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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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to construct a deep levelrailway, extending from Earls Court to Mansion House, which,as regards general features, ranked alongside the tube linesalready made, or in process of making, in London. With these notable evidences of actual advancement, I nowproceed to what may be called the third chapter of this letter.The great desideratum in London is now, and has been formany years, a speedy, or even tolerable, means of communica-tion between north and south. The two original underground LONDON UNITED ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS(in operation and authorized) METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY DEEP LEVEL I Under Construct( Proposed REFERENCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWARUNNING POWERS.Over Metropolitan Railway I Ion A Sonth Western Ry. East,London Joint Ry.London, Tilhury & Southend Ry.CENTRAL LONDON ELECTRIC LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL TRAMWAYS LONDON UNDERGROUND ELECTRICRAILWAYS.Baker Street A Waterloo Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead dreat Northern Piccadilly A: Bromplm, Proposed Extensions UXBRIDGC
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LONDON UNITED ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS, IN CON-NECTION WITH THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTRAILWAY AND ALLIED LINES Street Ry. Journal cation here described. Besides the very careful constructionin non-inflammable materials of all the cars and motors to berun on the District Railway and its allied tube railways, allwooden platforms and staircases will be removed and cement-concrete substituted. This will go far to increase public con-fidence in these lines. For many years it has been my practiceto keep the danger from fire always in mind, and Mr. Yerkesgives expression to the only correct view, that the best safe-guard from fire occasioned by electricity is the use of fireproofmaterial. When last year the whole work of legislation, so far as con-cerns London railways and tramways, was set aside to awaitthe enquiry of the Royal Commission, it was seen that so far asconcerned proposals already sanctioned by Parliament, nothingwas to be gained by delay. In any case existing facts had to berecognized,

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