The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY TERMINUS. I RAILWAYS.
On Friday evening, Mr. Charles Pearson received 1 THIS DAY.
the Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects at a' Two o'CLocs.
soiree for the purpose of exhibiting the model,
plaiiiing his plan for combining extensive street improve-
and el' ' The railway share market wears a very firm ap-
ments iu the City and Finsbury with a central terminus for •
pavane° to-day, prices being in all cases well =in-
tim northern railroads in Farringdon-street. tamed, whilst in many instances a decided upward
Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Barry, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Knowles, tendency- is still shown. London and North Western
Mr. l'Anson,_ Mr. Jennings, Mr. Bell, end above 150 of stock, Great Northerns, North Staffords,, South Staf-
the fellows and emaciates of the Institut., were present. The fords, South Easterns and York and North Midlands
model of the street improvements, with the plans and . ere all higher. Midlands, on the other hand, have
sections of the railway, were critically examined by the been rather flatter.
members, end Mr. Pearson captained the principles of his
project ; but u the principal topics of his discourse havere sham,, which
movement has shown itself in Belgian
been placed before the public in former reports, it is urine- li which have advanced considerably ; Namur
em . .. ... emery to repeat them. and Liege have risen 58., Luxembourgs is. 6d., and

In answer to questions from Mr. l'Auson,
Mr. PEARSON said wholesale and not retail markets
were in his contemplation in the scheme proposed, although !
in all carcase markets opportunities were afforded for large I
consumers hotel proprietors, and ethers, besides butchers,
to make their purchases. The habits of trade and the con-
venience of the public rendered retail markets unnecessary,'
and they were passing away. Stocks Market,on the site of
the present Mllllliioll.llollllC—Honerlane Market, Fleet !
Market, all of them retail markets in the City, had km
abolished as useless; and every street, except the leading
streets in the very focus of business, had now their butchers',
poulterers, and fishmongers' shops, es substitutes for retail
marks ts. Vl'holeunle markets for the sale of meat and V
poultry and other perishable articles for the provisioning
this gigantic Metropolis ought to be as near the as
centre as possible, provided they could be supplied
by means of chea and expeditious railway carriage. IS
Ile had had this r under his serious consideration,
sail in Uwe , - Vshielt le was then epesserivig the '"
master and members of the Butchers' Company, together u I
with many of the largest London meat salesmen, had el- It
&rained the model, and, having heard his explanations, had
expressed their approbation of the plan and their readiness 20 I
to adopt the market, being convinced that the tenurial
would he attended with equal advantages to the grazier,
the salesman, and the consumer of the meat, resulting from at,.
the quick, certain, and economical carriage and delivery of to
the goods. If Smithfield cattle market, among the chang- 1241
ings of this changing world, were destined to be numbered Hs'
among the things that have been, and the bullocks were no W
longer to be brought to the butehers, the next best so.
thing could be to take the butchers to the bullocks. lel
The proposed railroad with cheap and frequent ft.
trains relining from the wholesale meat market in t 5
Earringdon-street to the cattle market on either of the V
great lines north of the Thames, would do much ss
to remove the ill consequences that would otherwise result its
from the removal of Smithfield market, To Mr. l'Ansun's st.
question, as to the cost of the project, lie should not give so et.
direct an answer. The corporation hail retained the services 13
of Mr. Jame, Walker, to report upon the practicability and ifs
cast of the project in he engineering depart= act ; and Mr. It
Higgins and the City's architect, gentlemen no less eminent so
as surveyors and valuers of property, had undertaken the 40
responsible duty of estimating the value of the ground and 54,
houses to be purchased, and the per contra money produce 1.:
of the surplus ground to be disposed of, when mind
in value by the contemplated improvements, to, at st I
lent, the standard of the eircumadjacent property. Se "
Although he (Mr. Pearson) had grounds fur confidently
believing he was in a situation to give a fair approximative X
estimate of the entire cost of the undertaking, he must be is
excused for waiting the result of the anticipated report, S.
without giving a more specific reply to Mr. l'Anson's •
question.
Mr. FOWLER wished to be informed as to the proposed
triode of constructing the subway in which the rails were to
be laid. Had any provisions been made for light and Yen- so
illation ? le
Mr. PEARSON produced another model showing the gt,
constructiim of the sub and super ways upon a tante scale. IL
He said that this was prepared sums years ago at N
his own instance, but under the immediate super- XI

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intendenco of an eminent engineer and architect, l,9)'!
who furnished working drawings, from which an extensive 1s;1
railway contractor had made an estimate mid tender to exe-
cute the works. The longitudinal openings shown iu this 11l
plan would be ample for all the purposes of light and venti le
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lation. At the time this model was made an opinion per-
elided the scientific world that for short lines at least, the go
atmospheric principle would be found convenient and effec- m,
' live. The lamented death of tiamuda, its talented projet 10
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tor, before all its means and appliances had been perfected "
had east it upon the waters. It might not be seen again in IS
an available shape for assay days ; but while it was found
practically working on the Dalkey and Kingstown Itailrondo yt
which was am lung or longer than the proposed hae, he at.
should never despair of seeing it, or some other modifies- U
doe of the atmospheric prine,ple, successfully applied to 3
short lines. The practicability and pre-eminent useful- 114-
aims of his plan was not, however, dependent upon an
egediestion of the atmospheric motive power, and it need MI
net wait the successful solution of that engineering prob.
Isla. Since the meeting of engineers on the previous even-
leg he had received from the head of one of the largest ."
Arcs engaged in iron roofing., a design for constructing the so
railroad and the super and subway, with an estimate and
tender fur effecting the whole work at little more than one-
half the estimate for the work rendered to him some years "
since. By this plaa the longitudinal apertures shown in ul
the footways would be covered on an elevated iron frame-
work by translucent glass half an inch thick ; and he had to
consulted his friend Dr. Reid, who assured him there
would not be the slightest difficulty, if locomotives were SS
used in maintaining, by mechanical means, at a small cost, ~,,
a perfect system of ventilation fur the subway, and the re-
moval of the unpleasant gases which the engine might to
evolve. Mr. Person having further atconsiderable length is
developed the advantages M his plan, II
Mr. FOWLER proposed that thecordial thanks of the 6'„'
meeting be piesented to Mr. Pearson, for the entertain- `‘
meet and instruction they bad cl; riied from his able address, to
as well as trout the exhibition and explanation of his to
pl 1311 and models.
This resolution having been unanimously passed, Mr. It
Pearson briefly expressed his acknowledgments, and the ,„
meeting separated.