The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

111L1/21 COMP4h73B' AUOWATION.

The usual monthly mattiog of the Railway Corn-
=Association wee Mid ysetwday at the/Clearing-Lome,
-street. Esstrea•aqaare; Mr. THOMPSON, chairmen
of the North-Eastern Orimputy, occupied the chair. The
minutes of the teat meeting having been mad and confirmed,
• statement of the eimenditure of the semoiation was reed,
from which it appeared that the quota to be paid by each of
the thirty associated computes was 61. Ile. 4d., which was
ordered to be debited to them through the Clmring-konew
mounts It was also resolved that the alteration auggestad
by Mr. Buller and Mr. Dodson is the draft of the bill pro-
peed b! emaciation be panted and Mutilated among the
men and also that Lord Redeciale be requested, on
the pert the association, to make his bill for the premed=
Gish. trend/sof return tickets apply to periodical tickets also.
Mr. HODO‘ON, M.P., then callei the attention of the aro-
&dee to the 'Totem of diverging _traffic by private arrange-
ments between the compactor. The hon. pestles= owe-
=that although the were three railway routes between
re
etre and Liverpool, yet owing toe contract between the
Newcastle and Carlia'e and the North Heaters Cranyanies,
the traMo, instead of proceeding over the shortest route, wee
seat round by Noemanton and York, the Newcastle mad
Carlisle Companyy refuting to book through to Liverpool by
the Carlisle and line. He was prepared to prove
that In conseqsance of such a state of things the rotes bad
eased from 30 to 60 pro east. It wee, ha thought,
habit= that the amociation should expo= its opinion ups
this matter, looking to the fact that they woe met together
to protect not only the interests and privileges of the railway
composite, but also the Interest. and privileges of the publics.
He weadd therefore move • resolution condemnatory of such

W.r7 B. NODOISON' chairman of the North British Cool-
y, emended the reeolution. Re considered that the
Laeaseee and Carlisle Company was coerced into the
arrangement, as he had heard, by the theist of the chairman
of the Newcastle and Cattalo Company that if they did not
do se the baffle between Newosalle and Liverpool should be
coaled at the rate of 2a. 6d. ps ton.
The CitalallAN etplaiasd that by an agrteemat between
the =them companies it was armed that the ladle from
all pleas south of Dumfries should be sent by the stet coast
route, and that from the west coast should follow the west
oast route. The principle of that agreement was to keep
the trallc in the proportion in which It bad gate before the
egamment, the robe beteg equal; and be deeded that either
say of the companies or the public was prejudiced the
agreement. With regard to the natural route of trams, it
wee that which the traffic when per free, took or •
syrtem of equal rates, awl', tried by that test, the circuitous
route Wes the natural one, and it was so brume of the
greater (militia at Fleet than at Whitehead' for transmit-
tag the Irish traffic to Belfast. In this arrangentint they
calagatel that one-third of that traffic would maid by the
Lamest. r and Carlisle line to Whitehaveu, which was more
than really did s); and it was upon that one-third the ton•
nage referred to was paid to that c mpany, and in petrel he
would maintain that, with the exception of a alight rise in
cotas goods, the rates were lower than before the agree-
talent.
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Ale r acme further discussion the reeeting wee adjourned
withlut coming to a decigon upoa the yes 'lotion.