The Street Tramway is at present a success. Hitherto it
has been only applied on roads, not in the streets proper. A new line, extending from the west front of Westminster Abbey to about a mile down the new Victoria-street, was opened on Monday for traffic. This line with that from the Marble-arch along the Bayswater-road are the only trams yet completed, and even these only extend about a mile in length. The next to be opened is one from Hackney to Shoreditcli, one from the upper part of Islington to St. Luke's, one from the Bank end of Moorgate-street towards Finsbury, and one along the Lambeth-road to Kennington Park. In spite of the oppo- sition which has been raised against the introduction of such manifest conveniences, the new trams appear to be becoming extensively popular, and it is stated that on last Sunday as much as 301. was taken in twopenny fares by the two-horse tram.carriage on the Bays- water road.
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