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injuriously affect the District), in order to obtain the insertion of
clauses for the protection of the interests of the District, and
petitions were presented accordingly. The South "Western and
City Junction, and Waterloo and City schemes, were shortly afterwards
withdrawn by the promoters. The remaining one, that of
the South Eastern Railway Company, for New Lines and
Widenings, is being proceeded with. This Bill seeks for power,
inter alia, to construct Railways known and described on the
deposited plans, as Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4; the main portion (No. 1),
about two miles in length, commencing at the Bricklayers' Arms
Station, Old Kent Road. This Line, after passing through the
Parishes of Bermondsey, Newington, and St. George-the-Martyr,
will enter this District at the Parish boundary in Southwark
Bridge Road, crossing that thoroughfare, Great Guildford Street,
and Union Street, and terminate by a junction with the Charing
Cross Line in the neighbourhood of Ewer Street. No. 2, a Branch
Line, will commence at Red Cross Street and terminate by another
junction with the Charing Cross Line at Worcester Street, crossing
Union Street on its way. No. 3, a Branch Line to establish a
connection with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, was
rejected by the Official Referees, the preamble not having been
proved. No. 4 will not affect this District. At the outset the
promoters raised certain technical objections to the locus standi of
the Board, and the case had to be argued before the Referees, Mr.
Balfour Browne being the counsel retained on behalf of this Board,
and resulted in the promoters being defeated, and the locus standi
maintained. Shortly afterwards the Bill was considered by a select
Committee of the House of Commons, Counsel again appearing in
support of the Petition. Mr. Arnold Goodwin was called as a
witness on behalf of the Board; Messrs. Back, Evans, and Sennett
also attending for the purpose of giving evidence. Ultimately, after
the most strenuous and persistent opposition on the part of the
promoters to the introduction of the clauses sought for, and an
effort on their part to divest this Board of its jurisdiction over
Streets and Sewers in favour of the Metropolitan Board of Works,
the following clauses were agreed to, and now stand as part of the
Bill.