18 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 3

It is true that for the building of the Morden

extension the promoters received considerable State help under the Trade Facilities Act ; but hitherto the Tubes had been built entirely out of private money, and it seems that further developments arc possible for which no State help will be available. We can only hope that those who have created the Tubes and those who have invested in them will be rewarded in the end. They richly deserve it and we daresay that at last it will be found that their faith was not misplaced. ' Every Tube relieves street congestion and everybody who objects to being part of the congestion is more tempted year by year to use ;the Tubes, particularly when it is possible to get a straight run of over twenty-one miles through London. * *