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tude without due deliberation ; the consequence is, that not 

 unfrequently much money is expended in undoing that which 

 never should have been done, or in amending that which might 

 as well have been properly done first as last. 



The vast importance to the mercantile interest of the early 

 introduction of a well arranged system of tramways, connect- 

 ing the Eailways with each other, and with the docks and 

 warehouses of the town, can scarcely be over rated ; and the 

 economical results would soon reimburse the outlay; — yet, 

 although I believe it has been authoritatively determined 

 upon for some time, no progress has been made, not even a 

 commencement. But surely the low price of iron, com- 

 bined with the temporary reduction in the business of the 

 port, pointed out the last year or two as a period peculiarly 

 appropriate for such a work. 



It is much to be regretted that the Cattle Market at the 

 Old Swan was constructed before the introduction of radways ; 

 that situation is, on every account, objectionable; and it 

 seems deserving consideration, whether the removal of the 

 market may not conduce so much to the public advantage 

 as to be worth the cost. Now, that both the railways have 

 stations so near the Clarence Dock, convenient for the 

 Scotch and Irish cattle, a ready conveyance is provided, by 

 which they may be carried inwards without passing through 

 the streets of the town. If a market be formed on either line, 

 a few miles inland, the beasts arriving from a distance can be 

 turned out upon grass land in the immediate vicinity, upon 

 which they can recover their condition before being put into 

 the pens for sale on market-day. In the neighbourhood shoidd 

 be placed the abattoirs, with suitable conveniences for storing 

 the offal and blood until required for use. And here also, 

 would be eligible sites for size-works, bone-mills, tan-yards, 

 &c. ; thus saving the expense of carriage, and keeping these 

 noisome trades away from the busy haunts of man. Were all 

 these buildings surrounded by the grazing lands, they would 



