The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-29 00:00:00

One bill of the viaduct-41mi which epees the river—it ia
a straight line and the other half curves to the seat, on •
radius of ball a mile towards the south side. Tbe road-
way bee an 'seine of 1 in 200, rising towards Berwick.
The piste of the bridge which are protected by handsome
astwatem at. saved up perpendicularly, and are nar-
rowed near the spring of the arch, by mesas of offsets.
The Tweed viaduct, formally to be opened by her Ka-
jolty to say, is, perhaps, the largest stone viaduct in
the kingdom. Some similar structures may be longer,
bet less in height ' • and others may be higher, bat not of
sash knish. The last arch of this magnificent bridge was
keyed on the 28th of Much, 1860, by the wife of the resident
engin, er. A. single hue of rails was opened for public
traffic on the 20th of July last, and the other line, on the
east side, is to be opened Jo-day for the fleet time by her
Majesty.
the bridge is secured at each end by enbetantiel &Ma-
mmas; and in the cents& there is another abutment, less in
sins than the other, dividing the arches into two sides. When
ate. belt of the arches had been erected, it was considered
desirable, for the accommodation of the traffic, to erect a

temporai bridge wage the river, without waiting the oom-
pieties of the stone viaduct, so as to avoid the uncertainty of
the river operation,. This temporary timber viaduct wall
abut 1,200 teet in length, and of the same height as the
permanent bridge, which it joined at the fourteenth arch.
Workmen are now engaged in the removal of this singular
structure. The quantity of timber used in the construction
of thy atone and timber bridges was not less than 303,000
cubic fest.

The toundationa of the permanent viaduct now o3mpleted
were of a very expensive and difficult character. In the
execution of the culler-dams, Numyttes patent steam•pillhg
engine was used with gr.'st sumer.lwo of these were
at work night and d .y, as well as an engine of
60-horse power, for pumpu.g the water out of the dams.
Piles have been extensively used for securing a stable foun-
dation, the ground pr:ncipally being loose sand and gravel.
No lees than two years were spent in driving the piles and
laying the under masonry.
The large embankment at the south end of the bridge,
five-eighth of a mile in length, and in some places sixty
feet high, compl'tea the junction of the Tweedmouth +kit
the Berwick station, making a total distance of one mile.
It contains upwards of 700,000 yards of earthwork. The
emir:tetra at one time employed 2,000 men in the various
departments of his contract.
The entire cost of the ♦iaduct, amounting t about
200,0001, has been home Ly the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick Railway Company. Her Majesty is expected to
christen the structure, "The Royal Border Bridge."

eiHREWSBERY AND CHRISTER RAILWAIN—The
port of a committee of this company has been just issued.
It states that the capital of the company, as authorised by
various acts of parliament, stands at 1,221,0001. The
capita salted up am eon'. to 862,600/., while there remains
to be called up 248,4001. In
arrears of calls vested in the comp iny), 36.3611. 7e. 6d. It
is considered satisfaccery that the arrears amount to ally
about four per cent. of the capital called up, and measures
are being used by the diret.ten for realising the arrears.
The company is autherieed to barrow on debentures
407.0001., and this power has been exercised by the directare
up to the 30th of Aped of the present year, to the extent of
398,5501. The money is borrowed on rates of interest
which, on an average, are set down at 43 per cent. The
total expenditure on capital account up to the 30th of April,
1&50, is set down at 1,245 9671. 2e. 6d. The balance of lia-
bilities of the company at 30th of April, 1850, amounted to
75,3041 175.10.1.; and it the land on hand be retained, lan
balance will be swelled to upwards of 106,0001. The total
cost of the railway, including plant and share of certain
anions, is set down in r nod numbers at 1,355,e'001. The
railway, including branches, provided for in the cote is 57
miles, giving an average of cost per mile, including charges
of every description, of about 23.8001 ; but the charge has
been greatly enhanced by the expensive stations provided at
Cheater anl Bhrewsbury, especially at the former place.
The grow traffic of the past year is set down in round
numbers at 76,0001., or per week, on an average of 1,4601.,
which falls very tar abort of the traffic proved before parlia-
ment. There has been a considerable increase during the last
half year on the number of pesagegers, as well as on the
tonnage carried, but the gross receipts do not show a corres-
ponding sugmenteti,n. The rate, per sent. charged (.:elu-
sive of interest), on the i ems traffic, fee working german,
de., is stated at 511. This is an unuseally large per onstage
but the directors .:plain that " many of the sums of whing
this expenditure manias are standug charges, which will
Lot be increased in pr"pertion to the increase cat traffic, sad
that a small addition to the receipts will tell very .duets.
geou.ly on future dividends" The directen represeut
themselves as exercising strict ecocemy, and the committee
regard favourably the augaistion made in a certain quaver,
that the remuneration of the (Akers of a railway company
should be "made dependent, to some event, on the net
proms of the line divisible among the shareholders." The
report enumerates various likely sources of increased reve-
nue, particularly in the mineral department; but the open-
tee of certain lines of raiieray, expected to prove ;feeders, is
hopefully dwelt upon, as oleo the increased accommodation,
now nearly complete d, at Saltney Harbour. As regards the
nividend, it is considered improbable that the directors "can
with propriety pay Any dividend on the ordinary capital for
the half year now curreet." It hi, however, added, the
committee ob wit!, satisfaction that firm May th.ro
has bean some improvement, while the soarers from which
an icemen is • xpeeted have oat vet come into operation."
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.—The report Of
the directors, to be presented to the half yearly marling at
Dublin, on Friday, states that the retwip's of the put half-
yea. had exceeeed films of the eorreeponding halt-year by
1,83h1 Tea: increase arose from the Raven Branch, ...high
was opened en the 15th of February last. An iteelyWs of the
traffic showed that the actual receipts from the ItiaLen
Breech sines its opening aut eine dto 2,4561.; there, had
therefore, dwing the lest halt' year, been a slight falliug off
in the receipts of the wan line, arising from the continuance
of the some causes which had so prejudicialy affected the
business of the couofry for the last three years, but which it
was hoped were now gradually puling away. The receipts
of the Navan Branch, rince its opening, had gone en in-
'easing, whilst very little had been added to the working
expenses. Dairies the last mcnth a Nether portion of :he
Dublin and Belfast Junction—lrom Dundalk to Wellington,
near Newry (a distaue of 104 miles) had been
opened to the puolie. The net pr. lit for the half-
year, after setting apart ttc amount which accrued for
interest for the Nevem branch was 5,4911 Fe. 4d. ; and, as
the receipts of the autumn hat' always' x.xeded these of the
first half of the year by a eunsidereble, sum, the directors
thought that the proprietors might wetly make the same
dividend at the approaching meeting which was declared at
the last one, tamely, 12s. for each old sh .re and lie. for eash
new share. That did lend would require 4,5631., and leave
03!!. to be added to the reserve and. The financial state-
ment appended to the re p ert showed the receipts to have
been 9b0,66.51 9.. 8d , which included 100211. aevanced by
the Exchequer Lean Commieoionars. Tito expenditure to
the 30th of June last was 9,",6,5651. On the revenuer account
there bad been 30,270 e received and 22,1311. expended.
NAMUR AND LIEGE RAILWAT.—(From a cones-
poadent).—The late very eevtre ft odt in Belgium, more
severe we believe than any that have occurred in that sem-
try sinter the year 1740, were reported to have very seriouely
damaged this railway : but we ore happy tokens, as most of
theshares of the company are held by our holes! *Newry men,
that the report was exaggerated. Letters just received my
that none of the bridges or cute, ets have given way, or been
Injured in any degree, sod th .t the earthworks have Wen
affected Ly the waters so slightly as to require very little
labour or expense to revere teem to their former cendi•Lin.
It was intended to run an enei:or from end to end of this
line en the Ist of Mae month no believe. This, we presume,
will not be poesible cow, but probably it will xot be delayed
beyond a few wc, les one, the time inteuded, and
the shareholders may • expect to see the line epee
for getters' trate probably before the mouth of Novem-
ber. It was also repmted that the Mons a.td Manage
Railway, a aloft line which belongs to the same company,
and which has been open for traffic since N.meeaber last, had
been seriously damaged tu tee extent, according_to eof
the local peons of no lees than 300,000 f., or 26,0001. The
report, in this instance, bad nun truth for Pa foundation
than in the Gasket the Namur and Loge II gate
been much txaggerated, for we are intornm
has been . asinine I by the etagioaat, and hi
abort 2,0004 will repair all dm duo"
as dine weeks will be requi•ea to gat jai" •
stab he the pewee et 16-6,115. .• 1 f
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