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property for the land thrown into the street is £130,
one-half of which will be contributed by the Metropolitan
Board of Works.
Two small improvements were also effected at the
entrances into Wild Court and Little Wild Street from
Great Wild Street, the former thoroughfare for a length of
51 feet being set back 2 feet 6 inches, and the latter
thoroughfare for a length of 55 feet being set back 5 feet
8 inches. The amount to be paid to the School Board of
London, who were the owners of the property, is £250,
one-half of which amount will also be contributed by the
Metropolitan Board of Works.
London Central Electric Railway.
Plans and Notices for this scheme were duly deposited
at the Private Bill Office, to be brought before the present
Session of Parliament.
It was a project for the construction of railways between
Charing Cross, Regent Circus, Piccadilly, and the General
Post Office in St. Martin's-le-Grand.
It comprised firstly, a line of railway to commence in
Northumberland Avenue, by a junction with the authorized
Charing Cross and Waterloo Electric Railway, proceeding
thence beneath the east side of Trafalgar Square to St.
Martin's Place, and thence following the line of new street
authorized to be formed by the Metropolitan Board of
Works between Charing Cross and Tottenham Court Road,
as far as to the west end of Dudley Street, where it was
to effect a junction with another line of railway which was