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Clilverd for that quarter, and on the 25th March, 1871, the Vestry, in
consequence of the neglect, decided to cancel the contract then existing
between itself and Mr. Clilverd.
The total cost for dusting and scavenging for the twelve months,
including all amounts paid by the Vestry, and deducting the fine with
which Mr. Clilverd was inflicted, amounted to £3484 5s. 3d.
Maintenance of Roads, Streets, &c.
The cost and quantity of materials used in the repair of the
macadam and ballast roads during the year, is as follows:—
1222 yards cube broken granite at 12/6 per yard £763 15s.
No ballast was used during the year.
Ten laborers were employed in repairing and spreading the materials
on the roads, streets, &c., and the total amount of wages paid
them and two foremen for the year was £523 0s. 5d.
The cost of work done for the different Gas and Water Companies,
in repairing trenches in the macadamized and ballast roads and footways
in the Parish, amounted to £201 8s. 5d. for the year.
The total extent of the roads, streets, &c., in the Parish and kept in
repair by the Yestry is about fifty miles, about nine miles paved with
granite cubes, and the remainder macadam and ballast.
Carriageway Paving.
The following works have been executed during the year, amounting
in the aggregate to £1819 15s. 1d., as follows:—
High Street, Shoreditch (from Bateman's Row to the Church)—A
portion repaved with new 3 by 9 Guernsey granite cubes, and the remainder
relaid with the best of the old stones taken up, at a cost of
£1127 10s. 11d.
Bethnal Green Road (the whole portion in this Parish)—Partly laid
and partly relaid with dressed stones, at a cost of £59 2s. 8d.