tIje• cPpertator, gPeptenther 30, 1853
A RAILWAY scheme of some interest to London comes fairly before the, public this week for the first time. The North Metropolitan Railway Company obtained a bill last session for the construction of a line under the New Road, from the Edgware Road to King's Cross—a distance of two and a quarter miles. The first meeting of the Company was held on Wednesday. The report stated, that it is intended to lay down two lines of railway in a continuous archway under the road, of ample dimensions; to be constructed by excavating the road from the surface at convenient intervals, and relaying it as the work progresses: proper provisions will at the same time be made for the sewage and gas and water services. There will be stations every half-mile; the trains will proceed at the rate of twenty miles an hour including stoppages, and start every three minutes. It is proposed to connect the line with the Great Western and the West India Dock Junction; and the directors contemplate an extension of under-ground railways to the Post-office. In his speech, the Chairman, Mr. W. Malins, said that he considered this railway to be the com- mencement of an extensive system for accommodating the passenger traffic of the Metropolis. The subterranean way should not be called a tunnel, but an " arcade "; and as locomotives will not be used, the nuisance of steam and smoke, which cause damp and foul air, will be avoided. The report reckons on 8 per cent. profit.
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