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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
successful, will endeavour to extend their system
another year in order to effect a junction with the
Harrow Road and Paddington Tramways.
Central London Tramways.
This Tunnel Railway is proposed to commence
about 150 yards West of Queen's Road, passing under
Uxbridge Road, Oxford Street, and thence to the City.
The up and down tunnels of 11-feet internal diameter,
will be of cast-iron, placed at varying levels, the
average rail depth in this Parish will be 40 to 44-feet
from the roadway surface. The tunnels will in certain
places be in very close proximity to the Middle Level
Sewer, in some parts it will be above and in others
below. It is of the utmost importance that the
present power possessed by the London County
Council of altering or enlarging the Middle Level
Sewer, which in all probability will have to be done,
should not be infringed by a Railway Company taking
possession of the ground, as it will be certain should
the Company succeed in obtaining their Act, they will
strenuously oppose the interference with the roadway
near their tunnels, and it is of the utmost importance
that the present gradient of the Sewer should be
retained. The tunnels, if constructed, should be at a
lower level than the Middle Level Sewer.
They propose to take a large area of ground by.
Queens Road and Bark Place, for tbe purpose of
erecting their electric installation for working the