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be the lest adapted to meet the necessities of the case, affording
as it would a passage-way for shipping, and being free from the
steep gradients which in the case of a high-level bridge or a subway
are so objectionable; (b) That the scheme, if carried out, would
greatly relieve the traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, of London
Bridge and its approaches, particularly that portion of the Borough
High Street within the St. Saviour's District, which, owing to the
number of vehicles and foot passengers passing to and from London
Bridge, the Railway Stations, and the Borough Market, is at times
so greatly congested; (c) That London Bridge is wholly inadequate
for the accommodation of the enormous traffic, and the vast and
rapidly increasing population on either shore of the River Thames to
the east of that bridge; and (d) That the projected Bridge is calculated
to afford the desired relief. The Bill was supported by all
the Local Vestries and District Boards with the exception of
St. Olave's, and, subject to alterations affecting chiefly the Corporation
and the Wharfingers who opposed it, was approved by
the Select Committee of the House of Lords and read a third time
on the 31st July, 1885. The works, which are to be carried
out at the expense of the City Corporation out of the funds of
the Bridge House Estates, have lately been commenced and are to
be completed within five years. The Corporation are likewise to
bear the expense of maintaining, lighting, and repairing the Bridge,
but the approaches, when completed, are to be made over to the
local authorities in whose districts they are situate.
Southwark
and Deptford
Tramways.
In November, Parliamentary Plans, Book of Reference, &c.
were deposited of certain proposed extensions of the Southwark
and Deptford Tramways, and of lands, houses, and buildings in
the neighbourhood of Denman Street and Tooley Street, which
the Company sought to acquire, for the purposes of stable accommodation,
&c. in connection therewith. When, however, the matter
came before the Metropolitan Board of Works they refused to give
their consent to the scheme, and it had to be abandoned.
Eailway
Bridges.
In consequence of the nuisance occasioned by the percolation
of water through the bridges of the South Eastern Eailway
Company crossing the Borough High Street and Southwark Street,
and the inattention of the Company to repeated applications made