New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-19
TIE LONDON CITY RAILROAD SYSTEM
OPENING OF THE MANSION HOUSE STATION.
From TIE Lca9on TSirgrdYh, JrJ 3

from TIE Lcaaor TSir9raYh, JrlJa
To-day a costly, and as Qseful as costly y,
quarter or third OF mile nddeo T. ,he hie'ropoIal
station which extends tie lin" f'n Bacirars 10
Green vSqyf ,di WITH n fe OF Of human e in Lon
don had grown 10 be something like close me
vast railway system which had chorinousy hehtntel
the country at large, had been POSITIVE injury 10 no
interior OF It's metropolis and that the trliic OF tue
Parliament in tho year 5 and the Metropolitan Railway
Company received permission 20 supply the great Nut
world Eight years afterward She Underground Railway
was OPENED from Padlington 10 Earring noi alC nc
annual traffic OF that shot line was not gulte OOol OF
passengers. We revert to tho ialsur On NE
10Th Of January. 1863 Tor the purpose o 20 rpc
able Robert Lowe. who prescr., and made one Of
his humorously practical speeches, llkeniDg the Fleet
Mr. Fowler TO a modern 81. George Mr.. Loves
prediction OF The Metropolitan Railways use
mistaken this line will form the nucleus OF what may
become circle by which TO connect all the great roll
gone over our heads. and we find Mr. Loves hopeful
prophecy fully verified. Tho first important Scp was
The formation. in 1874 Of company-the Mciropo
itan Dlsrict-With Mr.. Fowler engineer. Il was he
who had taken mp the idea OF the inner cree an
idea which was first conceived by Mr. Charles iear5on
and was actively anl zca,0usly PROMULGATED ny Nr.
Burchel, solicitor to Inc MetropO!lian company Mnio
recalling gactu1i services OF fhr5eelng ana pun
lcspTited men in connection with the great schenc o
tunneling round London, We mus nor lC et La Lu
He had been invited to that opening 1es'gi at "meh
Mr.. Lowe made TIE speech we hyo g9teH; ' NJ ne
Fegton from coming IN TO town TO open an under
ground railway, as nc meant ITO Keep above efouhu
The 100000 passengers somewhat les5 in The frat
year of the MeiTOpO an ue have been ihuhcn louf-
fold in the seven years which have succeeded. Idt Is
to say the last annual return OF the TWO companies
shows traffic OF 30 100 49, Extension even NJ INC coy
OF the expense most commonly heard among engineers
soon found to pay The first little Increase OF length
from FarripgdOn to MCogatest raised the cross re-
ccipts so per cent Instead Of being 10000 week thcy
were suddenly brought up to $1,000 There nave been
Ifs tn
i bos fcny iiit AID opcncd: branch affcr
branch been throw out; I'll the skeleton map when
strobe Of pi 10 con pctc IFS resemblance to the plan Of
walled Town or fortress There mas however, been
great riumphal celebration nom the time OF the t9r-
rngdo-st opening till the notable assembiaGo at the
new Mansion House station on the ID Inst
The two portions OF the line opened on this occasion
carry Do METROPOLITAN District system to within three
quarters Of mic OF Tower Hill, WHERE according 10
the original scheme, the circuit was 10 be cJmpeted ny
a junction wan the metropolitan. The station has
frontage in Cano-st opposite to the iuncturc Of that
rhorOl&htdIc with q cen Nictolast ana u ~ me thh
tween Bow-!lnc and New Elrlst IL may be seen from
the of the Mansion House, and is within two MN
utes' walk Of The Bank OF England. 50 much Of the
building is above ground will be divided into booking
Offices waitugr0omg, Compauys Offices dining saloons,
&c. while q straight, wei-ignte1 staircase leads by
gradual descent 10 tho station PLATFORM which is % feet
below The level of the street II not until The end Of
March that the contractors were able to begin the hGavi
est portion of the work the section OF the line
Smpoycd day and hight In the CONSTRUCTION OF
the terminus and the approach TO IL for dis
lance Of $50 yards The construction OF this section oi
The line presented difficulties OF extraordinary car
act r. even 10 those who had become aGrp IN the arr OF
tunueiing through a network OF sewers ana gls ana
water mains without disturbance to tie tenants ~ me
houses above. Mr.. John Fowler, the engineer uhIrI
whose direction tie WORKS have been carried CUT lOnh
that tie Metropolitan Board Of Works had constructed
vaults 70 feet deep, with two adjacent subWay be'h
Queen Nicfua-s and in order 10 carry me lnc ui'rr
ties passages two ters of wrought iron SifdsrS re
uScd-he lower tier supporting the subWays ana TIE
en- above them taiiug the road. Tie railway has been
so d signed rs in say 10 interfere M.l i.c erection
81 buildings along either size OF Queen Nctoila-st me
flaFr lrlf II.
and passes the south side oi Trimtyanc. ~ me
eastern end OF the station abuttiEg on Gdrchn!, per,
feet passage about % wdc with pointed archet
roof, built OF square chalk, and with roughly nodded
ribs discovered Houses were butt over inc dfrh,
which j. believed 10 be work of thc Fourteenth Cen
fury. aud I've portion OF passage winch ran rom
somewhere nOrtiI OF CdnnOn3t down 10 the river aue