The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-03 00:00:00

MIDLAND RAILWAY.

A special (Wharncliffe) meeting of the proprie ;ors ,
of the Midland Railway was held on Wednesday at Derby,
Mr. Nutt, M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of con-
sidering end (if thought fit) approving of t e several bills
now peaches; before parliament, with the following
namely :
" A Bill for the construction by the Midland Railway
Company of a new line of railway between Leedom and
Bedford, with trenches therefrom ; and for other pur-
poem.' " A Bill for enabling the Midland Railway Com-
pany to construct new railways and weeks, and to acquire
additional lands in the West Biding of the county. of
York, and in the caustics of Derby, Stafford, Warwick,
Leioceter, Gloucester, the city of Wormater, Nottingham,
the towosof Nottingham and Northampton ; and for other
purposes." " A Bill to empower the Furness Railway
Company and the Midland Railway Company to construct
a railway to be called the Furness end Midland Railway ;
and for other purposes." "A Bill for the construction by
the Midland Railway Company of new railways from their
Bristol and Birmingham line to the city of Bath, and the
city of Bristol ; and for other purposes." " A Bill for
making a railway from the Ashohureh and Brenham Rail-
way of the ilidhod Railway Company, in the pariah of
St. Lawrence, Beecham, in the county of Worcester, to
the Bedditch Railway at Redditch, with a branch to the
West Midland Railway; and for other purposes." "A
Bill for making a railway from the Bristol and Birmingham
line of the Midland Railway at Steoehouse to Nails worth,
in the county of Gloucester." "A Bill for
a railway from Peterborough to Thermal, Wisbeach, and
Suttee ; and for other " A proposed "Bill to
enable the Kettering and Thrapstoas Railway Company
to o:teed their authorised line of railway to Huntingdon;
to change their name ; to authorise them to nee certain
stations and portions of railway of the Great Heaters
Railway Company and the Great Northern Railway
Company; and to make traffic arrangements and other
arrangements with those compote', and with the Mid-
land Railway Company and for other rPtees
."
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting bad
advertisement just
read. There were, however, only two of the bills in which
the proprietors of the Midland were directly interested,
namely, the intended new line from Bedford to London,
and the Furness and Midland line • the latter of which
will be made joint! with the Focuses Company, and
which will bring the • into the metre of the Lug-
Leh lake districts. The other hills mentioned in the adver-
timmeet could not be dealt with that day, as they bad not
L yet been through the House of Commons. They were
lines, however, belonging to other companies, and only
required the consent of the Midland promotes'', and would
be brought forward in the regular way at the half-yearly

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Mr. Comm solicitor, then read the preamble of the Bed-
ford line, after which
The Cwaranate moved the formal resolution empowering
them to make the line from Bedford to London. The
when it was first presented, contained a clause for a junc-
tion with the Metropolitan Railway, with the belief that it
would be a good junction, and that theirs was the beet way
of getting to it. Bat since the Metropolitan Railway had
been opened everybody had been startled by the amount of
traffic upon it, and the Midland came to Unrecorded*, that the
Metropolitan had not room for any more pmeingers, as
they were daily cerrying from 30.000 to 40,000. It there-
fore became a question of grave consickentioa with the di-
rectors of the Midland, before they asked for powers to go
on to a line which was already very crowded. II the Metro-
politan had been a line with ordinary traffic it would have
been a different thing ; but past impatience bad taught them
that it would not be right for them to get that junction.
(Hear, beer.) The bill for the Bedford line had excited
great public interest, and was only before the committee of
the Howe of Commove for three days, instead of three
weeks, and was agreed to without calling upon the Midland
Company's counsel to reply. (Chaim)
The Rev. R. Ilartroarn, of Chelteohani, asked whether,
if the line met two millions, they would have to mite the
money at 4 per cent.
The CHAIRMAN said the mode of raising the money would
have to be determined by the shareholders, but no money
would le required for some time to oome. The chairman
also, in answer to the same proprietor, said they bad been
paymg 90,0001. a year to the Great Northern for traffic over
their line, whilst at the Isms time they were paying double
that sum to the London and North Western Company.
The opposition to the Bedford Bill by the Great Northern
Company was on the ground that the line was unnecessary,
and that if it were necessary they would make two more
lines for them. This would cost a million of money, end
the Midland would have to pay 5 par cent. upon it. (Hear,
hear.) They would have had to pay interest opalit, it, sod
yet not have an independent railway, and would have
thrown away 36 miles of local traffic into London. (Hear.)
Mr. HaDIXT said the estimated east of the line was
1,760,0001., sad yet it came out before the committee that
it would cost 2,300,0001.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not allow this mis-statement
to go uocontradieted. They produced ten witnesses who ssiel
1,750,0001. would be the cost, and Mr. Cnbitt, the encloser
to the Great Northern, admitted in. same on cross-examina-
lion. They had the evidence of all the scientific and prac-
tical men they could obtain.
The resolution was then agreed to, and
The CaallMLN Maid so popular was the line with the
shareholders that he had received from proprietor' more
than two millions of proxies in favour of the resolution, and
ooh one, representing 4004 stock, against it.
The email:mem then put the formal resolution for the
Fumes* lioa, which was also agreed to, as was also the bill
for the line from Btonehouse to Glourneter, the charms,

;larking that they had only offered to work Q. latter
line when mad*. It went into the heart of the clothing
district.

The other las mentioned in the advertisement were Uwe
Famed, end the meeting wu adjourned until the 6th of May.

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