The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-03 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON TRAFFIC.

The following curious statistical facts with refer-
ence to the enormous hourly and daily traffic within the
boundaries of the City of London are gleaned from a report
recently submitted to the City Commissioners of Sewers by
their surveyor, Mr. Haywood.
In 1813 the atm of the carriage way of the City was
estimated at 418,000 square yards, and the footway at
316,000, making a total of 731,030 ; but since that period
sew streets have been made, and others extensively
widened, the precincts of Bridewell, St. Bartholomew, St.
James's Duke's-place, Aldgate, and others have been added
to the jurisdiction of the sewers commission by act of parli
mem, so that the surveyor now estimates the area of the
carriage way of the city of London at 411,2.10 square prdv,
and the footway at 328,907, making a total of 740,157
square yards.
An idea of the extreme wear and tear to which this large
surface of paving must be continually *objected may be
gathered from the figures given below, the observations
Laving been specially takeu by order of the surveyors,
with the view of working out a variety of calculations with
reference to street paving, street manure, &e. The results
are calculated also to give some idea of the care that must
be liken to maintain the streets in their ordinary condition
of repair nil cleanliness. It will be seen that the return
mbraces a period of 24 days from the Bth of July, 1830,
to the :Iril of August fullowing, both inclusive :
Of every description of vehicle passing per hour and par
Jay of 12 hours through Temple-hargate there were st
nine a.m. on the Bth or July, 18.10, 311 ; at ten, 316; att
eleven, 701; at twelve, noon, 737; at uue p.m., 601; st
two, 661; at three, 791 ; four, 737 ;at five, 738; at six,
671 ; at seven, 537 ; at eight, 614. Total through this
gate for the 12 hours, 7,741; average per hour, 61.1.1
On the 9th of July there passed along Holborn-1
bill by St. Andrew's church, ut nine a.m., 327 vehicles; by
ten, 552; from ten to eleven, 670; to twelve, 698; to one,
623; to tar 0,606; to three, 333; to four, 377 ; to five, 913;
to six, 415; to seven, 811 ; to eight, 317. Total fur the
twelve hours, 6,906; average per hour, 573. Down Lud-
gate-hill by Pilgrim-street, there passed, on the 10th of
July, from eight to nine, a.m., 361 vehicles; to ten, 476; to
risen, 728; to twelve, 636; to one, p.m., 789; to two,
311; to three, G2B; to lour, 331; to live, 619; to six, 584 ;
to seven, 643; to eight, 120. Total ter the twelve hours
named, 6,829; average no. hour, 669. On the 11th, there
passed down Newgute-street by the Old Bailey, from eight
to inns, a.m., 320 vehicles ; to ten, 328 ; to eleven, 628; to
twelve, 309; to one, 333; to two, .337; to three, 361; to
four, 738; to five, 372; to six, 363; to seven, 467; to eight,
39 I. Total for the twelve hours, 6,375; average per hour,
.531. On the 12th of July, there passed Aldersgate-street
by Fan-street, from eight to inne, a.m., 168 vehicles; to
ten, 261 ; to eleven, 208; to twelve, 196; to one, 214 ; to
two, 233; to three, 191 ; to four, 219 ; to five, 233; to six,
233 ; to seven, 229 ; to eight, 198. Total in the
twelve hours, 2,690; average per hour, 215. On the 13th
there passed down Cheapside, past Forster-lane, from eight
to nine a.m., 473 vehicles; to ten, 806 ; to eleven, 1,124 ;
to twelve, 1,169 ; to see, 1,020 ; to two, 1,009; to three,
1,007 ; to four, 1,076 ; to five, 1,106 , to six, 961 ; to seven,
808 ; to eight, 491 ; total in the twelve hours, 11,033 ;
average per hour, 911. The ensuing day there passed the
Poultry, by the Mansion-house. the following number :
Eight to nine, 414 ; to ten, 762 ; to eleven, 1,071 ; to
twelve, 1 080 ; to one, 1.013 ; to two, 941 ; to three, 875 ;
to four, 920 ; to five, 956 ; to six, 825 ; to seven, 802 ; to
eight, 593 ; total of twelve hours, 10,271 ; average per hour,
836. As all the other places are comparatively smaller
thoroughfares (with the exception of that main artery,
Loudon-bridge, with which we will conclude) the numbers
for the twelve hours, and the average per hour, arc only
given in this notice. They arc subjoiued
Total, Avenge
12 Ms. per hr.

Name of street.

Finabury-pyretnent, by South-place 4,460 371
Corubill, by Royal Exchange 4,916 409
Threadneedle-nrcet

Gruevehurch-street, by St. l'eter's-alley 4,887 407
Lombard-street, by Birehin4ane
Deshopsgate-street, by Great SL Helens
Dishogsgate-street Without, by City boun-
dary
Aldgate, Iligh-street, do
Leadenhall-street, by India-house
Easteheap, by l'hilpot-lane 4,102 341
'Power-street, by Mark-Irate
Lower Theme-street, by lkitolph-lane 1,350 11.1
Elnekfriars-bridge 5,262 438
Upper Thames-street (rear of Queen-street) 2,•131 194
Smithfield-bars
1 Fenchurch-street

On the 23rd July the number of vehicles which passed over
London-bridge was as follows:—From right to nine, cm.,
G4O ; to ten, 1,128 ; to eleven, 1,332; to twelve, 1,121 ; to
one, 1,091; to two, 1,018; to three, 1,101; to four, 1,180;
to live, 1,314 ; to sin, 1,308 ; to seven, 932 ; to eight, 798 ;
total, in the 12 hours, 13,099 ; average per hour, 1,091.
The total number of vehicles passing along the 21 streets
above mum!' ated appears as follows:—From eight, a.m.,
to nine, 6,576; to ten, 9,757 ; to eleven, 12,208; to twelve,
11,686; to one, p.m., 11,408; to two. 10,466; to three,
11,068; to four, 11,351; to tire, 12,543 ; to six, 11,342; to
seven, 9,757; to eight, 7,697; grand total for all the pLices in
the 12 hours, 125,859 ; average per hour, 10,488.