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Cowper Street and Tabernacle Street.—For paving a portion of,
in Shoreditch Parish (1885), paid to the Vestry of
St. Luke's, Old Street £4 7s. 6d.
Two and three paviors on average, and their laborers were
employed in repairing the paved roads, and over trenches opened
by the Gas and Water Companies and Post Office Telegraphs ;
their wages for the year amounted to £511 13s. 9d. The Companies
contributed £186 10s. 0½d. for labour, and £262 12s. 7½d. for
material required in the said repairs.
There are about fifty-one miles of carriageway in the Parish,
fifteen being paved and the remaining portion macadam or ballast.
The carriageway or channel paving in the following localities
is in a most unsatisfactory condition, and should be repaved (or
steam rolled as required) to prevent danger to traffic—
Bateman's Row
Bevenden Street
East Road (portion of)
City Road
Grange Street
Hoxton Square
Holywell Row
Ivy Lane
Laburnum Street (portion of)
Murray Street
New North Road (portion of)
Napier Street
Paul Street
Shoreditch, High Street (portion of)
Skinner Street
Upper John Street
Wilson Street (portion of)
FOOTWAY PAVING.
The following works at the cost stated have been executed by
the contractor during the past year.