§ Order of the Day for the Third Reading, read.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 3a."
§ LORD TRUROmoved the rejection of the Bill on the ground that the population of the district was insufficient to support the line, and that there was no traffic of sufficient extent to make it remunerative. The line was only the middle part of a projected line, the two extremities of which had been rejected. It was, moreover, of such a length—one mile and a few chains—as to render it unavailable for any useful purpose, and the road on which it was to be constructed was only 24 feet in the broadest part, and 17 feet in the narrowest. Therefore, a tramway on such a road would be an obstruction and inconvenience.
§ THE EARL OF REDESDALE (CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES)asked how it was that the parties who objected to the Bill had not appeared to oppose it before the Select Committee?
§ LORD TRUROsaid, the parties who objected to its construction had no locus standi, and, therefore, had been unable to appear against it. He moved that the Bill be read a third time that day three months.
§ THE EARL OF REDESDALE (CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES)thought that after 273 the statement of the noble Lord further consideration of the measure was desirable.
§ Motion (by leave of the House) withdrawn.