§ MR. A. C. MORTONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade 193 whether his attention has been called to the new third-class carriages on the District Railway, in which the space allowed for passengers has been reduced so as to make it impossible for them to move with either comfort or decency; and whether he will use all the powers of his Department to compel the Railway Companies to secure better accommodation for third-class passengers?
§ MR. MUNDELLANo, Sir; I am not aware of any such alteration. The Company inform me that they have had no new third-class carriages since November, 1891; that the transverse space has not been reduced, but that the carriages are all constructed up to the extreme limit of the maximum dimensions for safe travelling in the tunnels. The width of the gangways of the compartments was increased in 1891 from 1 foot 8 inches to 1 foot 9½ inches. I have had no complaints on the subject.