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parish boundary in front of No. 22 cannot be proceeded with until the
tram lines have been removed from their present position and placed in
the centre of the widened road.
The purchase of the property required for the widening of
Matthias Road has been completed.
Newington Green.—South-side at the junction of Mildmay Park.
—The kerb has been set back to an improved line and a portion of the
footway thrown into the carriageway, in order to render the turning
from Mildmay Park into the south-side of Newington Green more easy
for vehicular traffic at a cost £8 2s. 6d.
St. Paul's Place.—West-side, from No. 1 to No. 5, both inclusive.—
A pitched channel has been formed and the carriageway made up to an
improved level at a cost of £21 4s. 6d.
Upper Street.—East-side in front of No. 1 to 20 Tyndale Place.—
A strip of ground of an average width of 5 feet 7 inches and containing
an area of 2,326 feet super having been purchased by the Vestry the
footway has been widened, the margin of the carriageway widened and
paved with granite setts opposite Nos. 16 to 20, and an ornamental
iron railing of special design erected along the front of the vacant
ground abutting upon Upper Street. The total cost of the work
including a sum of £387 18s. 10d. paid for the ground required for
the improvement and the legal and Surveyor's charges connected
with the purchase amounted to £954 10s. 6d. By this improvement
the footway which was very narrow, having a width of from
2 feet 9 inches opposite No. 4 to 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches
opposite No. 3 and 1 respectively and from Nos. 4 to 20 a width varying
from 2 feet 9 inches in the narrowest part to 6 feet in the widest, has
been widened from 7 feet 9 inches to 14 feet 7 inches.
Milner Square.—East and west sides and north and south ends.—
New kerbs and sub-kerbs have been laid to these footways which were
formerly unkerbed at a cost of £114 17s. 2d.
Thornhill Square.—Old kerb redressed has been laid to the gravel
footway round the east south and west sides of the enclosure at a cost
of £19 14s. 11d.