The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-17 00:00:00

TRY PROPOSTI) NM! RAILWAY.

The following letter we. received from Mr. J. F.
Errithgtou Barnett, Charmiest,r, with rcleren,
to the prop.' •d new railway to Fief''r sad the
West
Dorch star and inter Direct Railway, silly Branch to
Lyme Rest •.
Dear Sir,—gteirs are n w lring taken to promote this
line, which is projected to combat the ackn rwlettteal
difficulty tt high at p-esent elle, Molting from Weytnou• h,
Dorche der and rhe mot districts edjscrerrt theret to Resler
and the West of England, and vice yen& In consequence •4 the
many chanter of st .thins, traiw, and It ay. an erg Re at
Yeovit, and which demand. that • more direct and ex mil ions
route Mould . e opyne lou betimes them. C rnimencing by
• J 0 lene. with the London not South-Western 111.0vray at
ll.terano a t D •rcherster, the line—.b rut 211 miles 1,, length
—wou .1 run throuth Martinet w.l Me pdun, Littlehrerly,
Longbre Is, I. p.m. Che..ey, chile We, Burton Braddock,
Bothenhampto r, Bride rt, A II 10 rri, at mood •stury, Whit.
church Marthwaul, ro ea lb Tow, and t..runn it. by • Juoctl II
oith the to don mot Souris West.. n 'lslam' at t'har -rind
shaker, With !emcee into Ex. rood Char I It le
also propo4l.l to coostrec a branch—a out five mil• s in
length —front this Ilhe Whitchurch through Cloarmouth to
Lyme Recto, Thl• I.e Wollll ton. an rmitortant li..k in a
system of through ammunicazion between Weymouth,
Dorchester. Ilrol,ort, • al Astound r, iron, meter, and
the West of itngla• d in one direction. and Chard, limoister,
Taunt..n. North Devon, Brian!, Sc., in the thee aal rice
north ; and Improved railway conirou ication nou'd be
afforded not only I .011, but to the mineral public es.r, sod
er.ab'e passengers to proreed to and fro direct between the
shove named di,tricts without hay ag to travel via Yeovil.
erirh I a nuttier° i• china, of stall .n. or by the dread..ot
route nit Wimb roe and Templecombe From the fact,
moreover, of this being the elalrtest and most direct rou e,
the through and Imal traffic both from pme•ager., mineral ,
and men-hand no noind or d rubted y hs very heavy, and
comb ned •ould. I in teas nabi be trammed, ii eke this •
remunerative un lertak of. Th. branch line would give
direct acmes to the Important town of Lyme Regie. The line
w. uld pass through a rich agricultural and dairy Mete et. and
tend tr de elope its reeoure... It would alan nom ct the
market towns of !torches or, Bride di, I yo .1% Axmorner.
and Chant, an.l affe foci ties for the conveyance there o .4 farm
tuhl "titer protium, and the inh•lntentll of the die net through
which it would peas to attend Mem. It woul I liken i e font the
ohorteet route tedween them town., a .1 place the wh de
, district sorted by it in dinst wenntuniest one lb Dorche ter,
Weymouth, Mouthstapton, London, Cc., on one hand, a al
Annsineter, ithaltoe, rhe Wont lEngland. Chard, Taunton,
Cc ,00 the other. It may here be.gled that by this emeo•ed
line Dorghester and Ear's! •OUhl be ramrod about one and a.
half hour's Irene; a etch other, Instant of three hours slat
present. it will thue be seen thM thi• 11,1. wouid farm an
important link in th • miler ry ovatem, and by it • ehietruct I n
considerable maim( of both die an:. end time betwee r the
ab rvementioned dietricte would be effected, and a much
needed mite war ward opcned out from Dorchanter. It may
here he stated that the T wn Council .4 Bei rprrt have pawl
•r. solution atrongly favour a this propoeel low that of
Chard will give every etarport to tins project,• hit at th tot I.yine
Rein. are prepared to pe, lon In Its far or. The hand snap
enclosed h.renlub, in each th • proposed line Is coloured to',
will show the nature of this pr Jell, on whir. h I Mt I he eel
11, blow the views and nerinio • of y or Town Council, and
how It w ul I be eigtertalothl by then, a'rir whelk r they
would interest lb nwelve• eufficiently In the pr Ject so m to
wore t it • sue •• s.tal 'woe ? Would you kindly bring
this markt. befor • your Tann Council I', their earn an c
in-
miderntlon arid &Menton at the., tient me ling rermin,
d sir. yours lintlifolly. J. F. EIJUSSTOS BARNS', C.F., To
Oil. s Syntorwht, Esq. Town eiere• 0111 e, Southetreet, Dor.
Chester."