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Messrs. J. Baker & Sons, £1,089 including
roof.
The Horsefall Syndicate, Ltd., £1640 6s. 8d.,
including roof.
and the tender of Messrs. Joseph Baker & Sons was
accepted. Considerable difficulty was experienced
in constructing the destructor, the depth required
below the surface of ground was 12 feet, but owing
to the treacherous nature of the ground, it was
found necessary to carry the foundations 8 feet
lower, the destructor is therefore built on 8 feet of
solid Portland cement concrete. The destructor
was not completed at the date this report ends.
STREET IMPROVE MENTS.
Rosoman Street by Garnault Place.—Upon the
completion of the Town Hall extension I called the
attention of the Town Hall Committee to the desirability
of throwing the ground previously enclosed
by iron railings, at the corner of Rosoman Street
and Garnault Place, into the public way, so that
the carriageway could be widened at that point.
The Committee accepted such suggestion and requested
the Works Committee to have same carried
out, which was accordingly done.
Widening White Lion Street — The "White
Lion " P.H., High Street, at the corner of White