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Improvement—Southampton Row.
The vacant land (including the site of the old Bedford
Head Yard) 011 the east side of Southampton Row, north of
Theobalds Road, has, during the year been built on, and the
widening of the public way of Southampton Row at that
spot, agreed to be effected by His Grace the Duke of
Bedford, has been carried out, and gives much additional
convenience to the public traffic.
Mid-Metropolitan Railway.
Plans and Notices for the above Scheme affecting this
District were duly deposited at the Private Bill Office in
anticipation of the present Session of Parliament.
The Scheme proposed a line of railway from the
Uxbridge Road (near to the West Junction Railway) to
the Minories in the City of London. The railway was to
enter your District in New Oxford Street by Tottenham
Court Road, and proceed thence along New Oxford Street
and High Holborn towards the City. It was to be entirely
underground, at depths of about 30 to 35 feet, and to be
worked on the pneumatic principle, by stationary engines
fixed at permanent stations on its line of route.
The Promoters, however, did not comply with the
Standing Orders of the House of Commons, and the Bill
was not proceeded with.