The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

LINOOLNSIRRE.

THE HUMBER FERRY—PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTUREI—ii thus dr-wined in a paper et ecidly re dl b. fore
the Societyot Arta:—Althnngh Linculeshire is the most pro-
ductive agric3ltural county of Et,g.and, and although Hull
is the el st,e,t town adjoining the northern div sion of that
court, y, the obstacle in the never Bowing Ix tweets Yorkshire
and L- ncolnshire prevented much comuineiention petit steam
navigation was established, although It rries between Hull
and Lincolnshire have existed ever shim. the time of Ed-
' ward 1., and probably even earlier. Forty years ago the
only communication between Hull and the opp site shore
was candel on from the ancient decayed tow o of Barton, Ay
a pack. t once a day either way. Ten years a tarry was
esteblish, d at New Holland, by which the ;sewage of 21
miles was . (reeled in a sailing-boat In time vary. g from two
hours to half an hour. Within Ile last five y. ars the time
has been reduced to an avenge of halt an hour by ate am-
boats. A small wooden pier has b. en sr. end for the con-
venience of passenger, saving them grow a walk through
mud, thigh not from a Dangler to mad b tat. at low water.
On the Hull aide several attempts h ,ve be. n made to im-
prove the landing, but with vtry little messes& At present,
n pier near the Victoria Hutei receive. at. ano es at high-water.
At low water, unfortunately, nearly 100 net of mud and
water interpose, requiting the assistance tit a temporary com-
munication, formed by small booty, plat.k., stud, as a con-
tinuation, of slippery, slimy slop-a, dent-riding Irons the
pit•ra, to be elimhs d by the passengers. For goods and car-
ritigee no nt transit by hewn t nvided A• leig as
New Holland on the Lincolnshire Awn had no further
population then that contsined in a few farm.. sad barely
supported a small inn, where teaseling wand tor this boat,
or ie'restird aft, r a stormy voy .ge, n t ern/ improvs mente
were t repent-4 or needed. But in IEIS 8 this obscure
ferry beceme a terminus of the Or. at N. ethers and the
Manchester, Sit Meld, and Lincolnshire Railways; and it
became absolutely necessary to opt n up the best possible
means of entamu..ication with the port 01 11%17 a.,{l with the
nrthern rondo, through Yo. kahire, Hull. The
terry was purchased by the Manchester, Bin meld, and Ln-
eolnshire Railway Comrany, and prep inions wire made
for diminishing, to the utmost t•nsNhle Amount, the ihcon-

venience .d the int. rvening Humber. Fi.r this purpose very
simple m-ans only were within their resell. At N, w Hol-
land, where no valuable property and no active coalmen*
in,i r'ered, the task we. compirativi ly easy; the railer*?
has 1). • earned out on ph rs. 1,500 e t 1.0 into the river
—a *nth- tient distance to enable ateerni is to run ilongside at
the lowest state of the tide; a con. regi •tAtin and 'tam will
proteit passengers from the yr, ether, a. d et, am-hoats of an
insorrived cam ructi .n will affect the pips sue in about tea
minutes. The arrangemeres for stood are on en equally
comprehensive merle A tidal basin id al, tit three acres will
receive the vetocla for loading or amnia:dime, and enable
thins in discharge thiir cargo.a tient into *archon-4o eir
into ra-lwat trucks uaiting on the qnaya. For the transit
of cattle tie pr .visions are equally coinp.rte. The effect at
the-e impmeements en local traffic has been siready
enormona ; with only thirty miles of railway open, and the
fares reduced:one-half, the steam-h at ri ci ip.a th,ve increased
more than tour-told. llut the work of the number
and drawing closer the relations la twe. n Yorkshire and
Loicilliodore is only half done so lung as the hthiling at Hull
remains in its preaelit imperfect oon,it ion. The pier at Hull,
alifficii lit fir the old traffic, is quite incapahle ul yeeommo-
' dating the new. T‘iose wits f rdorly "two to the
water's edge at New Holland wire in- re . ootent with the
imperfect old faalcunad arrangement, at Hull teas the pas-
singers who now reach the pier of Hall by ly s-epping
Iron. the vtram-carriage at New Holland to the au-am-boat.
Hence the pi-plead arrangement. The upside represent a
c -tete first-class railway ahvion..:,,,a,,,rouir.rolt
trinar,h‘ei..wal'oerrLeilkviengateiH.uul.h
nevr. the
arriving,u a
large open yard, surrounded by pliers , for .' it accommoda-
tion of earritgi a and ornhibusca wsiimg for paaicaig..roi on one
aide, and on the three other sides, too of wh.ati face the
water, warehouses, pr. Tided with m. 0...., the arch. d base-
ment piers I g a convenient R. ties ul -halo. From the
passeng. r station s fixed wooden pier, itontpletd) covered
in, farming a visitors' 25 feet square, rums out 2_)o test into
the river, toll. re it end- upon a atone irch —hying the u,most
diosiice to which the Admiralty will IN ruht a tia.e. pier to
fevond the stone arch it is 11,..p red to place, at a
distance of 300 feet, an iron caisson, 200 feet long and 40
feet broad, eliding up and down with the tide between two
triangular lattice like piers, and to canniect the floating
caisson with the fixed pier by a tube of w r .ught iron, sisailsr
in principle to that used at Conway. 16 feet -game. There
are sear. rd points in this scheme well w.-rth for attrition of
thiwe who are interested in the lahoura..f oor eotArra,tees on
age-culture or manufactures. The peen hger London,
or Lioodn, or Liverpool is to he c ho. tea to toe ',atheist
pumi'de limits on the borders •Pthe llttn.lur t under covet
be rte-tends, and is placed 06.bi..41 a fiat itteleper • tea
minutes convey biro to the opposite shove ; then,igain, at
all tins,' of the tide, be will be rev, mud ni.der cower, and
dryaholi proceed to his destinatims. It *hi seedy ha under-
aloud that arrangements on so tit* arias a' d co:apeeh,,,,ii"
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