The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS. SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 1, 1849.

The decrease in the ten amnion has been chiefly once -
ottoman by the interruption st the traffic, coos. quest on the
*sage in the mode of tenni n. Tarr ripen. ot this depart-
ment, dude g these respective In duds, have been—
let July to 31st D , , 1346 £793 5 2
let Jan. to 30: Jul., 1.317
let July to diet Dee. ~
151 Jan. to 30. h Joue, 1318
Ist July ti 31st Dee. ,
Ist Jen. to 30'b June. 1549
And to tine expense. MIS' be added the ones et WOWDDIft,
and the wear and tear of the permanent way It eats
seemly dr. doubted, and particularly in reference to the
later periods, tat this braneh of th • cnmpany's huaintea
has been carried on a a loss, and it tie been eusg.n
that it would he e :pettiest to abandon it al °tether, nut
the committee are hilly of o pinion that sorb a proceeding
would, at this p rid, be very unadvisahle. A large rep ase
has he en indorsd in ad epting the railway tor this troll
and before we la e Teems= to sneh • measure .f despair
as to render thin expenditure useless, it memo, at last,
right to try whether it may netts, in our power to take some
Improved chaos. e ef son en. The comenitten have be n in.
formed that, with the present means of arennimodation, the
railway can convey ab •nt 210 tons of goods per day ; for V e
import trade, toey found that the railway he been latterly
convoying about 46 tons • this amount has since byes in
crested, but looking to tle irnmensecerand y 0* lb.- verl.ue
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articles brought from the Eon and West India Bode. and
the facilities the rail oy can afford, it ca. lint be &stet d 81,
that a toothed. degree of eeriest would bring t• e 'moot ",.,;
very mach near. r to the extent of our in. ans of e neeyone..
Another element of SUMPS might be found in a r. anion ••f ,••
the tariff of charges, and the rates on the avec- '"
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rot deeerip•i oin 0. g.rns troortit from tke d .eke might
be more accurately ',rotor tined to the ant of conveyance. 3°,7,
The 1.-deletion ef th 120,1 i. a of Vie staff, hereVtor ad.
verted to, wo Id also aft et tois de *resent, and, if all these
polio. be carefully regarded, thee* is abundant ground to '
hope that the goods tr.Me may be mad- to prodase a curd- 1021
&ruble addition to she income of the eon pray 2i
EITTINDITUZZ —The ezpendPuee of the company to ex-
ceedinoly large, whether e 'orel in relate, to the re- "
M
3161
venue* or compared with the ezpenditure of other railway..
The weekly am art is about ?MI. Of this sum there is a .9.4,
portion that may he conaide red as hen payees y, such 'V
as tate., rent of the stations. wharf, &o. The Interco
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of the debentures is, perhaps, for the present, as little cap Ail.
ofreduction. Al* those and such like paymon.s may b.
taken at about 2.101 per week, leaving sb ut 1001. per week 162
on that portion nt the ezp-nditure, the details of which should
be carefully oondelered. 146
94
It is known that a reduction hes taken place in the ex. ~.,i
penditure of since every railway, and taseeirlly in the rail- ‘".„4,
ways in which there has beesa demean of income and as Z.
no proceeding of the kind has taken place in the Blaekwall 98
Railway during the seventeen tears it has been ...Oilier ed 481
it would peen not immune able to infer that a relrevio
might now be mete. But the commie. •do not ground their "
evasion merely on such an inference: they have inquired into
the number of persons e mployed iu each deportment, and it • Ihi
salaries and wages paid; they have consulted parties cape-
tent to give them information, and have compared various 38_
hens of ex pond env* with those of o.bee rail waj s scales ao
gnus cireumvanere in respect of the points of comperieon ; and 13
they are of opinion that the riff of the Blackwell Beltway
may be considerably reduced in number and expense without „`,.,`
impairing the efficiency of the envie*, and that one of th.
great advantages of a MODS perfect enatr.l of the affairs of 260
the company will be the performance of the important duty
ofinakirg as ext naive reduction in its expenditure.
In advering to the employment of the officers of the cam-
pasty the committee h ITS been called on to rode, the engage.
meat of some of taut in the service of ether companies: and "I
it appears to the committee that such otrupatioa during :de 26
day met evidently interfere wish any endeavour that might
beimade to reduce the expenditure by the consolidation of 211
aim ; they, they lore, recommend that none of the officers 1071
be allowed to boll say once In atwitter como-ny any pert of 12...
the dirks of which is to bepetiormed during the business *4 140
hours of this company.
EASTERN CoutnTias RAiLWAT —When the Blackwell -
extension line was first pnieeted, it was intended to be me-
rited on to Epping. TWO schema was opposed by the Eastern
Counties Company, and an arrangement was subs. quently
entered into beton; the two compaske, by wb cb the ex-
tension line was not to {mewled beyond Bow ; an act of para..
men* was passed to this effect; and by • douse in the act,
the Zenon Counties Company have the power of running
on the Blackwell line from Bow to Stepney ,• and if any
question should arise respecting the fares to be charged, it is
to be decided by the railway sommiestonera.
The Eastern Counties Company, it appears, made an
agreement with the Blackwell Railway C empany, signed
on their behalf, by their solicitor, engaging to grant all
facilities in their power to parties wishing to travel from
the stations on deli line to Femchureltatteet, in preference
to Shoreditch ; and they further agreed that the terms upon
which these facilities should be given should be left to the
adjustment of Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Locke. It
is to be regretted that the substance of this agree.
melt in favour of the Blackwell Railway was not embodied
'in the act of parliament in a manner a sitar to the
el me inserted in favour of the Eastern Counties Com-
pany. It is not intooded to say that this circumstance
affords ground for apprehension that the age• omens will
prove has veld on this account ; hut the committee are of
opinion, that an agreement of this fortresses ought on all
occasions to be put in that form by which it can, in else of
necessity, ha most readily and least expensively enforced. I
Differences have arisen between toe directors of the two
companies respecting the coast:action to be put neon, and
the meaning to be ameba to this agreement. This quo..
le„, it appears, has been In dispute sines July, 1645. Das
hog one interval of several months the vats of the liasterni,
Cowen, Company n•csosarily precluded its being con.
'tiered; but the committee are not aware of the other
IDlDUDiatanee• witch h.ve prevented its being brought to
an earlier issue. The committee finding the question amps-
randy In abeyance, recommended to the director, if they
could not at ones sire, to request the donators of the '
&dent Counties Company to refer the matter, according
to the tenor of their agreement, to the adjustmeot of Mr.
Stephenson and Mr. Locke, for the committers felt satisfied
tit the necessity of to raging the question to an immediate
Wee. After some further negotiation, the directory on the
14th of Nod tabor, 1819, made a propositiou to the directors
es the Eastern Counties Company to refer the subjects in
dispute to the adjustment of Mr. Lode and Mr. Stephan-
sou in conformity to the agreement, but the committeere-
gret to find that at the date of this report no answer to the
pi op ridden has yet been reotived.
BIM AND Wan INDIA. DOOM AND BfaxiwOLY
JUNCTION itAILWAT.—Lt is stated that this railway will be
opened in the team of the ensuing spring, and then Is 11
mrtainly ev ry reason to expect that it will conduce g
M augment the rummers of the Bleekwall Commaeterll
eras part of a great and important chain of cumin i
and will in tact, effect a junction between the docks of Lem.
pool sad Leedom, whit' the Blackwell Railway will gonneett
than wilt some of the principal commercial markets. This
view of ear situation offers a favourable propose of
the loans* of our traffic • yet even during the mow en
this work, experience his shown that gnat dadhshera end
promptitufe are required to enable us to avail oessaims
eel
sJ the advantag. ait presets.. The construction edible limo
and the Blackwell Extension renders it essential to the well
being of the Bla.kwalt railway that the proceedings' ii
other companies. as well as its own affairs, should be ere
hilly considered ; any defect of care becomes even In. nom
liable when the interests of more than one company are be
volved in the application of the remedy. At the pr. sent see.
went, however, it is abundantly evident that to every en•
partment of the company's affairs close and unremitted
attention is ataolutely indispensable to justify any sanguine'
hope of a satisfactory improvement of the revenue.
MANAOI3IIIIIT.—It has already been estimated under dif-
lbsone loads of this report, that some alteration is deemed
to be requisite is the management of the affairs of the
onmpany. Your committee strongly recommend
ofttha a com-
petent penal be appointed to hold the office res
amagipe sad superintaidlent, who under the control of the
diellifem stall have the management of all the affairs of the
That this taw be slued by the proprietors,
leela essoidates saketed by the directors; Me that
kb Weems be,
the to a strut& extent,
oidentified m 101006,1 sd
company, by making a portion f his salary cos=t
the.amount t. siet soma" • to a certain fixed
% ,we,
p
di root i
pose to add • made per cestsge ea the eat
eke railway.
The eammittee are disposed to suggest tbst, in addition to
his being allowed to occupy the house on the line, the salary
eboald not exceed 3001. per annum, and I per
sent. on the
net proceeds; but as SIIME•sIy soy sew regulation could be
brought into operation hieing the AM de menthe of the
moat, it may be peeper that not lass than 2001. shoull
tastiCwed for that pond.
The anansidee rwielatlead that tbis eldest should no'. be'
a member ef die board etereeters ; they are aware that in
some other InOmma a dies
*pinks 'prevails, and these
may he some pswaiier einommetesess that sly induce that
view,
it
it to them. that generally
evoking, it is -aileWmable. 'The power that?
conferred Is what is necessary for that.
Pahriallen 71:111•14= •f be oda, and it be-
ware mast khan's-teak kw dos other directors to note sad
mama the sews of a colleague • besides one of the above
peepadtions hems an additimar.asoa in this instance, as
the directors would have to ascertain the amount of the net

tipel•nt pert of London: hereafter, astenpt °thee eons's-
Wes. it will beams easel the holden torisistcr railway' of
0r..1. vest, slalom thn.unh saVer .1 di.sncta ofunpara.l, led
weal* andestespries. When, or paltept before,it reaches this
gnomon, many person. well think that Ps slain can he more
•euntulically sad advantageously managed :at transfer Ur
WlSagalLatioll ; sad it m,e btcume an onj.ct of comps: Was
.mono its saute powertel erighbou,s. It sing expeliest
that its preprint"' should keep is view this cnntingeney,
sad 'sake such 'Trinity's's,' as may sysetußlly tent to
render it a.,me coispeciati in for the lons disappointments to
which they have bees subjeeted.—Assos Amiga GOLD-
SKID, Chairman, CNA'. K. COLMAN, TROIA. CARLISLE,
W Y Outtuox IVY. 'JIGSAWS.
Nov. 28, 1849.