The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-11 00:00:00

LONDON-BRIDGE APPRO ,AcHEV. BILE"

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The following are extract, from Mr; Sew".
evidence.
The witness delivers in -
required to complete the 7
pproaches to the Nell
London-bridge, in addition to what has already:l.oli
purchased.
Cost of the proposed approaches with an arch;
way, &c., will be, accorf' Lin—
g to estimate delivereur
in addition to what toalready s been purchased'0 9,765/. an estimate of the.sura.

Your present esti ma te is 999,765/. ?..-4t is- - d
Does that inclue4e t.he whole of the expense:
the approaches c,ontetnplated by this Bill, Oil
into account w/iat has been already expended
what is require
,(.1 to he expended, or is that sole./
for what will have to be done?--It is solely
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what will ha ye to be done, as far as York-street'
Southwark, which is mentioned in the plan.
In your, proposed plan of approaches, do you Pt
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through any church-yard P—There is only one, tha
is the church-yard marked M., just by Csan*ne
street ; there are two corners of it taken off. . ~,0
What portion of the burial ground do you
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through ?—The corners of it are taken; even th".
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might be avoided by
‘reducing the width of .t.Pe
street in that part. • -
Are there any graves disturbed on the city aide,
but those ?—Not according to the present P1,8,1/4;
there is one adjoining to Fishmongers' Hall, "ord
comes under the old contract; from that we ha
power to remove the bodies, and to pass over c'')".
none according to the present plan. ' ''''''*
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br.die 1
You stated in your evidence that London-- i
met;
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il nearly completed ; will you define what you met" :
by nearly completed P—The whole of the fr'v
proaches, and all the piers and abutments, one "ad,
of the the stairs, and the covering to support the roe i
way, are completed ; neither the cornice, the Partr i.
pet, nor the paving, nor the road-way itself, are Pat 4
upon the bridge; but those are operations of coin. 1
paratively minor importance. About 100,0004 ni
round numbers will be necessary to complete the
bridge, beyond what we have paid already. • ' I
This Bill imposes a tax of a million of money; ir
it absolutely necessary to have the money in order
to carry on the works between this and. the.ilet'
Session. of Parliament, or will not a portion, a siva'
portion, of that money be sufficient, without detr.i...
merit to the main objects of the .work, and with°
inconvenience to the public service ?—A portioel
might certainly be spared for the present year. t .
Be so good as to state what sum you think Inle
be fairly taken on account, to proceed forward witt,
the works, without improper delay or detriment. to
the commerce of the City, or the ultimate ac" .
complishment of the object ?—I think, at least'
400,000/.
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With respect to the old bridge, you say you vgnil3 ,
not take upon yourself the responsibility of keePl
it up ; are you to be understood from that that tott
think it would not be safe for two years to come'- I,
I mean to say so; certainly it might stand,. huti,.
will not take upon myself to say that it will sOilt
What would be your opinion of the effect eon?:
delay in the present work; first, as to the coin_
pletion of the bridge, would it be prejudicial to tn°
work already done ?—lt certainly would.
You have been asked several questions as to bottle,
state of the old London bridge: supposing t .1,
bridge to be carried away, would not a very e°,11,7
derable detriment arise to the shipping and navT,.,r
tion of the river?-No question about it; a ."."-,
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serious injury indeed.
.of
' What situation would the public be in, in CS
10g4"a
the old bridge being carried away 2—There,%.
be no communication whatever, except ine font"'
passengers climbing over the bridge. -
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