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

RAILWAY _INTELLrGEwC.E.

NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION.
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Highgate
and liornsey was held 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 Tottenham, Hormsey, Highgate,
Hampstead, Kentish-town, and the entire western
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districts of the Metropolis. Mr. T. Goulden was
called to the chair.

Mr. TINDALL, solicitor to the coanpany, said that
the directors had called the present meeting for the
purpose of ascertaining the feelings of the inhabi-
tants, landowners, and othe.l3, as to this under-
taking. It was proposed to connect b) a junction
the Eastern Counties with the Great Northern
Railway, which would give accommodation to a

large district at present without railways. A por-
tion of the proposed line would pass through
Kentish-town, and, although districts about tbere
were laid out for building, yet little had been dove,
from want of the impetus which this line would
give.
Mr. LIB WINTON, the engineer, said the line
would commence by a double curve with the Cam-
bridge sect: m of the Eastern Counties Railway,
cress 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 hv a junction with the Hamp-
stead Junction Railway, with stations at Crouch-
end, Highgate-hill, and Kentish-town.
Mr. POTTER said it a ppeared 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 he a chance of it doing
them some good.
Mr. DE WINTON pledged himself that the com-
pany would consult the views of ti,:e 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.
He 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 tho 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 said that if the line were put half
way between Upper Holloway and Hlighgate 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
to unanimously.