Lord Salisbury retains his seat as Chairman of the Great
Eastern—a decision exceedingly to his credit, and very consola- tory to folk in the Eastern Counties, who, among other reasons, want a Chairman whose house is on their line, and who therefore has to go frequently to the Shoreditch Station. If the crowd 'which sways, and hustles, and screams about that disgraceful plat- form, and tears off dresses in the coal-cellar called a booking- -office, will only crush Lord Salisbury once a week, there will be a -chance of securing a decent building. It appears from the first report signed by Lord Salisbury, that the main point for all interested in that line is just this. If they will consent to issue .a million of debentures, with preference over everything, and give up metropolitan extensions, they will be solvent, and may have a -dividend. If not, nobody can have anything for five years, as all income will be swallowed by bankers' and other claims. That is 'clear, and not unsatisfactory ; but the Directors ought to have reminded the shareholders that the Great Eastern never will pay till its terminus is transferred to some accessible region. It takes more time to get from the West, or even from the Strand, to the :station, than to go to Colchester.
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