LONDON IMPROVEMENTS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sri,—Everyone will
admit that Holborn Viaduct Station could be usefully discarded and that one of the worst eyesores in London is the railway bridge-at the bottom of Ludgate Hill. It is suggested that the piece of railway from Holborn Viaduct to St. Paul's Station be dismantled and the terminus made at St. Paul's, which could be enlarged as much as necessary on its eastern side, also by extending to some extent over the river if desired. By this means the bridge across Ludgate Hill would be taken down as well as the bridge over Blackfriars end of Queen Victoria Street. The necessary communication for goods traffic with Snow Hill could be maintained by having traffic for the south going from Snow Hill in a tunnel under the site of the discarded piece of line and under the Blickfriars railway bridge, coming up to the surface just south of the bridge instead of just outside Holborn Viaduct Station, as it now does. The sale of the very valuable site of the discarded piece of railway would go a long way towards paying the cost of the alteration. Ludgate Hill Station would, of course, also be discarded, and passengers would use the new and enlarged station of
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