The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND
RAILWAY.

(Inoorporation of Coznpany—Construction of Railway
from Weymouth to Portland—Powen for the Great
Western and London and South Western Railway

Companies to subscribe, kc., and to apply and raise
Capital—Working arrangements with those Com-
panies—Amendment or Repeal of Acts.)
INToncE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that appli-
cation is intended to be made to Parliament in
the ensuing Session for an Act to incorporate • Com-
pany for the purpose of making and maintaining a Rail-
way, with all proper approaches, stations, and other
works and conveniences connected therewith, that is to
say,
A Railway commencing in the perish of Meloombe
Regis, in the County of Dorset, by • Junction with Use
main line of the Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth Rail-
way, belonging to the Great Western Railway Company,
at or near a point on such main line near the North
end of the Passenger Station at Weymouth, of such
last mentioned Railway, and terminating in the Island
and Parish of Portland, in the said County of Dorset, at
or near a point on Chesil Bank, and opposite to an Inn
called or known by the name of the " 'Victoria Lodge,"
and which intended Railway and Works will pass, or
be made from, into and through, or be situate within
the several perishes, townships, and extra-parochial,
and other phiom following, or some of them, that is to
say, Radipole. Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Wyke
Regis, and Portland, in the said County of Dorset.
And it is also intended by the said Act to confer
upon the said Company all necessary powers for effect-
ing the purposes following, (that is to say)—
To stop up, alter, divert, cross, or break up, or other.
wise interfere with, either temporarily or perinanently,
any turnpikes or other roads, highways footpaths,
streets, railways, tramways, meals, aqueducts, streams,
ferries, rivers, navigation*, sewers, drains, pipes, and
watercourses within the before-named parishes, town-
ships, extra-parochial and other places, or any of them,
which it may be necessary or desirable to stop up, alter,
divert, cross, or break up, or otherwise interfere with
for any of the purposes of the intended Railway and
Works.
To make lateral deviations from the Line of the said
intended Railway and Works to the extent and within
the limits defined upon the Plans herein after men-
tioned, and to purchase by compulsion or otherwise,
lands, houses, hereditament', and other property, rights,
and privileges, for the purposes of the intended under-
taking. or any part or parts thereof, and to vary or ex-
tinguish any rights or privileges connected with such
lands, houses, and horitanienta, and other property.
To levy tolls, rates, and duties upon, or in respect of,
the use of the intended Railway, and other Works, and
to alter existing tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer,
vary, or extinguish exemption from the payment of tolls,
rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish
other rights and privileges.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act, to
authorise the Great Western and the London and South-
Western Railway Companies, or either of them, to sub-
scribe and contribute funds towards the said under-
taking, or any part thereof, and to take and hold shares
in the said undertaking, or any part thereof, and to apply
any capital or funds, now or hereafter belonging to them
respectively, or under the control of their respective Di-
rectors, or to raise additional capital by the creation of
new shares, either with or without preference or priority,
in payment of interest or dividend, or by borrowing on
mortgage or bond, for the purposes of the said under-
taking, or any of them, and to enable the said Great
Western and the London and South Western Railway
Companies, or either of them, to vote at ineetinp of the
Company so to be incorporated as aforesaid, and to
appoint Directors of that Company.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to
enable the Company to be thereby incorporated, and
the Great Western and the London and South-Westoni
Railway Companies, or either of them, or any other
person or persons to enter into and carry into effect
such contracts and arrangements, on such terms and
conditions, and subject to such restrictions u may be
or may hate been mutually agreed upon by, or on
behalf of, those Companies, with reference to the
working and use of the said intended Railway, the
conduct, managetuent, and direction of the troth, or
any portion of the traffic upon the same or any other
parts thereof respectively, and the division and appor-
tionment of such traffic, and the tolls, rates, and charges
arising therefrom, between and amongst the said
Companies, or other person or persons, or any or either
of them, and for enabling the said intended Company
and the said before-mentioned Companies, or either of
them, or other person or persons as aforesaid, to appoint
a joint committee for carrying into effect any such
contracts or arrangemonta, and to amproin by WOMB IA

such joint committee or otherwise, such of the rights.
powers, or privileges, whether with reference to the
levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or otherwise, now or
hereafter verged in or belonging to the said Companies.
and all use other rights, powers, and plivijeges u mar
be necessary or expedient for more effeMy carryime
into street any such contracts or arrangements.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act, so
far as may be necessary or proper, to alter, exteode
amend, and enlarge or repeal the powers and provisions
of the several Acts relating to the Great Western Rail-
way Company; that is to say, Local and Personal Ade
sth and Bth William Fourth, esp. 107; 6th William.
Fourth, ups. 36, 38, 77, sod 79; lit Victoria, eau. 91
and 92, (one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven).
and 24 and 26. (one thousand eight hundred and thirty'
eight) ; 2nd Victoria, rap. 27; 3rd Victoria. cap 47
3rd and 4th Victoria. cap. 105 ; 4th and sth Victoria.,
cap. 41; sth Victoria, Session 2nd. cap. 28; 6th Vii.
tore, cap. 10: 7th Victoria, cap. 3; 7th and Bth V.
tore, cap. 68; Bth and 9th Victoria. caps. 40, 63, 114
156, 184, 188, 190, and 191; 9th Victoria, cap. 14 :
and 10th Victoria. caps. 166, 181, 236, 239, 240, 271
313, 315, 335, 337, IV, 369, and 402; 10th and 11th
Victoria, caps. 60, 72, 76. 91, 101, 109, 149, 154, 214
and 242; 11th and 12th Victoria, caps. :94, 59, 74, '47,
W. 99, 130, 131, 133, 136, 158, and 159; Llift Vidor.% .
caps. 6 and 7; 13th and 14th Victoria, caps. 21, 44, 9.1;
and 110; 14th and 15th Victoria, cape. 9. 48. 74, and
81; 15th and 16th Victoria, caps. 117. 125, 133, 140,
145, 147, and 148 ; 16th and 17th Victoria, caps. 12',
153, 175, and 212; 17th and 18th Victoria. caps. 13.:,
108, 158, 202, 215, and 2'22; and 18th and 19th Vii -
tuna, caps. 69 and 191; and also of the several Acts
relating to the London and South-Western Bailee •
Company, that is to may, Local and Personal Acts, 4 !
5 William IV., cap. ; 1 Victoria, cap. 71; 1 and!
Victoria, cap. 27; 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 28 ; 4 sod.
Victoria, caps. 1 and 39; 7 and 8 Victoria, cape. 5,63,.
and 86; Sand 9 Victoria, caps. 86, 88, 93, 197, 121„
165, 185, and 109; 9 and 10 Victoria, caps. 129, 131,,
173, 174, 175, 2.52, 355, 370. and 391; 10 and 11 Vie.
tore, caps. 57, 56, 88, 96, 97, 115, 145, 167. 243.244,.
249, 273, and 297; 11th and 12th Victoria, ceps. 75, 85,.
87, 161, 125, and 157; 51 George 111., cap. 196; 12 and
13 Victoria, caps. 33 and 34; 13 and 14 Victoria, can..
24 ; 14 and 15 Victoria, cap. 1G; 16 ant 17 Victoria,.
cap. 164; 18 and 19 Victoria, cap. 188 ; 19 and 20 Vic-
toria, cap. 120; and 20 and 21 Victoria, cap. 136, and
any other Act or Acts relating directly or indirectly to
the said Great Western and London and South• Western.
Railway Companies respectively. AND NOTICE IS
HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that on or before the
Thirtieth day of NoVIIMBER inst., maps, plans, and
sections, showing the direction, line and levels of the
said intended Railway and Works, together with a book
of reference to such Plans, and a copy of this notice
as published in the London Ouvite, will be deposited
for public inspection with the Clerk of the Pesos for
the County of Dorset, at his Office at Sherborne, in
the said County; and that on or before the same day,
a copy also much of the said Plans, sections, and book
of reference, as relates to each Parish or extra-paro-
chial place, in or through which the said Railway and
Works will be wade, or pace, together with a Copy of
this Notice, published as aforesaid, will be deposited for
public inspection as follows, (that is to say), in the
case of parishes, with the Pariah Clerk of each such
parish, at his residence; and in the case of any extra-
parochial place, with the Parish Clerk of some parish
immediately adjoining thereto, at his residence.
AND NOTICE 18 HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN,
that on or before the Thirty-first day of December next,
printed copies of the said intended Act will be deposited
in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons.
Dated this Eleventh day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty seven.
JOHN TIZARD,
Solicitor for the Bill.
Weymouth.
TOWN HALL, DORCHESTER.