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A London Comment on paving and street cleansing
A letter to the printer discusses paving Westminster style, Sunday tolls, and city cleansing reforms. The writer cites street filth issues near Temple Bar and criticizes contract practices while advocating better standards and a more proactive scavenger service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Westminster
Strand
Fides
Temple Bar
London
House of Lords
Lord Bute
Lord Mount Steuart
George Sackville
Ieland
Tomlyn
Chatham Yard
Chalk
Butcher
Queenborough
Kent
Cooper
Calcraft
J. Tomlyn
Horatio Man
Florence
Vienna
Leopold de Palfy
Palaine
Hungary
Count
Isle of Man
Merl ‘Wenham, and Co
Poultry
St. George the Martyr
Queen's Square
James Poole
Inner Temple
All Souls College
Oxford
Allen
Red Lion
Guare
Newcastle
Thomas Gibson
Westtmioster
Yeaerday
Minty
Southwark
Europe
Great Britain
Thomas Mortimer
Austrian Netherlands
S. Crowder
J. Coare
King's Arms
Pates-noster
J. Fletcher
Sc. Paul’s Church-yard
Fletcher
Metl- Fletcher
Hodison
Cambridge
Beherington
York
Smich and Son
Dublin
Great Britain and Ireland
Medici E. Cimple’u
J. Newbery
St. Paul’s
Great Britan
Irchard
Whem
James