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The sum of £18 3s. was paid to the Val de Travers Asphalte
Company for maintenance of carriageway in front of the Town
Hall, Old Street, up to the period when the Asphalte was removed.
The North Metropolitan Tramway Company contributed £10 15s.
towards this expenditure.
The sum of £11 6s. 8d. was contributed to the Vestry of
Bethnal Green for Repairing and Steam Rolling that portion of
Kay Street within the Parish of Shoreditch.
In consequence of the Use of the Steam Roller the unpaved
roads are, generally speaking, in a satisfactory condition.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The Roller was at work 240 days during the past year, and
about 13 men on average, under the superintendence of a foreman,
were employed in scoring, rolling, sweeping and watching the
highways ; the amount expended in labour was £823 6d. 10½d.
From September 11th to October 19th the Roller was under
repair by Messrs. Aveling & Porter, engineers, at Rochester; their
charge for executing the same amounted to £108 10s. 6d., and
the expenses incurred in transit amounted to £3 9s. 5d.
The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled,
together with the cost of same, and other details:—