The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-01 00:00:00

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counter—let, the various schemes which MT be reddered
praoticabl• for Inc-suing I. ad Ilk' • ; Tod, the sou. which
city be takes for carrying out thee whims& T4ees schemes
nu
r.ly 4.14. theurelyes Into three clamee—(s) For
leenleelaff fact Ines between Wet mouth and Load ; (b) for
humming fec.lll.• berween Wary TI tab • id Bath. Bnstol, the
Midleade, Wales, • 4th. North id rag and; (c, for inereasiog
tasilltass botereeti Weymouth •.4 raider and the We. of
Ithigised. In ths Ir.i place we c oulder th tt this commie.
shosld constantly keep In view the earl.. facilities for
transit nod milk in all them ili,ection., the meant by which
elvanteget may be eau.d for the town of Were .uth from
Wm to time, and the ways b, which obvious anomalies sod
di/advantages may be ramtailel. Whll.t. therefore, the
mmeint corausittrie should wort • itself with the work loner
tilatey before it, we Others it would to., to the permanent
interest and Ede.. of this town to elect • small sled
committee from our number, whoee duty it 'WWI he to sot
u a watch coutiontes lo this matte. to gather sad resolve
all information •Ithin their power in c room.. with :all-
. way facilities, and to brag preemie to bear on the
radar railway c impanels in order to s. sure the omit-
: wane most f uourthe to the conned nee and praising of
the lambi{ of Weymouth. 'I here is onside:rah • risk
lest we should rut °waning! with rm. °bangle ss
th• railway companies nsay fool compelled to make
in order to mutely outcry of lb. moment againil absurd
sod vezatiou dlfficulUes of trans., worn.. cons...sly
greeter and more seated adventure might be
secured by the steady and persistent beldame vf
• holy of men, who will undertake t pro.
fully.. quire the neoneary ininalatoill. to still elleintioo to
remediable grievance; and t o tak• dug advantage of the
eheaseo and Innovati au which ere introduced by the
railway a ,copanies from Urns to too. We think it r ght
rod v.ry necert.ry to primate this to:fure enter,. ieto
the donuts of the various •chnees, sod thy all the stress we
mu up. these loin., tea nue we to Rue that cooed...b.
mlsuelerstoniling prevail with regard to the moth. operand!
of railway companies, the mum es arbd ahem{ aulialital
powers poeteeled by them, their ludepeedeoc. of and la-
doliersese to the dents of ems •rge and powerful proviecial
towns. sad especially Ozer monist interdepends.* so 1., m
I. ormaistent with their respective interesta In °season.
with this we would lay strong emp • is on the futility of
preurdag formai. Misetilial which ere not to the demi and
Mac/MI advarithreli of the comp met, although they may be
of all importance I. the town or nelgtibourh pod leash advo-
sales them. :•so .n ily —On the feet the& tionspetillos he weft
the various railway e respaeles far ea re... tell. or.
...agreed no longer ex.., that ail rat... mutually tettied
et the clewing house, end bat the comp .07 cannot forward
• @theme vrbleh Is uovi .usly and 'newish, detrimental to
another. Taking the edemas fret in order—vlu. lb.. for
inmeasing fend isle Wive. Weymouth and Landau, we
havei—if ) Th• r•-gra gement of keine on the Loud. and
13,u4h-Western Railway : Stole improverue t b. already been
*cured t some title,l tit the promise tlmt Weymouth shall
be provided with a lis4 up nod a fast down tram In additiou
to those at prament eal.ting, when th• C KOMI, Mk., iti
Millatwas in 17.1. or engem. ta in April nest. We believe
101 l be the policy of this committee to wait for these
arranges.. s, •ul II bey at. tom outdated eat slitoi oey to
pees for further improvement (II.) The scheme for mob ng
e non no way t 1 conaect Wertnooto with th• Socierset bud
Dorset Its/limy either at Templthombe or somewhere near
Sturedostar Newt,,,: Thu theme has yet to be m st
seriously considered oy the committee The adv.tages of
moth a line are—(l) Thu it would_ put Weymouth in qui kw
cotrununimtion "nth London. Salisbury, tu • (2) that it
would put Weymouth in (puke oommunklatios; B
MA.* nod (what Is woe import.° directly with the Mid-
land geese tits Bath • • (2) th .111 would .port up ths rietmet
&greener. died. of Dorestahl re The difficulties I. the way of
this e,ti eon am- (1)1. would door lee th• 0. eat Western Railway
of all the northward tr.& without noy god pro gee, and
the egreetneot between that company • id the Loodon and
&nth-Western Man., would probably prevent th• luau
company from rendering any melts .oe, avec of it did not
compel them to oppose the none...; (2) 14th ugh the railway
mot be cheap y WaStrUcted the ant .u.it of money required
trald las large. fat. doubtful on he one hand whether we
ma 4 da finitely show the c impsole, c roamed In p 14.8 tuts
that th• increawd trafilc would n-compenee them for the out-
lay, and on the other hand whether c add raise sultana
capital to launch art Independs-t company. tran.l..g in time
to obtain a wothing acre moot Iron the MI Rand and London
and South-We tern Railway Companies With the evidence
at present helots um the difficulties of carrying th• foregoing
whew to • successful Lem envier to le very great. We
think, however, the committee rho. I card oily consider this
scheme, and gather all the emlance which may be obtained In
Its favour or araintt It. In connection with Increased
facilities hesitant Weynuouth !Led lbs nutropolis there Is
another pro) tat to wh ch the c 'tomtit. would call etre in.
—eta ,—Th• line which the Ores West° n Nehru Is making
between Westbury and Dirvisee which would glee • shorter
route to London over the Or at West :m Railway. This
roue would enable th Ore. Wester, Railway to comm.
with the London and t•outh.Western Rai way in fest Ira es to
London. About thia eche.. the c nuattlre would be E 1.4 to
obtain information. scheme for Meru. ng f ..lities between
Waymooth and the Mldbuids. Ac. i.e Bath: Litt. need be
said about lb. ebthrdly long and vexatious 4 our... front
Weymouth to Bath. Bristol, Manchester, Ilinniochun and
101 the great towns of the Midland'. Taking Os, Journey to
Beth elon• (which la the natural and malel4 centre of com-
munication between Weymouth and the Nallands, and distant
only about 72 miles from Wayounith by their hos) we Sol
two routes—(l) ois Castle Cary, From.' and Tr:Arend.—
Ton an shuortily circuitous rout- the two feel. t trains
from Weym Kith taking Aire. 40n;s. and thrs. lOuts. re-
m-rarely, the hrst of those stun,4 at ab,ot 6 o'clock in the
morning; to Weyos•uth Firs. 37m. and 3hrs. 16ms ; (2) era
Wimborn• and Evercreech Junction—This is • gill to 'Ku
route, the two fa...t trains being front Weymouth, aim
nom and thrs. 10.ns. • to Weymouth, 211 m, 67ms and thrs.
alum Takang the ethane. in order as before we hove: (1)
The rearransement of traine—lt tug mu 'ruddy be h esd
that the railway companies will mete hatter arrangement of
trains. On the one hand the Groat V i Morn Railway might
run quicker trains between Castle Cary and Both; no the
other the blltllord might arrange for faster eervices ein Win-
born• and tvercruch Jonction. (2) T. Castle Cary nod
Evercruch Junction tchesna—The Ore. Western Railway to
Bath nine In a term direct line se fer as Castle Our then
Orunder the Bonen. an (10,5.4 line about one sod a-
ti two mit • from linerenech Junction, and by an
amurdly ...thous route (es Franc, Westbury, and 'how-
bri makes its way to Seth. Isa• tmio from Oteue
Cary to Dub ounipee about two hour., whereas gvercructs
Junction (which Snot more than two MANI from Oen. Cary)
is about Doe hour from Bob. The route from Dammam/3
Junction to Bath is far more direct. fly making a short Juno-
°on of, my, one end a-ball miles between Cull r Cary and
Ifvercrsech Junction, Weymouth would ho pul In direct own-
munionUon with Bath, and consequent!, with the Midlands.
An euto.t direct route wunkl be opened from Weymouth
northwards se far as the fit,lway Firth • • direct and
expeditotte route for gocds would be provided, eeship
Weymouth, for rerhlpm:ot at Liverpool. A convenient route
would be opened for goals fr. tarts and the whole of
Preece to our Frau Midland tow. nio Cerbourg. Way-
m nab, and Lial.h. Bun ou'd be ooly from 00 to 65 miles
from Weymouth, and being on the direct hne northwards
ebould be reached in an hour an Maocheeter would be
about eight hours distant. Other lance Midland towns wogld b
eseur antiotrous rote. whit. (what is very linparteet)
through carriages could be run between them large tow s sad
Wetinouth. In one word, the North and the Mullseds,
I tether with other large towns of gmu importance, suck..
Bristol, o:oucester, Norceetar. Cheltenham, A.., would he
platted in for eerier commune:6U. w.th Weymouth. With
',geed to the feasibility of this scheme, from • inane. and
from an ea. imam( point a view it is sininutly le.
The only difficulty would appear to be in th• poeitrnolenntben-
no. of Inter eta of th• nolo s railway connoanies, but the
couinutes it sanguine that the tamers.; of ths respective
oompaoles can be reconciled. Arad this committee isof oplaion
that esp. thou. Munediately b• taken to induce the railway
comp. es Interested to carry out this pr. opined Junction. (e)
Scheme for facilitating railway comenualc.lon busmen Wey-
mouth and teeter and th• Wee : With regard to this matter
the committee require farther information. Fleetly It la
suggested: (I) not a sere I committee or, esy, $.., be elect."
from the (metal oonsmittee for the purpose id auul log
ewerl and ep coal animas ition wl b regard to the ',none
scheme, for incresing railway accommodation to Wiryabouth
Dombeeter, and Other parte of the county: (2) that the select
c sonsittee be requested to obtain relied. I ifonna lon with
regard to Curds Cary and tverereach Junction scheme, and ee
won a, p 0014. bleu a repo ton the matter before th
general committee; (3) that the salmi commit..e deal in the
111100 maimer wiih Me prepared aches. for • 121:1-Dorset
Railway; (4) that the seed encernita. deal In the muse
mums with the new inner route to teeter with* the Great
Western Hallway Is madmen. eis Reading, Devises, Out.
Cam, nod Laogport.'--Sigoad, CisOnan hum (Cheirman),
February Iffilt, 1184.