps taken for cleaning the streets after each
snowfall during the past winter are mentioned in the
Surveyor's Report.
The direct cost to the ratepapers of removing the snow
amounted to £464 12s. 9d.
SLIPPERY ROADS.
At the approach of winter, the Vestry received, with
much satisfaction, an intimation from the Commissioner of
Police that his officers had been instructed to report to
the Vestry, without delay, any road which was in a slippery
or dangerous condition.
The arrangements made by the Vestry for maintaining
the thoroughfares in the Parish in a fit state for traffic
under all conditions of weather appear, however, to be
adequate, as not a single report was received from the
police during the entire winter. These arrangements
include the provision of a supply of ballast at the refuges
at frequent intervals, not only to facilitate the spreading
thereof on the roadway by the Vestry's servants, but also
to enable carmen and drivers to use the ballast in case of
emergency, such as a sudden frost.
The Vestry had under consideration at Lady-day the
construction of a small pit for the storage of ballast
immediately in the rear of the Guards' Memorial, with a
view to obviate the objection taken by the First Commissioner
of Works to ballast being deposited on the
roadway of Waterloo Place.