64 Mr. Ware’s Design for 
The saving in time, and in the wear and tear of carriages, horses, 
and men who would otherwise go over London Bridge, or cross 
the river in boats, would be a compensation for the tolls to be paid 
at this arch-way. 
The carriages and passengers are those coming from the streets 
adjacent to the site of the proposed arch-way, those going into or 
through Surrey from the East India, West India, and London 
Docks, from the Commercial Road, and from the Counties of Hert- 
ford, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex ; also those going 
to the above-mentioned places from the counties of Surrey and 
Kent. 
The necessity of increasing the width of the intended new Lon- 
don Bridge, by this diminution of the number of passengers and 
carriages, may be obviated, and a large sum of money thereby 
saved. . 
Political Advantages. 
The communications, by this road, between the officers of govern- 
ment, and the Mint, Trinity-House, Custom-House, and the 'Tower, 
may be facilitate d. 
A readier transfer of soldiers, arms, and stores, to and from the 
counties north and east of London, and the Tower, to and from 
Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness, by land, will be obtained by 
this arch-way. 
This arch-way may be made a military pass, there being pro- 
posed a private way to it from the Tower. 
Observations. 
It seems remarkable, considering the great advantages to be 
obtained in populous cities by opening a communication between 
the shores of a navigable river, for foot-passengers, horses and 
carriages, without interrupting the navigation on the river, that the 
passage under the Euphrates, constructed by Semiramis, at Baby- 
lon, is the only one upon record. The account Diodorus the Sicilian 
gives of it may be translated thus :— 
“In the low ground of Babylon, Semiramis sunk a square pond, 
35 feet deep, each side being 300 stadia in length, the banks 
