The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-14 00:00:00

ANOTHER STRANGE RAILWAY SCENE.

In the -Express of yesterday we gave an account
of some novel proceedings on the previous day (Monday),
between the managers of the East Lancashire and Lan-
cash•re end Yorkshire, at the Clifton junction. We had
supposed the acts of hostility had ended here, but we find
that in the evening of Monday the East Lancishire company
proceeded to obtain forcible possersi,n of a hoist belonging
testis' other company, at the Salford station, and this led to
eniniter DOOM of a very casting sad strange character. The.
Lemesahire and Yorkshire Company sent a sassaage, seen
Aar 4_ *Veldt, to the &Word police station, stating that dr
Ent Ismieste Company had brought up a great numbers if
neevias from a distance, armed with pick-axes crow-bers,
and shovel+, and that they apprehended a breach of the
pease, sad desired protection.
lesle, chief constable, finding there was truth in
this statement, and that there were silty or seventy navvies
down atthe Salford stance, belonging to the Rut Lancashire
Company, and an equal number of the navvies or servants of
the other company, sent down a large body of police, unier
Superintendent Tailor, to preserve the pews. Re also corn-
unmated with Capt. Willis, of the Manchester force, to ob-
tain a reinforcement if necessary.
The brief facts of this portion of the dispute are these:—
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company have an immense
yard for goods in Irwall-street, Salford, on a level below the
railway, where the goods are first put into the railway wag-
stme, and then hoisted waaggggoona and all, upon the railway.
In this yard the East lanashire, on payment of toll, have
ea accommodation for loading and hoisting their goods on to

the Hue. The powers under-which the eriale is empowered
to be taken by tie Lmmaritn and Yorkshire Company are
thus stated in the East Lancashire Company's Act of 1844,
Bth Vie.:

Wt. AM be it darted, that the eropany, Ned every pima having
the reed 'ay earth. or sedeges ot ft oomag.io or bang
wee rho Ifearhater sot Holton (Lanerldni awl l'n) Haiti
▪ bearer the pelagelhodoa at CM= shrewd smiths moat
terlass at lathed derrokl. or say part dont doff give to the
art at the esereey of progritienk to to War or of tolls at
when be -salsa kr the pram of adhello tali kr the
of Om railway whin seek arrays or oanthges way ler
4. or be skratiOtreveloa met sad fru roma hi Intro
sigma by hirs. of the werbor. tertity, or right of paropere. or
arida sear pod W auk oda' ar earriape. and the
otoofias Pow sed kethistbas, whether spas the Ma-
dman aid Bern Railway, or the railway May attlo-
draltto te made (the Oat Useably% Railway), of sok oder,
or eardsgo lad of the panniers or articles prayed thereby, sad
of the rapoethe rates tolls, or duties whir the aid roar what
deemed or mere to raped of therms posooomr or gads trails
oder be proviekas of this ad sr othrwO; sad la ere the add
1n
10.11 ft. ar sedk fail to pat swe driver soak rosent.
or maw his= of to await (Oscar sr dirk demading the
sane. sr Übe AO gre areassa. laws or dryer oo take
off ow part ilk pear gars, geodes other lading. at any Ow plea
ken did be ontioned la such amour, with any traudalsr What
the empsay Ned every ono so Obading O every oar
Obese. Three samakted by thwasslves or their mete or oar-
ore. Walt and pay to the add wormy peopristors any
MI suseding Ma kr slay bad of Ode,
to of pea, or prof aredieg ar =rielabe.ae the .ore
aw be, which duff be gra any molar or ardor
seek malty shell be to tsmak Ws toll. Oro or War pay.
louts to Oak the eargery nay be )WY in rood of oar pas-
' logarsoatle, ar soil; end soh widths nay be Ohl rot the
odr the pore oli the mom prodded kart by the
W•
O* NY of Ike add et program or by or end
Vag red of law wort& hi soda of afar.
.ffk And belt aged.--d.kr If aq diatom ode beton say
tethered tho add of the perm kaki**
oboe of ow early. sr Oft the iiisastrwar mad
ORO lidway, or ,zr, therse4 the nerber,
=or urn earle orders. mt.
digs, rem oyed garter my loft*d des
the ooYaurrisgsat the dodo d the said oompley at progelotere at
or any the oval or arawareed starer at stepping
"pll iessibt of
their lad railway, between the Maras at laird, and
the NOW' Imola autherlsel to be rale (at Moo), and rent,
eamino, orb, gerpa, or otherrhe erne the pesseagers,
adds, carrion geode. orders. otters, sad raga al the ease may
ben, areveyet thersW, bar rat to dear or impede my ler oar-
rage or Odle heap or Item them may be roormy tor the pa:-
poses sibrold; aid If meek pretagere or artistes to be of
wield, amber. ar quantity, or of other ben shoal
=bees Ord be
the asesuit given thereof, that the away or
the perm who dean have era each tyrant AO pay the rest of
sea easaisatka sad ineraarkg ; sad if or of miles
moor tolloo of the mere Os ember, or goildlfi. than
shall ber bees shred In ark moot, then the add of pro.
ratan pay sea soak and lbw shall aro pay to the
re to the pima dada dear eardsP. swat OregeM
as shad appear to any mammary epplladion lo
diet porpter, to ban what that &ratio
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Now we learn that it has been to for fedeberethe Batt
Luteaskire Company to weigh their geode sing
them forward towards the hoist, and then prolog with them
a declaration of particulars. The Lancashire and Yorkshire
then pass the goods over a weighing machine to teat the de-
claratkin' and praceed to hoist the goods. Latterly, however,
the B ,stLmvashlre Compsny have refused to make the do ,
tiara ion until their goods have been hoisted on the line. I
With this reined weltave nothing to do ; we can only pre-
sume, se parties unmixed up with either of the companies,
that they have, or suppose they have, some legal warrant for
this emirs, of roc riding. On Al ,ndsy evening, however,
the Laheashire azd Yorkshire Company having given them
notice that they would not hoist their goods takes accom-
panied with toe declaration the But Lancashire proceeded
to enforce th, hoisting vi et ennui, by their own servants ;
foto! bei g neoffeary in order to remove the Luteashire and
Y Cqmpany's 'ovum, wh f had panclaion of the
alit% or at least the goods and waggons the latter hat in the
way of such a proceeding.