Repairing 400 miles of granite-built
streets, at 100l. per mile 40,000
Repairing 1350 miles of macadamized
streets, at 1320l. per mile 1,782,000
Repairing five miles of wood, at
100_l._ per mile 500
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£1,822,500
The following, on the other hand, may be taken as the total cost of
_reconstructing_ the London streets:--
£
Granite-built streets, per mile ten yards wide 11,000
Macadamized streets, per street mile 4,400
Wood „ „ 9,680