The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-10 00:00:00

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This Oompeay Is isampoeslad by Special Lot of
Parliamma, aad is empowered to lay dowa
of Tramways ia lie Borough of Pastsmouth, widna is
ose of Um most importaat tows; u w.O as one of the
Mill !lupus, Gentios, aad Dockyard metre" la
Zaglikad, sad include" Me flourishing watering plus
of !koalas's. 'rb• population has nom from 84,81111 is
1841 to 186,000 M lb. messat limo, aad is rapidly
MoreaMag. . . .

Owiag to 11.. favourable levels of the localldee
through which the line will mad the gime&
character of the populaUon, wblcb l.rgaly osasiste of
Ike working classes (the chief supporters of Tram-
Ways), and persons oonneeted with We Naval, MlNtary,
and other Public Metabllaluneate, the Distriet I.
specially adapted for sack an undertaking.
The projected Train ways bare nailed the approval
of Um Municipal Authorities and the support of the
ialiabitaate along Um roots', who strongly niemotialised
the Ourporatien in favour of tbe scheme whim Wore
Parliament.

In view of the rapid development of the Borough in
Lb. inumedlote ne*hboarbood and to the eastward
of the proposed Tramway (where nearly • thousand
houses are being manually built), Boors is as urgisi
seosesity for its peostruotioa to aooommcdate
thickly populotod districts traversed by the Goa.
psny's UMW aid to give itutremed sass of *same-
oiciatios with ciao,' of the public establishments 14
Borough.
The Loudon sad Bouth•Western Lad Loudon sad
Brigiitoo Railway Ocitapenise, Menhir to give greater
facilities to the tepidly incraming populatioa of the
neighbourhood, are sow Mastriltdisg • joist °astral
Mottos, almost midway oa the omit be. of the
isteeded Tramways, which is I. be mompleted ii April
next. sod which must always *sours to this Company
apc=agic • it may also be mentiotted that the Oor•
me about to form a Public Recreation Gronad
afar the Boothoor Torsions of the.. Tramways.

- The Coin-- -lines will plu through so sot the
principal thoroughfares in the Borough, and oorri.ect
ths populous districts of Smithson, Bastaity, Kingston,
and Baekland, bringing Mem Into emnninal-
reties with the new ftaitersy Batton oboe* retorted
to, sad opening up from north to south • direct and
cheap mesas of access to the Bea Beach, (loathes'
Common and South Parade Pier foi • large number of
the inhabitants who et present are without such adroit.
tags and convealeoce.
The many thousands of hand, employed it the Royal
Dockyard and other Government BstablishmenM,
wsll as at the numerous place. of business, together
with the 0110113101 Is and ever-increesisg annual influx
of tonrists and visitors to Southare and Portsmouth,
point to sonditious specially favourable to an exam-
WNW', large traffic. low th• accommodation of which
these Tramways will provide.
There Is already • system of Tramways now Wind
very raccomfully worked on the southern sad western
sides of the Borough of Portsmouth. the Capital of
which, Including that of the Gosport line is £11111,060.
These lines belong to the Provincial Tramways
Company. Limited, whieli pays • substantial dividend;
but, owning as it dose several other Tramway.. so
separate dividend is declared in respect of the Ports-
mouth and Gosport systems. It may be stated,
bowevor, that during the year eliding Jam. 1884, se
cortiard by the Board of Trade flaturas, the Porta-
-1 month and Gosport Tramways serried 3,906,942
pesesagers, and their toll* Kelpie for that period
amounted to £28.1.30.
The proposed Tramways, all of which are within lie*
limits of the Borough if Portsmouth, are shoat foer
sad shelf muse length, and will be waistcoated sad
substaatbilly laid with stool rails of an
equipped
section and of the beet qteMity, and it •
*oatmeal oast of 40.233 per talio, inciedtag par-
asite of land, and 'Adman the roads where neeemary,
sa amount oossidsrshls Wow lb. cost of the egistiag
Tramways In Portsmouth.
It may be fairly sestuned that the Traffic Receipts
per mile will not be lens flan three of the presoak
Trimmers, in which teem with prudent msaagenessit,
a dividend of at Least Boma per Oast. per mum may
be coadeatly satialpabed.
A ()oatmeal has been made for the Cloastructiou sad
egaipment of the Lim with all requisite sidings,
Including also the payment of all the expenses of
for:oaks of the Company, Patilionostary, laira
engineerieg, aid otherwise, up to the sliotment of
Share.. Tb. Ometractor will pay to the Shorisholders,
quarterly, intervel id the rat. of 1:6 per reek per
annum upon the amounts paid upon their Shares,
whether upon Calls or paid up in admire:eh from the
dates of such payment until the Board of Trade osrtify
that the Use may be open for traffic.
By mottos 66 of this Company's Act, 1883, power is
given to use either sobnal, stoma, electricity, or other
mochanio•l means of locomotion. The Director, will
adopt that motive power which aspartame may
demonstrate to be at once the most economical and
elective.
Forms of Application for Share. may be obtained at
the Offices of the Company, Bankers, and Solicitors ;
copies of the above Contract sad of the Bpscial Act of
Parliament may also be Inspected M the Company's
Ole., where any farther details ma be obtained.
London, 6th Felarsery, 1886,