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pany are bound to submit the plans of the new Works affecting
streets in the District to the Board for its approval. The plans for
the new Railway which were prepared by the Engineer of the
Great Eastern Railway, were accordingly submitted for the approval
of the Board, and also, as provided in the Act, for the approval of
the Metropolitan Board of Works. Careful consideration was
given by me to the same, and I had several interviews with the
officers of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the Engineer of
the Great Eastern Railway, so as to arrange for the works being
carried out in the most convenient way for the traffic, and as far as
possible to improve the present thoroughfares where the Railway
passes over them: the result being that my requisitions and those
of the Metropolitan Board of Works were agreed to by the Company,
who undertook to carry out the same. The London and
Blackwall Railway Company have since given formal notice, as
required by the Act of Parliament, of the commencement of the
works, and they will be proceeded with forthwith.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
CHARLES DUNCH,
Surveyor of the Board.