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The principal carriageway and footway paving works executed
during the year are as follows:—
The carriageway of this street has been taken up from
Southwark Street to Sumner Street, a portion of the old pitching
was reduced and relaid, the remainder of the street was
paved with new 3-in. x 7-in. Aberdeen granite pitching, the
whole of the pitching was paved on 6-in. of concrete, the
quantity of dressed pitching laid was 440 yards superficial,
and the quantity of new stone 792 yards superficial; in addition
to which the channels were laid with, new 4-in. x 9-in.
granite pitching, 287 cubic yards of ground were excavated to
make room for concrete and extra depth of new stone. The
footway on the west1 side was also laid with new 2½-inch
tooled York stone paving and new 6-in. x 12-in. granite edge
curb, some portion of the old curb was also redressed and
refixed. The quantity of new York laid was 2112 feet superficial
; new curb, 140 feet run, and redressed curb, 352 feet run.
Guildford St.
The footway of Union Street on the south side from Southwark
Bridge Road to the boundary of the district eastward,
has been taken up and new 2½-inch York paving laid, a portion
of the old curb was redressed and new curb supplied to make
up the deficiency; the quantities used were as uuder:—
York paving 3,235 feet super.
New 6-in. x 12-in. granite edge curb 333 „ run.
Old curb redressed and refixed 286 ,, ,,
The carriageway of a portion of Union Street, between
Worcester Street and the wood paving eastward, has been
taken up and relaid—an area of about 360 yards superficial.
Union Street.
The carriageway of Castle Street, between Southwark Street
and Southwark Bridge Road, lias been taken up and relaid, a
portion of the footway, on the north side, was also relaid. 700
superficial yards of carriageway were relaid, 1,560 superficial
varda of footwav were relaid, and 187 feet run of curb fixed.
Castle Street.
The footways and carriageway of this street, from Holland
Street to Guildford Street, have been taken up, the Guernsey
pitching has been relaid, and the block channelling refixed
concrete was laid under the pitching where thought necessary.
Sumner St.