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Three masons, with a laborer each, were employed in the repairs of
the footway pavements in the parish— (nearly the whole time of one is
occupied in repairing trenches opened by the Companies), and the wages
paid them was £337 4s. 0d. for the year, and £182 4s. 5d. was
contributed for the repair of trenches in the footways.
One man has been generally employed in dressing old stone
as follows:—
434 yards super Granite.
38 „ „ York Edging.
405 feet „ Moor Stone.
917 „ run Curb,
at a cost of £65 3s. 1d.
SEWERS WORK.
The amount paid for Sewers Work done during the year is
as follows:—
Luke Street—Diverting portion of brick sewer £66 10 7
Hare Walk—130 ft. run 12-in. pipe sewer 11 10 0
Crown Street, Old Street— re-constructing 150 ft. run
12-inch pipe sewer 58 14 6
Three flushers and one laborer were employed in cleansing and
keeping in repair the sewers in the Parish, and the amount of their
wages for the year was £287 15s. 6d. One man was also employed in
cleansing the urinals, and his wages for the year amounted to
£54 l1s. 1d.
The number of public lamps in the Parish on the 25th March,
1874, was 1181.
Lighted by the Independent Gas Company . 1108
Lighted by the Chartered Gas Company . 73