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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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25
MACADAMIZED ROADS.
The following shows the cost of materials and labour
expended upon these roads:—
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Broken Guernsey granite, supplied by
Messrs. Mowlem and Co., 1,374 yards,
at 14s. 10d.
1,019
1
0
Old stones broken and carted, 85½ yards .
13
10
9
Old stones carted, 187 yards
11
13
9
16 yards hogging gravel
5
12
0
4 yards fine ballast
0
14
0
Contractors' labourers—picking roads and
spreading stones
127
14
1½
Contraetors' Picks, use, and sharps
13
8
4
1,191
13
11½
Parish labourers—picking roads and spreading stones
51
13
6
Repairing picks (Mr. Flood)
1
13
0
1,245
0
5½
The cost for repairs of each of the principal macadamized
roads during the year has been as follows, viz.: —
£
s.
d.
Charing Cross
609
14
11
Duncannon Street
47
12
10
Pall Mall East
83
12
10½
St. Martin's Place
65
8
0½
£
s.
d.
Trafalgar Square (East)
24
6
0
„ (West)
0
12
0½
„ (North)
10
16
3½
35
14
4
Whitehall
361
1
5
Sundry macadamized roads
41
16
0½
1,245
0
5½