18 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 3

A new extension to Morden of the City and South

London Tube Railway was opened on Monday. There is now available a direct run of twenty-one and a half miles from Edgware to Morden. One of the new stations is at Merton, famous as the scene of Nelson's last days with Lady Hamilton, and for its ancient Abbey, which is now being excavated. The courage of the organizers and investors is really most impressive. They have had disappointment after disappointment in the financial returns from Tube Railways and yet their faith is unquenchable. Incidentally they have given Londoners a magnificent means of transport and the investors have in effect paid for it. If the State owned the Tube Railways there would no doubt be a loss to be met by the taxpayer.