The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-12 00:00:00

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The select Committee appointed to inquire into the state of
the Hoed from Loudon to Holyhead ha Cove's!' y and
Xhrearahary; into the repel:tonne foe the eimaryasice
of
her Majemly% Mail bet ye, ea London and Hohlin, and he.
twee§ Liverpool sod Hobbit, and room thence throseak
the interior of Ireland; and
Wray be made in tee arrommoilat sssss of Permitsa .mbaik-
ingand di.embarking at Holyhead and North rear (dire-
ly sail to report their Oloervattone Thereupon, tozeilier
Willi die Minutia of the Evident-0 taken before them.f out
time to time, to Ilse Howse :—Have,porsoant to the Or.
der of the House, Impaired into elw Matters to them re.
find, and have agreed to lbe fttll♦wiug Report :

Your Committee hare confined their inquiry. in
the first instance. to so much of the moil from
Lowlnn to Holyhead as lies between Chirk Vdlley
and Bauer Frrey. in North Wales. a distance of
sixty miles; in consequence of all the improve.
wrists, except that on Rhyalt Hill, on the Chester
road, which have been made by the Commissioners
antler the S:Tilla of the King, being upon this part
of i he rued.
Your Committee cannot better describe the
nature mid extent of these improvements. than by
here inserting the whole of Mr. Telford's evidence
respecting them. and which is a% follows:--
You are employed by the (101) head Rood Cole-
missiowers for conducting the improvements of the
road in Wales ?—Yes. . .

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Feld to the Committee what is the improve-
ments that have been already matte ?—The total
'vein of the sinprovemeists made nutter the direr-
tion of the Comtni•sioners, and now in NW. is 30
miles 70-2 yards, 21 milts of which have been tra-
velled upon, and the others are in that Plate of for.
wardtiess that there is every probability of their be.
in completed by Midsummer next, and opened in
the ensuing Autumn.
Describe generally the nature of the principal
defects of the old road which have been remedied ?
—Tiie leading defects of the old road were, many
iiironvesiient and dangerous ascents and descents, its
heiog much tuts narrow oil the side of rocky pre.
apices, also generally of very imperfect conotruc-
tint), and the bulwarks on the side of these pre.
voices bring very superficial and in • ruinous
state. The water also, which came from the hills,
had been suffered to run along dud across the road,
so as frequently to subject to injury and destruc.
lion. These defects have been remedied, by car-
rying the road in new directions, so as to acquire
easy inclinations; by constructing it substautially
its all its parts; by proper bottoming. rnettalling,
breast wall., parapets, forming title anti cross.
drains, au dinaking the:roail way of a proper breadth.
What do you mean by mourning ?—I meals the
upper coating or layer of stones broken small.
Explain to the Committee the general principle
upon which the expenditure of the Inoue), has been
conducted ?—The first operation was, that I, as
Engineer under the instructions of the Commission-
ers, haul • correct survey wade of the present and
intended roads, with plans, sections, specifications,
and estimates. The Commissioners then selected
those parts which were most inconvenient and dan-
gerous, and having divided them into proper lots,
they were advertised in be let to contractors. The
plans and specifications were lodged in the neigh-
bourhood of the lots to he let, and persons sp.
pointed to thew °the same ; and also the ground,
to whoever *horrid apply. 'llse proposals of intrud-
ing contractors were then sent on or before a day
appointed, to the office of the Commissioners, and
received by their secretary. and on the appointed
41.. y, after all the offers had been received, they were
opened, and the lowest offerer fur each lot, who war
of good character, and could procure a proper
secutity, wat accepted as the contractor. The con-
tractors were required to give personal security, and
al-o to leave one eighth part of the value of each
c ttttt rart 111 :141111. utitil the works were completed,
itispected, and approved of by the Engineers
arum.; under the Consuitssioners. The works were
executed tinder constant inspection, there being au
assistant}?nurser WI the spot, with an inspector
to each set of lots, so far as he was capable of at-
trodilig to them. Every month the work was
measured up, :not stateineuts sent to the secretary
in the terms til the contract, slieviiiig the value of
the work performed. From that value, our-eighth
part was deducted and the remainder paid to the
cniiirarior. When the lois were r: ported to be com-
Dieted, they wire then generally inspected and
compared with the spreiticAtion in the contract, und
any deficient:lr, that Ihrn rcanaitseil were made
good by the coins actor, plttiuus to Ills receiv'i►ig the
balm It*.

(lave the went,. leer's exec/Idea for the stuns con-
nutlet' Int I.—Excepting in u few illbtaliCeb, at the
commencement of the eperattnets along the rocky
precipice% 4.1* .)nets I-1111, and *utile other equally
ruggeel 161201, tilt)• lIIIVC i.ht bet:ll eICCLIteII at the
Ceiltraset 'oilers. . .

Wigs the extra expense incurred in consequence
of and• Galore on the peat of the contractors ?—No ;
n arum: Irvin unforeseen difficulties occulting its the
progress of the work, such as the stature of the
rocks and precipices. also the portions of the old
bulwarks. winch were taken down and removed,
hrisig its a touch more ruinous state than what
conk! Le peter:red, before being cut into and ex-
assit.ied.

Was the extra espenie considerablel—lt was in..
cooisiderithle.

Explain thrnstitre of those parts of the works
which were varlieularly expulsive w the execution
—I have mentioned, that they consisted of pre-
'Apices, rugged thiagles, mud rock cutting. The
whole JU wiles coosisted of unusual difficulties.

What are the &drainages gained by altering the
perliOn of the road hum Lal.c Ogweti to Capri
Craig ?—The prevent 101111 11/11.Jte along the boob
bide of the valley, under the bkiria of ►cry toggud
tritiontrunv, and hub troy little advantage of the
bun ; it pa.xrs over Illura”.). grusital, which is •ery
; boine of the invent, a..nucli as toile iu nine►
where frrquent accident% Have happened. The
slew road IS MI the north side of the valley, with a
good exposure to the ►ton. It aturd, all those in-
cosivessiene. b, and conbiab 4,l ruby unlit' vions ; it
islimb nearer to good inJteilals, both for pre-
befit Loubtiuctiou and fur future 'elms*. The pre-
scot sued is alba iii many plucea not wore than 12
feet 111 width. aollllollt any protection MI rIIIII bade
to keep carriages and oilier vrhieleb front fulling lu-
lu the bog's; lat.aidei which the toad Itttli 1. 01 very

onsterfirinl rono,rortion, nod if the slirecfson had
hero wood, it ought to be ull orgy ion :r.
Are their tiny fences to guard the old road or
nisy part of it ?—'Thera are polite fr,sgillelsts of toil'
dykes or louse %toner, but mole that deserve We
moor of fenueoi.
Are there not many ports totally itoproteeted,
ollirrr, if is rs►rutgr woo to he (Irs%eli oil th- road,
it 1411 fr lO to 20 ur 30 feet stessrly per•
peodscithrt ?—There are several pl.sces of this kind,
but the rood is geiserully utsprotretra.
In case the old road had beets cotitinsied. would

it have required very rommlerable expeome to put it
in proper order ?—I think that to render it u 11111fi.
tiredly suhoitotitial and comnimlious road, it would
1 have required as much money as the ',resist new one
• will cost.

Must not the whole of it hare been taken up and
newly made ?—The whole of it must.
Are there not parts of the old road not yet im-
proved, and in a defective state, between Bangor
Ferry and Chirk ? —A great many.
I;e so good as to describe which are the must
defective ?—The first defect is, in going from the
south, across the valley of Clink.
Describe it?—lt. at present consists of inconve-
niently steep int limitions, with a very quick turn-
ing ; which might he remedied in a great measure
by cutting at the summit, and Woking up the
bottons of the valley front the bridge, instead of
del:tootling, as it dues at present ; this might be
ace plislsed at an expense of shout 1,385/.
What is the present inclination of the bill ?
About one in twelve; it varies a little. The next
improvement which appears to me to he most ne-
cessary is near a place called Wlitthurst Gate, where
the Chester road turns off to IVrexhatn ; the road
there turns with a very acute angle, and passes torrr
several mcotiventeistly steep hills; whereas, by mak-
ing a new road from near Clink Castle Gorden,
across the Canal Tunnel, by lioldulph`a Lime
Kilns, to nearly opposite the grand Aqueduct, the
distance would he shortened, and an exceedingly
good road obtained, free Irvin lulls: The expense
of that improvement would be about 2,677/. The
next that I beg leave to mention, is an inconve-
nience iu passing through the town of !lamp lien,
where the streets are extremely narrow, not be-
ing more than 12 feet wide. They are also uneven,
and after parsing the bland Intl, the road toms
at one right angle towards the hill, amid immediately
afterwards at another, before at reaches the general
line of direction ; whereas by continuing the line
on the west of the church, a here then. is not a
single house, excepting one ruinous cottage, it would
be direct, level, and coovettierit, and a communi-
cation might still be kept up with the prevent Inn,
for the road would run at the back of the Inn yard
to the stables : the expense of this alteration
would be 1.0-13 it After passing the Lew improve-
ment upon lillysigog Hill, there are three miles and
a furlong of road between the west ei.d of the late
improvement aid Owen Glendower's Hill, where
the road is narrow, crooked, billy, and ill-con-
stricted. These defects heiug so general, ren-
der it necessary that the whole be improsed. The
expense of improving these three miles would he
about 4,612/. From thence I have no other ob-
servation of this serious kind to make for a very
considerable distance; but at the south end of
the new road at Cerrig-y-druidon the present line
falls into a soft bog nearly on a level with the
brook, which at the lowest flood is overflowed, mid
lies too low to be drained. There should therefore
be a short cut here a little on the north side of the
present road on more solid ground; the cost of this
would be about 817/. The next improvement
which seems most required, would commence at
Cernioge, and be carried down the valley to mid
including the re-building Posit-y-Puiloc Bridge.
This would be a distance of about four niilea and a
half. and would cost about 7,170/.
Describe some of the defects of the present
road there ?—The) defects of the present road
ore in the general character of the road that re-
mains ; it is billy ; it is of imperfect construction ;
too narrow, ill drained and fenced, and being an as-
cent of nearly 400 feet. While it remains in this im-
perfect condition, it will be one of the greatest ole-
stables to travelling un this line of road. The
next observed on that I have to snake, is, as to
the road front Ty-n-mars to Ogweti Bank. The
road in this distance is narrow and very irregular.
with points of rock *MRS it, on some of which I
understand the mail coach has lately been over-
turned. The improving of this, bring one mile
676 yards, would cost 1,3991. The last observe-
tiou l have to make is, as to an improvement be-
tween Peiirliyis and the Penrhyn Arms, near
Bangor, where the iodinations ought to he eased,
and would cost about 5001. These are the obser-
vations I have to point nut to the Connuittee, as
most important to be attended to.
%%And is the aggregate amount for the im-
provements you have How proposed between
Chirk and Bangor?-19,5091. 14s. 3d. and the
total distance is 11 miles 664 yards.
Your Committee fee/ fully justified, from the
concurrent testimony of all those who have lately
travelled Oils road, in saying, that no expeoditure
of public money, to ilia same amount with that
which has been expended on these irnrrovetnents,
bas been atteuded with more direct and more prac-
tical utility.
The original state of this road formed an obstruc-
tion to the comuntoication between the two coun-
tries, which had the effect of keepilig alive a wpm..
istion of fee hug and action, which was equally de-
trimental to the best interests of both of them ;
whereas, now, the practicability of performing
the journey in a much shorter space of time,
and without the cur.tinual apprehension of personal
danger, has removed much of the repnguance to
undertake it, and has cositriboted very tbStlitielly
to pionsote the progress of all those national objects.
whsch are so closely connected with the rapidity of
a certain and constant communication between the
multitude of parties which are every cum:trued iu
them.
Your Committee are also able to say, with confi-
deuce in the accuracy of their opinion, that the
prol'essiosial execution of the new works upon this
road, greatly surpasses any thing of the saint kind
its these countries. The startler which, has been
displayed iii giving the general line of the road a
proper iiclivaUun, through a country whose whole
surface consist* of a succession of rocks, bogs,
'smite, rivers. awl precipice:a, reflects the greatest

credit upon the engioeer *lin has plasii:rtl tht m ;
but perhaps a still grr,i.er 11.. v-re ur vro-
riuisal shill has her., "'twain its the coos!' (Rhino,
or rather the building of tin. rend uu If. The
met attention which Mr. Telford 'Ws he,10,,,d,
to give the outface of the one uwl'unn and
'moderately COliVrit (*roe from the ymallert
inequality their 'whole lirrmith ; the Ho.
onerous land-dr.,iiip, amp, where eireeviary, shores
'and tunnels of yobstasitial masonry, with which all
the water risiii4 from molar, or Whin( in rani, to
iiirtatitly carried off; the great cue with which a
sufficient foundation is ektklilikhrt! fur the pilot, and
the quality, solidity, and di-position of the
are-
trrials that are put upon it, are rustlers quite
uew in the bystrtei of road-I'lo6llg its these cootie.
tries.

Your Committee have the satnfaction of being
able to bay, that the insuagemeiit of the expert-
&titre of the politic money on three improvements
has been conducted on the MObt strict and romp.
mica) principles; and tloit in 101 those costa iu
which the expense has at the tiro tie... of it ap-
peared to be considerable, It hey been lolly ac-
counted for, by the particular en consi.tiore% of the
difficulty of the ground through which the road hive
been carried.

lu respect to those, further improvement. ..hick
Mr. Trliitrd recommends to be made, putr ('ton-
mutter trust, as Parliament has already it cog..
nixed in tot many nista' era. tbe of
assisting with public inotrev to ret ~,,, e the (li-
stable% to the commutecatont betwerti Etwlitel
and Ireland, which wise from the nom I,le.
01111 nature of lice country in Wales, Oct it is
unnecessary for them to recapotiallte those rcosons,
which have been so forcibly ut4cJ by founts' Com-
mittees, to justify this principle : they will only
suggest one tioug as worthy of the ratirwleratiam of
the Mose, that iu proportion as Iles expend:l. nre
of public money upon these roads skill coistri.
bree to render more productive, by expediting
the communication, the industry soil tapici) of
those persons who are engaged in the great
traffic which is carried un between England and
Ireland, it will at tie same time and in the same
degree contribute to secure the repayment of that
money to the public, by increastitg the general
stock of our national sources of wealth and
taxation.
March 2, 1819.

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TOMORROW.

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