City and Brixton Railway Act 1898
WHEREAS the construction of the underground railway by this Act authorised from the City and South London Railway in the parish of Saint Saviour Southwark to Brixton Hill in the county of London in two tunnels (for separate up and down traffic) to be worked by electricity or other motive power (not being steam power) as herein-after provided at such a depth and in such manner under the public streets as not to interfere with the surface or roadway thereof would be of public and local advantag...