The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

laailthau fnttlligence.

ANDOVER AND REDBRIDGE.

The third half yearly locating of this company was
Lehi at Southampton oh Monday, Mr. IL Email in the
chair.

Mr. Damon, solicitor, read the directors' report,
which stated that they had heel( actively i.nd
latofac-
toni7 engaged in making the nom:sears arrangenn tits
for the commencement of the work,. Mr. Ilattendey,
the ountractor, had covenanted to deliver up the line to
the coml..:lly at the espirat. of IS months. The
nega.iations with the landowners were pr,gresdng, and
the diroctoni therefore, after thanking Lord Poluierston
for the opinion which he had express"' relative to the
aucceuf ii lane of the undertaking, congratulated the
shareholders upon the commencetnent of the undemi•k-
intender the most favourable &emplace.
The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report,
said he had the satisfaction of announcing the realisa-
tion of the hopes which he had held out to them. H.
had dared to panel*, that the railway would be com-
menced. last Tuesday saw the turning of the 6r,t sod
by Lord Palwentton (bear, hear), awl consequently, the
commencement of the railway. (Cheers.) The direc.
ton always bad the determination that they would not
cowinenos th• line until they were fuUy able to go on
with it and speedily complete it. Since the last meeting
Law additional shames lind been taken, to the amount
ei £1.6,000. (hams.) People, in Southampton

especially, had been distrustful whether the line would
ever be made, or that it would be sold to the London
and South Western Railway l'ompany. Ile trusted
these doubts were now dissapated. The railway would
be constructed as it had hitherto been—as an inde-
pendent line. It was the resolve of the directors to pre-
serve it in its full integrity of independence. (Cheers.)
Mr. Hattersley, the contractor, assured him, after a
survey of the line, that it would become a most im-
portant one in every respect. The necessary notices re-
quired by Act of Parliament had been given to the
Andover and Redbridge Canal Company, and in a very
short time the water of the canal would be let out and
the contractor would then imioe.liately comnience the
works (Cheers). The Burke and Hants Extension
Railway front Ilungerford to Devizes had been sanc-
tioned by the Legislature, and would shortly be cum-
menced, also on the broad gauge. The 14 miles be-
tween .% :Weyer and the junct point of the !Jerks and
Hants Itailwr.y was a gap which must speedily be filled
up. (Hear, hear.) Thia line must also be taken to
Southampton on the broad gauge from Redbridge, an
as to connect the port with the colleries of South
Wides and the manufacturing districts of the north.
(Cheers.)
Mr. G. Hunt seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
The thanks of the shareholders wm-e presented to the
chairman Alla directors for their attention to the
interests of the company.
Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P., had long entertained an
opinion that a railway along the Valley of the Test, or
1 in the line of time Andover Canal, would improve pro-
perty in value, and afford facilities for increased com-
munication with the port of Southampton.
Tlw proceedings terminated with a veto of thanks to
the chairman.