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The amount paid by the different Gas and Water Campanies, for
repairing over trenches in the McAdamized and Ballast roads and footways
in the parish, was £168 6s. 11d. for the year.
The extent of the roads, streets, &c., in the parish, and kept in
repair by the Vestry, is about fifty miles—
Macadamized and Ballast 41 miles
Paved with Granite Cubes 9 ,,
Carriageway Paving (New Works.)
The following new works have been executed during the year
amounting in the aggregate to £13,416 17s. 10d., as follows:—
New North Road—the whole of the carriageway within the parish
paved with new 3 by 7 Mount Sorrel pitchings (under a special contract)
at a cost of £8,381 15s. 7d.
East Road—the whole of the carriageway paved with new 3 by 7
Mount Sorrel pitchings (under a special contract), at a cost of £4,308
16s. 3d.
Edward Street, Wenlock Road—the whole of the carriageway
within the parish paved, a portion with old stone, and the remainder
with new 3 by 7 Mount Sorrel pitchings, at a cost of £687 12s. 11d.
Willow Street—a new granite channel laid down at a cost of £26
16s. 11d.
Lee Street—seven crossings laid down with old stone re-dressed, at
a cost of £11 16s. 2d.
Carriageway Paving (Repairs).
The cost under contract for repairing the carriageway paving in
the parish is a very small item, being only £52 15s. 0d., as follows:—
Whitmore Road—the channels relaid and grouted at a cost of
£40 14s. 2d.