The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-10 00:00:00

JULY.

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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 Com-
tnissioners of Sewers by their surveyor, Mr. Hay-
wood :

In 1845 the area of the carriage-way of the City
was estimated at 418,000 square yards, and the foot-
way at 316,000, making a total of 734,000 ; but since
that period new 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 the Sewers'
Commission by Act of Parliament, so that the sur-
veyor now estimates the area of the carriage-way of
the City of London at 441,250 square yards, and
the footway at 328,907, making a total of 770,157
square yards.
An idea of the extreme wear and tear to which this
large surface of paving must be materially subjected
may be gathered from the figures given below, the
observations having been specially taken by order of
the surveyor, with the view of working out a variety
of calculations with refience to street paving, street
manure, &c. The results are calculated also to give
some idea of the care that must be taken to main-
tain the streets in their ordinary condition of
repair and cleanliness. It will be seen that the re-
turn embraces a period of twenty-four days, from the
18th of July, 1850, to the 3d of August following,
both inclusive.
Of every description of vehicle passing per hoitc
and per day of twelve hours through Temple-bar- gate,
there were at nine A.M., on the Bth of July, 1850,
311; at ten, 526 ; at eleven, 704; at twelve (noon),
767; at one P.M., 691 ; at two, 664; at three, 791 ; at
four, 737; at five, 738 ; at six, 671; at seven, 537 ; at
eight, 614—total throughout this gate, for thel2 hours,
7,741; average per hour, 645. On the 9th July there
passed along Holborn-hill by St. Andrew's Church at
nine A.M , 327 vehicles; by ten, 552 ; from ten to eleven,
670; to twelve, 698; to one, 623; to two 606; to
three, 535 ; to four, 377; to five, 915 ; to six, 445 ; to
seven, 841 ; to eight, 317—total for the twelve
hours,ohf jiy,
06.90u6; average per hour, 575. Down Lud-
gate-hill, by Pilgrim-street, there passed on the
from eight to nine A.M., 361 ve-
hicles ; to ten, 476 ; to eleven, 728 ; to twelve, 636 ;
toone, P*
At 'I 788 ; to two, 514 ; to three, 628 ; to
four,
531 to five, 619 ;to six, 584; to seven, 543 ;
to eight, :420--total for the twelve hours named,
6,829, averaging
Per Hour 569. On the 11th
there passed down IsTewgate-street by the Old
Bailey from eight to.nine A.m.
528 ; to eleven, 68 ; twelve, 509;
to
two, 537; to three, 564: to four, 738 ;
, 320 vahioetnloeesh;vsest:sos7;teBtno:
to six, 563; to seven, 467; to eight, 394—totul for
the twelve hours, 6,375 ; average per hour, 531. On
the 12th of July there passed Aldersgste-street, by
Fenn-street, from eight to nine A.M., 168 vehicles; to
ten, 261; toeleven, 208; .to twelve, 196; to one, 214;
to tw0,235; to three, 194; to four, 219; to five, 235 ;
toheinl3thth"
twelvesix, 21130 3a
r; s
,t2o seven,,s9o;average
tpoeerihgohut,r,l29lBs—. too tnatl
there passed down Cheapsule,past
.Fostere-nla,nseo,sfr;otmo
eight to nine. A.M., 473 vehicles ,
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1,106 ; to six, 964 ; to seven, 808 ; to eight, 492
toira in twelve hours, 11,058 ; average per hour,
921. The ensuing day there passed the Poul•
try, by the Mansion House, the following
numbers :—From eight to nine, 414 ; to ten,
762 ; to eleven, 1,071 ; to twelve, 1,080 ; to one,
1,043 ; to two., 941; to three, 875; to four, 910 ; to
five, 956 ; to six, 825 ; to seven, 802; to eight, 595