The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

REPORT OF THE CO MMISSIONERS OF
RAILWAYS.

•
The report galas that the increase -made in the
railway comniunialako of this cotrrillM. be not been so
great in this is the three preceding "paw, although still
Leger than in any year anteeedent to .At the cons-
Mencement of the year 6.9:4 miles tray Mere open
for public trade in the Cniteel • ;at its end, the
whole extent of railway mathunic was 6,621 miles,
showing au increase during the year of miles, of which
477 miles are in I.:extend, 104 in ticedla end 44 miles in
Imbued The whole extent of the rail Melinaunication
npon for traffic is divided heterlen the elf rent parte of awl
kingdom in the following proportion,—ln England and
Wale, there are 6,13'2 miles; in Scotland, 951; in Ireland,
WS. Total in the United Kingdom, 6.0.21 miles open for
public traffic. The mincipal communication which has
been made by railway during the rear has been by the
oomph liono: the Great Northern from London to Peter-
borough, TO mike in length ; thus dividing the district be-
tween the lairterneountim and London and North-Western
Railway., and affording another route between the north of
England end the metropolis. By the opening of the South
Wale. Rah oay from Chepetow to Swansea a great benefit
line been conferred upon the district of Smith Wales, in
which the railway rum meanie ation low hitherto been so very
deficient; a reensid,rable length of line, however, from
Chepstow to Gloucester manias to be completed before the
dieteiet will be brought into connection with the railway
ay,* mof the. country. In the coulee of the year, also,
the bridge aeon. the kkrai Straits, connecting the Chester
seed 1104 he ad Railway on the island of Angle sta with that
ooa th.• man land, has been completed and opened for public
traffic. In Scotland, ca second route from Carlisle to Glasgow
has let-a completed, by the opening of the Gleason' and
Flouth•Weetern Railway from Curonock tie Clouleurn, de-
pendent, however, upon the Caledonian Railway, with which
it is connect. dat Gretna. Aberdeen has also been brought
within the ',here of the railway eyeless by thee completion
alto from Stonehaven. In Ireland, the op. niant of the
truth-Keetern Railway from Dagnablown to Kilkedieey has
brought the latter town in connection with Dublin, and
her, with the Kilkenny and Waterford itteilivay, tstended
the tenimunicatins ley railway from Dublin tee within 18
miles been Waterford. 'the principal part of the lines
"nese d during the year were aaamg those authorised
in Pita and 11446, and of the unopened lines 4,16/9 mike
we-re -au. tiened is ur previous to DDT. The number of
reeks ..).10 41 previously to Intd was 2,011; f during 1544
..1011 nobs; letfi, 71G mites; Inth, 144 Mil,: I'l7, Sin
fort,,; Inlet, 1,184 mike; ISI9, lieu mile.; and, dueling Isao,
1,16 min. '1 he total length eel line op ne el tee I). (ember,
I8;/t, wan 6,621 mils; length authorised up tee that elate,
12,0,2 moles; abandoned by subsequent arts, 179 miles,
Lae ing 12,0 ed mile authorieeel, of w hieh 4,3/42 miles re-
main tee le• opened. From a ndurn in course of preparation
in the elfie. eel the oemmiesione re, it am•eare that on the
:111th #.l June east about Nit mike, of railway we re in
mot.. of I oustruction, oh, re ce on the tom:pending
ohm eit the preceding year 1,601 mile. wen in
ea., el e emennsenon noel, as WA mile • wen' opened
en the se r I e omprised le tire eu tlee two returns, it fUIIOWIt
111., leidi • oaf, of thew" in course of constriction on the
sots of J 11114., 1049, could have been in proems., ,eo the 30th
of Juice , I Kiel, mid, there lore, that during the interval new
goals bed been menmenee el, or oh! works resumed, 'mahout
lell mot.. ..1 talway. 'I lea, leave Is,en open. el SIMI. June
44 313 wit, or railway, we that there MVO n main to he
recap'. mei 441 mine., wpm whieh the works we re in operation
in Jun. , 114:41. Ily comparison with VP'selee ndurns, it
would appear that there still Termini d at bud 160 miles of
railway upon whieh the works have been ...fomented, hut
which were still in ale you, on the 311th of June feet. The
rate nt of lines which load n ceivs d the authority of par-

11 4110 Tat, hut wpm which the works 11.. re not in
ou toe sth at June. 1830, amounted to 4,903 mil., of
who .., however, 31 mites have been since abandoned. If y
..enparinat it would app. •r that the diminution in the
Jimmies al 14 nor employed upon railway. w hich have been
00 11/ d far public tribe, w proportion to the lenath of line
sum. 11..1, has .n06113..1; the numbs r m "gloved I. out now
9.66 perm°. per Mitt', 1111.40111 i ..f 10.27 in 1819, noel 12.3 in
1144/4 It also appears that the numb. rof prams employed
apn., railway which have not yet lath 11. nod for trifle
Ina been farther reduced, then• harm been 44,032
fewer 'acres employ.ll in Jur, 1850, than at the like
period in 1849. 713• isien-re upon the line, open for truffle
Awl las n to the extent of 4,34.7, oh, wing a ditlen-nee of
40,573 1.4 rain who have V. aged to he • ! oyrd in this
ma,,,,. r luring the year. This, taken with the reductions
of J.a, sitio. pars, will give un aggremite of upwards of
190,6.0 1.4 non, who bay, May, 1:-.17, been throats out
of do. particular clam of employment. An regard* the
pAt year, 11111 return, show and int raga in the num-
ber • total. 41 in Ireland of :Oak and coarquently the
total /I 11011 in England. W 411", and Scotland hes
Min 13,853 persona The number of "terms employed on
railway. op a the 3011, of J uue, 1849, W.,, 151,86:4; the aver-
age number of pennon employed per milt. 11l 27 ;
1,8511.'1 he number employed on the IMII of June, 11130, was
64),32d, being at the rate of 9'36 per mile ; the number of
stallion was 2,030. The Dumber of perms employ.' mi
1,601 miles of railway nut rep n un the 30th of June, 11419,
wan 111.0416, being at the Taft of tam pr mile; and
tie matte r employed on 861 mike on the 29th of June,
1860, was 68,nd, being at the rate of 68-13 per mile.
Tiu• total manlier of perms killed upon railway/. during the
year haa amounted to 2141, nod of pi r,ons injured to 230.
Severn! enpluaions of the boilers of lorotnotive engine.. have
been ri potted to the commin,ioncen . having taken place
during the sat year. Several accideutd appear to hate been
due to a neglect in the enforcer Tat of the regulations which
hate bees. adopted by the dinctor, of railwayeompanic, for
the nabs onolort of the traine upon their asp Bute lints.
In rim indanee. Mew regulation. hate liven omit tied
with 11. of the suisrior alai-raid the cowponies;
rmv npp ue. a mint improper pract ler, a. it may reumnahly
he eq....a that if in a "ad, of printed rule, and rids-
haw d t,.r the guidame of alit-ip/oyes upon is railway,
some of thew rut. are neglected a ith the full knowledge of
the superior of a 1..11118111y, it must knit 10 a partial
disregard of the whole of MI m by thine who have to act
end. r the instructions 411 thew afire', and be also twiner-
one oaf dim ipliae. Tr• mat fruitful care, probably, of MX-
cident, on railway* is want of punetuality on lints when
train, are run according to heed time-tables. A perfect
gystent of ligude and a griet enforcement of the retria-
l:m/11N r,me o ruing them, would, however, tend much to leren
this danger, by protecting every point where the linen may,
Awn an. .mw, be in the habit of being °trended.
The Mani ...amen have had under their considi ration the
aubjeit ,triken by the skilled men in the employment
• ..f railway companies. An extension of the notice required
to be given la fore thew• men can leave ti. retake of their ent.
rime no a, props.. nn the London and North-Western Rail-
way. and the establishment of a system of pensions for con.
good *nil faithful Mortice, a, orotan-il on another line,
will taint to free the directors of railway, from their einhar-
rasantent, in this reauat. The conitnisdonen state with re-
gard toe...undue trains, that it A. urged upon them by some
of the Irwling railway comp. • a that they ...rider that
they are entitled to exemption from the tax, not only on the
fares of third du.s pandetig. n con., fed I.y rah trains, but
✓an on the farm of tint and 11:15.1.118l.r4 if the
fan. charged for the superior ehudas .144 nut exceed the rate
of one p.m.; a mile. The eemmie-inners have considered
that in order to give due itlect to the.• words of the net, its
provisions, including the 9th relative to the ex. mit-
lion from duty, which is to be read in rOIIIIVI/11111 with and
with wk. WV tutu. 6th action, ore to be taken aflCOlltillfll
to the conveyance of third -41. gs pamengern. Accordingly in
apprviag themes:Won train., they have adopted the rule of
approving them only r nears the third-errs gum, and
not a.. wizard. the first owl serial claw tuna ; although the
lath r, ad well aa faimut, might be km than on, r.uuy a