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The footway on the South side of this Street from the
Borough high street to the railway bridge, was relaid with
new 3in. tooled york stone paving; the curb was also redressed and refixed.
Quantity of new york laid, 958 feet
super.; quantity of curb refixed, 70 feet run.
Bedale Street
The works carried out by Contract are as follows :-
The Footway on the East side, from Denman Street to
Newcomen street, has been relaid with compressed asphalte
1 inch in thickness; this work was carried out by the Limmer
Asphalte Company, who have also agreed to maintain the
footway for ten years, subject, of course, to their being paid
for all reinstatements after gas, water, sewer and other
trenches. The area relaid measured 1139 super, yards.
Borough
High Street.
The Carriageway of this thoroughfare, from the boundary
of St. George's Parish to St. Thomas's Street, has been paved
with Sin. by Gin. by 9in. deal paving blocks, creosoted under
pressure. The old granite pitching was removed, the ground
excavated, and a foundation of Portland cement concrete
formed ; the creosoted blocks were then laid with quarterinch
joints, these joints were then partly filled with asphalte
and then grouted in with Portland cement and sand, mixed in
the proportion of 5 of sand to 1 of cement; the whole of the
levels of the Roadway were revised, and special measures were
taken in order to cause as little inconvenience and delay as
possible to the enormous traffic which passes along this
thoroughfare. The area surface laid was 3463 super, yards,
and the time occupied in the execution of the work four
weeks.
Borough
High Street.
The Carriageway of the Approach to London Bridge from
the City boundary to the boundary line in Duke Street Railway
Approach and a line drawn across the Bridge Incline
from Findlater's corner to the opposite side, was paved with
new 3in. by 9in. Aberdeen granite pitching. The old stone
which had been down for eight years was taken up and carted
away, and a portion of the most worn pitching sold to the
Contractor. The new Aberdeen stone was of good quality and
of a full depth of 9 inches, and was paved on a bed of new
ballast 2 inches in depth; the joints were then grouted in with
lias lime, and the whole well rammed three times in order to
firmly consolidate the same. The weather during the execution
of this work was extremely unfavourable and caused serious
delay and great inconvenience to vehicular and other traffic,
There was also some difficulty in getting the Contractor who
carried out the works to exercise that expedition which we
thought necessary in this case. The area paved was 2330 7/9
super, yards.
London
Bridge
Approach.