The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

RAIL 1V Y INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH MET.ROPOLIT AN JUNCTION.
A public meeting- of the inhabitants of Highgate
and Hornsey was he,ld last night at the Gate-house
Tavern, Highgate, to consider the propriety of
supporting a line of railway to connect the Eastern
Counties, Great Northern, and London, Chatham,
and Dover Railways, and thus give railway ac-
commodation to Tottenit am, Hornsey, Highgate,
Hampstead, Kentish-town, and the entire western
districts of the metropolh 4. Mr. T. Goulden was
called to the chair.

Mr. TINDALL, solicitor to i.he company, said that
the directors had called the present meeting for the
purpose of ascertaining the feelings of the inhabi-
tants, landowners, and others, as to this under-
taking. It was proposed to connect by a junction
the Eastern Counties with the Great Northern
Railway, which would give accommodation to a
bzrge district at present without railways. A por-
tiov of the proposed line would pass through
Kentish-town, and, although districts about there
were laid out for building, yet little had been done,
from want of the impetus which this line would
give.
Mr. DE WINTON, the engineer, said the line
would commence by a double curve with the Cam-
bridge section of the Eastern Counties Railway,
cross High-street, Tottenham, near the Ship Inn,
continuing through the open fields between Mount
Pleasant and West-green, passing near Duckett's-
green, and joining the Great Northern Railway
near the Hornsey station. Another line would be
formed through Crouch-end, crossing the' Arch-
way-road, Highgate-hill-road, to Kentish-town-
road, and terminate by a junction with the Hamp-
stead Junction Railway, with stations at Crouch-
end, Highgate-hill, and Kentish-town.
Mr. POTTER said it appeared to him that the
proposed station was too far from Highgate.
What they wanted was to have the station in the
town, and then there would be a chance of it doing
them some good.
Mr. DE WINTON pledged himself that the Com-
pany would consult the views of the meeting as far
as was practicable by forming a line which would
serve the majority of the inhabitants, and at the
same time be remunerative to the shareholders.
lie might say that 19 out of every 20 of the land-
owners were favourable to this line.
Mr. HAMMOND said the inhabitants of Finchley
were most desirous of having the benefits of rail-
way accommodation, and he suggested that the
line should come from Hornsey through the valley,
and so on to Willesden.
Mr. BARRETT acid that if the line were put half
way between Upper Holloway and Highgate it
would be a great mistake, for persons would then
continue to go by omnibuses, as they did at pre-
sent. He believed that a much better line could
be formed by crossing near Townsend's yard.
Mr. DE WINTON said he would inspect the
spot, and if it was practicable to have a central
station in Highgate they should have it. All they
wanted was to carry a railway to a certain point,
and at the same time to afford the fullest railway
accommodation to the people of Highgate. They
wanted also to make the line at the least possible
cost, consistently with its affording the largest
amount of accommodation.
Mr. POTTER moved the adjournment of the meet-
ing to a future day to enable the engineer to pre-
pare an amended plan, which was put and agreed
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to unanimously.
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