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Mintern Street
Napier Street
Paul Street
Pitfield Street (portion of)
Rushton Street
Upper John Street
Wenlock Street
Whiston Street
Wilson Street
The Road Foreman's wages, whose duties include the directing
of the masons and paviors, also the Steam Road Roller, amounted to
£117 0s. 0d. Four masons on average, and their laborers, were
employed in repairing the footways and over trenches opened by
the Gas and Water Companies and Post Office Telegraphs; their
wages for the year amounted to £576 0s. 3d. The Companies
contributed £415 10s. 5d. for labour, use of tools and mortar, and
£160 9s. 10d. for material required in the said repairs. Other
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contributions for paving, &c., amounted to the sum of £253 18s. 3d.,
part of which was due and paid to the contractor.
The contractors supplied 1950 -superficial feet of Victoria patent
stone for use in repairing the footways, at a cost of £56 17s. 6d.,
16,500 superficial feet of new 2½-in. tooled York paving, at a cost of
£536 5s. 0d., and 504 lineal feet of edge Curbs, 12 granite Quadrants
and 200 feet super of Moorstone, at a cost of £62 13s. 0d.
The following quantity of stone, in addition, was re-dressed by
piece-work in the yard at the cost stated:—
1958 feet run granite edge curb £40 16 0
55 feet Moor stone 1 16 8
Spur stones and granite blocks worked 1 7 0
SEWERS WORK.
The following works, at the cost stated, have been executed by
the contractor during the past year —
Holywell Row—
174 feet run, new 3ft. 6in. x 2ft. 4in., Egg Shaped Brick
Sewer. House drains, 3 gullies and connections, air shaft
and gratings and flushing box connection £135 15 5