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Portland cement and fine sand, no pitch or other joint was
made, but the blocks paved close together, their planed sides
leaving only a slight joint.
The whole of the paving works, both wood and stone, were
carried out in twelve weeks, including the taking up and carting
away of the old stone, the excavation of the ground for the new
concrete foundation, and the laying of the new concrete.
The final and revised estimate for the wood paving works,
after crediting the sum to be received by the sale of old stone,
was £8,528, and the actual cost of the work £7,289; after
deducting the amount received for the old stone, the cost of the
work was under 12s. per yard supl. A saving was also effected
on the portion paved with redressed pitching. The number of
wood blocks used in paving this road was 660,500.
BLACKFRIARS ROAD.
The carriageway of this thoroughfare from Stamford Street
to Boundary Row has been paved with Jarrah wood on a new
Portland cement concrete foundation, 6 inches in thickness ;
the blocks were precisely similar to those used in Southwark
Street, and the method of laying the same was also similar.
The London County Council now own the tramway which runs
throughout the length of this road, and we endeavoured,
unsuccessfully, to get the Council to pave their 18-inch margins
and between their rails with wood; however, in order to make
a thorough job of the paving works, the Board, at their own
cost, paved up to the Council's outside tram rails on either side
of the road. The total area paved was about 7,850 supl. yards,
and the number of blocks used about 369,000. The estimated
new cost of the work was £5,015, and the actual cost £4,442;
the time employed in the execution of the work was eight
weeks.
SUMNER STREET.
The carriageway of this street has been repaved with redressed
granite pitching and Jarrah wood; the incline from
Southwark Bridge Road to the east side of Emerson Street has
been paved with stone, and the remaining portion of carriageway,
as far as Guildford Street, with Jarrah wood ; the footways
have also been taken up and relaid, and about 3,000 supl. feet
of new York stone laid in place of the old stone removed.