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At the present time a journey from Mile End or Bow
Roads to the Bank will occupy from 25 to 35 minutes,
according to the state of the traffic: this would be easily
done by the proposed line in 10 minutes. The effect
would be to bring the whole of the large manufacturing
population of the East of London into easy communication
with the City and West End, the markets of their
industry. There can be but few of us who ride in omnibuses
and tramway cars who have not been personally
introduced to huge bundles of various goods, which are
continually being taken to and brought from the City.
If we only consider the saving of time which this
line would effect to hundreds of poor workpeople, we
should hail its construction as one of the greatest boons
which this side of London has ever received.
Tramways have worked wonders in this district, in
the short space of time during which they have been in
use, but they stop very far short of the required distance.
To the Bank everyone wants to go, and the
Tramways cannot take them there.
I do not think I should be exceeding the bounds of
correctness in saying that for every person who travelled
in a vehicle to and from the Bank six years ago,
there are now five; and if a good train service was provided
by the proposed line, I feel confident that the
present traffic would be doubled in a very short space
of time.
An underground railway, constructed along the centres
of wide roads, with but little property to take,
ought to be constructed and worked to pay investors,
and I look forward to the time when such a railway
shall be complete, as the commencement of a hopeful
era for our district.
The following roads have been added to those alreadv
under my charge, viz., Bloomfield Road, Joseph Street,