Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-07 00:00:00

;sengers, and

flf,,,gage

yea on the Cheshire side should pay 20 per
cent. of the gross receipts for goods and cattle traffic, being 5
per cent. less than the, amount proposed to be elarged to
Woodsi2e Ferry, as the other fel
proaches to them at their own cost.
tentage to be baser, on the same scale of eh,
at Woodside Ferry.
Them may be a difference of
trafflo the improved approaches will create, bu

he other fen

cries m
The

ist improve the
,ount of such per
ges as that levied

on as to the

arnolint for
from. £7,000
calculated a,

the avera,ie of the fi
It 9 only 210,000 per

creased
big the

'e years to be increased

he W"d- ) £6,666 13 4

ide Ferry, ♦?z

At 25 per cent
And one-third by all the ! 3,333 6 8
other ferries

At 20 per cent
Estinnatedrevenue,

£1,666 13 4

£lO,OOO 0 0

666 13' 4

Estimated annual cost withiron girders

Estimated deficiency
And if the Engineer's reduced estimates
should be adopted, there will, as before
stated, be a saving of interest on
outlay of

£2,333.6 '8
3,890 0 0

£1,06 13 4

sso o o

Estimated deficiency ' 1,176 13 4
In considering this apparent .deficiency, the com..aittee beg
to call attention to the fact that the present ferry traffic has
reached £7,000, without any- proper facilities for carrying it
on ; MIT as they have assumed a very small increase conse-
quent on the proposed improvements, they may reasonably
expect, in the course of a few years, the traffic will increas,
so as to fully meet the expenditure. _ ,

ite useless for carriages,
,er portion of, each tide,

Your committee"must o'bserve also that the p:
to -the large Landing-stage being qn
carts, or heavy traffic for t

necessary the

[option of

t bridges

Plan pioposed by the

itOn-ICommittee, therefore, strongly advise that the pro-
posed approaches to both Landing-stages should be constructed,
as they consider the interests of the Trust, and of commerce
generally, will be greatly promoted by any facilities which tend
to connect more closely the large property held by 'the Trust
on both sides of the 'Mersey.

The sub-committee subniit to the Works Committee the pre-
rixed report, which they recommend.to be adopted.
RALPH BROCKLEBANK,
ROBERT RANKIN.
JOHN LAIRD.
LiTepool, Sept. 30, 1859. JAMES SMITH.

Attached to the report were two tables, one showing
that the average quantity of goods conveyed across the
various ferries, yielded, at the rate of the Woodside
tariff, about £22 a day ; and that the present amount
of cattle and goods traffic crossing the river might be
assumed to amount to about. £7,000 per annum. The
second table contained a return of the traffic at the
North Landing-stage, from which it appeared that in
the month of Au,,,,ust last, 466 sea-going steamers had
landed or embarked goods and passengers at the stage ;
and that the number of wheeled vehicles bringing or
removing luggage or goods amounted, including hand-
carts; to a total of 1,265.
Mr. ANDERSON asked, might not the report be de-
ferred a week for conideration ? It might be taken as
read, as they had all got copies?
Mr. RANKIN—Yes ; and the reporters could have a

copy,
The CHAIRMAN said it then.only remained for them
to sap; what day they would. fix. for the discussion.
'Mr. RANKIN suggested thatsky fortnight, which was
agreed upon ; and the- chairman announced that, in the
intetim, the pans would lay upon the table.
Mr. EVANS—Then it is proposed to put. all the
expense upon the dock estate'?
The CHAIRMAN—It is prbposed to take the report as
read, and defer the discussion.
Mr. EVANS wished to know. if that was the spirit of
the proposal ? He wanted to knoW if the Dock Board
were to pay the whole of the expense for what would be
eminently useful to the town;—a great deal more So
than to the dock estate ?

Mr. RANXIN said they had better not enter upon the
discussion that day. Mr.- Evans would see, on reading_the report carefully, that the refenne. derived from it in
a short Period would bo—mOre- tharislifficient to pay a 11...
the- interest and- expenses ; and,• perhaps, it was -better
that no one should have anything to say on the matter
at present.
•
Mr.-BOULT, before the confirmation- of the proceedings,
wished to ask a feNe questions. A month .or two ago,
they had a, slight discussion as to the imperfect informa-
tion given to the board of the purpose to which the
various articles tenderedfor, -were to be applied; and, he
was sorry to tab that those particulars had not been