5 APRIL 1924, Page 3

Meanwhile the disputants only make passing references to the new

bridge which is proposed, and we take it is practically decided upon, at St. Paul's, although many of the best opinions consider it useless in that position. It is alleged, we do not know with what truth, that local prejudices and jealousies are responsible for the erection of a bridge so far east. The only things that are evident amidst all these differences of opinion are that the present bridges are inadequate to carry the modern volume of traffic but that Waterloo Bridge is of supreme aesthetic value and is in a dangerous state of repair. Thus it is clear that something must be done.

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