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Hill, the Vestry agreed to fix kerb and pave channel
between Barnard Hill and Birkbeck Road upon the
condition that the line of frontage was set back at
the owner's expense.
NEW SEWTERS, MUSWELL HILL.
The construction of the new sewers in Clerkenwell
detached which was in progress at the date of last
report has been completed. The sewers vary in
depth from 4 ft. 6 in. to 38 ft. 6 in. and in several
cases the sewers fall the reverse way to the surface
of the road. The whole of the sewage is discharged
into the Friern Barnet sewer at the north-east
boundary of the Parish. John Hay ward, the sewer
foreman, had charge of the work during the whole
time the same was in progress, and the Vestry on
completion increased his wages to £2 per week and
also granted him the sum of £15 in appreciation of
the care and diligence in supervising, what, in
many cases owing to the nature of the sub-soil,
was very difficult and arduous work. The total
cost of the new sewers, reconstruction of
surface water sewers, and laying in frontages to
the houses, ventilating columns, penstock and
fittings, &c., was £6,044 2s. l0d.
A portion of surface water sewer in Alexandra
Park Road and Muswell Avenue was also laid by
the Vestry's own men at a cost of £132 6s. 11d.