The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-15 00:00:00

GROUP XIV

SOUT:11-EASTERN HALLWAY (GHEEIf-
WICK TO WOOLWICH).
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The CHAIRMAN said that since the last meeting of the committee
he had had a communication with the Board of Admiralty, and had
found that it was imposible to ascertain what restrictions might be
laid on the railway with regard to the speed and weight of
the train. Such resttictions would only be imposed in the
event of any damage being done to the Obeerratoty, and therefore
the Committee were of opinion, that as the Board of ♦dmiralty would
take care that no damage was done to the Observatory, the Com-
mittee were relieved from the necessity of hearing evidence to show
thatthe Observatory would not be affected. They would bear evi-
dence as to the estimates, the utility of the line, and the damage done
to the landowners on the line. With regard to the permission of the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, as to the passage of the line,
the Committee wished to bear in what position the South Eastern
line stood in reference to that body.
Mr. AUSTIN put in a letter from Viscount Canning, stating that
an engineer had been employed for the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, and was at present employed in drawing up a report,
Mr, AUSTIN then called

Mr. Stephenson, who stated that in order to form the line under
the park, it was intended to lower the present Greenwich terminus,
twelve feet. The lowering of the :line was to commence at a point
on .the railway called Deptford Creek, which was about a quarter of
a mile from the terminus. The incline was to be lin 104, passing
under the first road at a depth of eleven feet, and at a spot called
Coombe-hill, just at the entrance to the park, the depth was to be
twenty-three feet. They would pass under the streets of Greenwich
in open cutting, for the depth was not enough to allow the railway
to be covered. The line would enter the park in tunnelling,
and after proceeding 851 yards in tunnel, would emerge at a point
called May's-hill, and from that point would proceed a distance of
2% miles across the country to the town of Woolwich, which it would
enter in open cutting, the streets being carried across the line in the
same way as at Greenwich. The gradients were very easy. One
quarter of a mile of the line-from Deptford Creek to the terminus
at Greenwich —was at a gradient of 1 in 104, and all the rest of the
line to Woolwich was a dead level.

By Sir W. RIDDEL —There is a swing bridge at Deptford Creek.
The present terminus of the Greenwich line will be removed.
Church-passage will be carried over the line by an archway.
Mr. G. Bidder stated that the estimate for the line from Deptford-
creek to Charlton was 125,-0001. The formation of the line would
enable the Woolwich and .Sheerness traffic to be worked with the
general traffic.

By Mr. GOLDSMID (for the North Kent). The estimate of 125,0001.
includes the value of the land, which is 45,00001., and the pulling
down of the Greenwich station, and also the rebuilding. The taking
down of the Greenwich station and a portion of the viaduct would be
more than sufficient to build another station, With approaches, &c.,
so as to come within the estimate of 125,0001.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock.