Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on London Underground Railways: Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index |
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Page ix - Journal a writer compares the treatment accorded to reporters by the Corporation of the City of London and the London County Council respectively.
Page 372 - Tramway proposed to be authorized thereby will injuriously affect him in the use or enjoyment of his premises, or in the conduct of his trade or business, shall be entitled to be heard on such allegations before any Select Committee to which such Private Bill, or the Bill relating to such Provisional Order is referred.
Page 365 - In the fourteenth recommendation of the Committee there were some words which might assist them in future : — " As to the terms and conditions upon which the subsoil should be appropriated, the Committee report that, in the case of private property not under public streets, it appears to them to be desirable that companies should be allowed to acquire a way-leave, instead of purchasing the freehold of the land, subject to the terms of the Lands Clauses Act as to compensation.
Page 372 - ... thereby will injuriously affect him in the use or enjoyment of his premises, or in the conduct of his trade or business, shall be entitled to be heard on such allegations before any select committee to which such private bill or the bill relating to such provisional order is referred.
Page 292 - That, apart from the re-housing required in connection with clearance or improvement schemes, and provided that no charge be placed on the county rate thereby, the Council do approve of action being taken under Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, with a view to the purchase of land and the erection of dwellings thereon, and also with the view of purchasing or leasing suitable houses already, or hereafter to be built or provided for the purpose of supplying housing accommodation.
Page 256 - Lords' committee of 1863 decided that ' it would be desirable to complete an inner circuit of railway that should abut upon, if it did not actually join, nearly all the principal railway termini in the Metropolis, commencing with the extension in an easterly and southerly direction of the Metropolitan Railway, from Finsbury Circus at the one end, and in a westerly and southerly direction from Paddington at the other, and connecting the extremities of those lines by a line on the north side of the...
Page 271 - ... carriages each way every morning in the week and every evening in the week (Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday always excepted), at such hours, not being later than seven in the morning or earlier than six in the evening...
Page 141 - To consider and report whether the grant of statutory powers to use electricity ought to be qualified by any prohibition or restriction as to earth return circuits or by any provisions as to leakage, induction or similar matters, and if so in what cases and under what conditions...
Page 367 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Page iii - Committee, appointed to consider and report — 1. Whether the lines of route for underground railways in and near London, proposed by Bills which have been or may be introduced during the present Session, are best calculated to afford facilities for present and probable future traffic ; and, if not, what modifications of those lines of route are desirable ; 2. What special provisions, if any, should be made for the protection of the owners, lessees» and occupiers of properties adjacent to underground...