The Metropolitan Railway Act, 1870
WHEREAS by "The Metropolitan Railway (Tower Hill Extension) Act, 1864," the Metropolitan Railway Company, who are herein-after referred to as "the Company," were authorised to make and maintain a railway in the city of London, called in the said Act "the Extension Railway," commencing in the parish of Saint Giles Without Cripplegate, and terminating in the parish of Saint Botolph Without Aldgate: And whereas it is expedient that the period limited for the completion of the said railway eastwa...