The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

EASTERN COUNTIES.

The report of the directors to be submitted to the !
shatehilders on Wednesday next states, that the receipts
upon the Eastern Counties Railway for the hairiest ending
the 4th of July, 1861, are 334,1801., and the Norfolk '
66,9911 ; total receipts, 391,1761 Prom the Eastern Cum. I
ties receipts, for the sake of comparison, are to be deducted
2,4781., being the amount received from the working of the
Shepreth and Hitchin line, reducing the receipts to '
384,60111, as compared with 388,9211 for the half-year end-
lag the 4th of July, 1861, and 421,973!. for the same term
up to the 4th January, 1851. The working expresses have
been 2011,3381 for the sir months ending the 4th of
July, 1861; 188.63.51 for the like period le ems 4th
of January, 1862, and 177,616/. foe the she maths
up to the 4th of July. 18.52, which latter Islamise the
working expenses of the Bhepreth and Hiteltin lam&
These moults are most gratifying, as the Reeder,
have continued to give increased accommodadem
the public, and by this means have laid the foundation eta
an increasing and remunerative return to the proprieties.
The increased receipts, as compared with the half year ea&
leg July 4, 1851, are 24,2631., and the reduced expenditure
for the same period being 30,7121, gives a positive themes,
ter the past six months over the corresponding half-year of
1861 of 61.9861, and, after meeting all contingencies, lime
• not !valance of 53,2321. on the last half-year's working,
with with the sum carried forward to the credit of rue.
put on the 4th of January 1852, of 19,7741, tenths a sees
disposable balance of 73.0081 Out of this sum the dlaemtwe
have declared a dividend of 4s. per share, which mania
10 68,2701., carrying forward he the credit of revenge a
balance of 4,7361 It will be Anna that this balance I
left after paying a sum of OWL, baba the aseemat doe to
the (heat Northers Company, le the twins of
the lease entered into with that err the use of
the line hem Rhepreth to Hitahls Ise three maths
ending 30th of June, 1831, and Wm 2.1.001. to the NOWNE.
het Company. Th directors repot that, eerie. he the
accounts of the Let haillaa Callow set being made up
they are swath le give the resell it the la wasidref week-
lag osier the mileeleast with that eteopeey, ad they
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11111111.11debilley Met with
the roprtediora vibe by Ihla impel he ieee.oave
peer, Ike. Tth lilt be esellikd awl Midyear. The
directors have adeped the sespedea erase Wir6A6ll-
- the eapedisenisat watty sad wedietito the
'sperms peument way he rate aNI per pee
eams, try uthithiddslott-year 3,1781, being the meant
expeadlture for the subtleness* of the reed
(haring the pint six month*, baa been added In 1110
N tuna which now mainly :applied tellb=
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hitherto fully bone eat Mr. Asheroft's 119
smooth. r reed, with hoe wear eel tear tenCtllley
and at smack /awed esic=ele ombelleseese. The
report of Mr. Oa" the seperiedisadeet, prov-
ing that a depeelatien lead le sat meerwery for mat-
salmis( in ea 'O&M state the wreldity
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crewed accommodation toe the traffic; 1,2.421. to the Mid. I
Modlway r.inipaily for parliamentary captains incurred
rteeteomp .ny on account of this railway in the cssi
a; sad 7, tr.:, to: sum switdoti to Mr. John 'Smith-
eraffit, being tl e helante of his enittintering charge. its the
geasethetion of the line from London to Ccectie,ter. The. -
mmeats, wit!. the sum of 32,000/, paid on account the
East Anglian plant, as • so the expenditure upon the branch
from Sheiteed to the junction of the Great Northern line
at Shepreth, have increased the horded debt of the
company 101,2811. The directors obtained the sanc-
tion of the legislature to form a junction with the Bir-
mingham and East and West India Dock Junctios Rail
way at au estimate,' cost of shout 50,000 t., and also
(or the construction of a short extension from %%s-
-heath to the river Nene, at an estimated coat of shout
18,0001. Parliament likewise sanctioned the arrangements
with the Newmarket Company; and the latter applied
for and obtained the authority of parliament to construct
an extension of their Inct from Newmarket to Bury St.
Edmund's, and, as this line is now in course of con-
struction, the directors feel confident that when the traffic
from Bury is opened out to the Cambridge route the
maximum amount of 6,0001. per annum, which this com-
pany is bound to pay to the Newmarket Company saw
certain circumstances, will he materially reduced, it set
entirely c incelled. The bill for carrying out the arrange-
ments made between this company and the Bast
Anglian also received the sanction of the legislature.
The seal of the company has twee affixed to the agree-
ment catered into with the Great Northern Company.
The result is a cordial co-operation between the companies
in promoting u. interchange of traffic, whereby the receipts
of this company arc increased, and the public interest pro-
moted. The directors are inforn.ed that a large portion of
the laud on the line of the Harwich Railway hes been
securel by the Eastern Union Company, affording the hope
that this important branch will be opened for traffic in the
course of next year. A satisfactory arrangement has been
made for the joint working of the Tilbury and Southend
line by this company and the Blackwell Company, so soon
as that line is completed, and from which the directors con-
fidently anticipate a large increase of traffic. In concluding
the report, the directors assure the proprietors that they are
now, as they have hitherto been, most anxious to cultivate
a good understanding with neighbouring companies, and
with this object have had repeated interviews with the
' Eastern Union Company, but they regret that hitherto they
have produced no satisfactory result.
The report of Mr. J. V. Gooch, the locomotive superin-
tendent, states, that 1,473,110 miles were run by the trains
in the half-year ending July 4, 18.52, corresponding period
of 1851, 1,249,228 miles, and the same period of 1860,
1,1&,,628 miles. The coat of working, including repairs
and renewals, was at the rate of 11.11 d. per mile per train
the half-year, eading the 4th of July last; ending July 4,
1851, 13 79d. ; and ending July 4, 18.50, at the rate of
17.22 d. A comparative statement shows that there hie
been an increase in the number of miles run with the
trains over the half-year 1851 of 223,884; and an actual
decrease of expenditure of 3,678/. ; and over the half-year
1850 an increase in the number of miles ran by the liaise
of 287,482, and an actual decrease of expenditure of
16,866/., or at the rate per mile per train of 6.111. on Ole
average of the dallies" ending July 4, 1850, and epees
whisk the mileage of the past half-year is equal to a saving
et MOIL ; of which increase of mileage 109,596 miles are
dee to that run on the East Anglian Railways, and 18,829
mike es the Royston and Ritchie Railway. The consump-
tion of coke was gradually reduced from 39.891 b. in July,
MO, to 28.161 b. in 1851, and to 23.391 b. in July, 1852. The
even of the creditors (Messrs. J. Reeves and W. Mayhew)
New thee flay dal W esseelde arrest after a thorough
dad sionilmagoemegillittrelnalleailts their details. The
Mitamok WAs Jay.sbeirs that 9,876,3191.
a oed, and 9,664,6861. expended, leaving a
shims at 14The account for the half-year
ies tleal 761. had been received, and 177,8461.
empesiek 8,2341. rates and taxes, and 7,0971. go-
waning dee,. e liability to the Newmarket company
amounted to 2,6001.; to :the Great Northern, for the
Ritchie line, to 4,200/. ; interest on guarantees and loans,
to 153,6971. including 30,7871. to the Northern and East-
ern, 93,7501. to the Eastern Counties, and 29,0,394 to the
Norfolk company, leaving 63,2321. for dividend on the ordi-
nary shares.

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