The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

LINCOLN.

DIstiCOLN, May 21.—1 n compliance with a requisition
to thelMayor (T. J. N. Brogden, Esq.), signed by 400
housetolders, and comprising the names of the leading
merchants and men of all parties, a meeting was con-
vened in the Theatre, at 7 o'clock yesterday evening,
"to consider the prnpriety' of aiding the movement in
favour of administrative reform." The Mayor occupied
the chair, and the meeting was the largest- and most in-
fluential of any held here for a long time past..
The!Mexon, in opening the business, expressed his
pleasure at finding assembiied there gentlemen of all
ranks and classes, prepared to lend their best assistance
to the redress of grievances, ihich they felt to be so
intolerable that it would be highly impolitic, and indeed
highly criminal, if they rema.:ned silent any longer.
me
ei..:Jtnt.ig:Tiega.inTtwhEeEsDy,stEeinsq.., prop osed the first resolution,
which was condemnatory of the present management of
the various departmentssvvlarreriaelds
o unanimously.
rassedouf
ut.tmedisnt.:: es
y. and demanding a
Other resolutions in conformity with the objects of the
Three. cheers were given lot Mr. Layard, and the
meeting then separated

GRAND TRUNK .RAILTVAY OF CANADA.

Trunk Railway cliEnitpadrlOnlliry,e.cMuairsrchofl6th,
e 1 flGsrsa.
To the Chairman n
ta d
Gentlemen,--At the dace
hole
continent of America was threatenedl'
shortly after it fastened in amost viarte,wrlt o and
city of Mon treal and other pT an es adjacent eeintplircf‘l37tsmlbteehroaewn,the
m
nai
dis-
trict te.,wlitch tonristi resort ra the sumnier, , an" turned
ayida Mem the Grand Trunk h e whole of the
traffic ; a 10.7 s at least to the cc mpany's receipts 0f6740r
dollars per week ; notwithstan ding this great calamity,
followed by an•uriprecedent dr.ought, there is much for
congratulation.
The settlement.of the hitherta unpopulated portion of
the line, a distance of 150 t-4es out of the 292 open
i from Portland to Montreal, is proceeding in a nio,,t satis
faetary, way, and I am qua'ified to inform the directors
that within the last eighteen months upwards of 700,000
dollars have been expended by the public chiefly on that
part of the line, in the erection of mills, residences, and
other buildings.
By analysing the' passenger traffic for three months
ending the 30th of September last, it will be seen that
the average distance travelled by each passenger is 28/
miles ; the average receipt for each passenger 4s. ;
and the average receipt for each passenger, per mile,
; and this may he considered as derived from local
traffic, for out of' 88,174 passenger's carried, only 2,530
travelled the whole length of the line, and two-thirds of
the whole receipts have been carried upon 40 miles at
each end of the road.
The Quebec and Richmond was temporarily opened
on the 27th of November, and, by May next, will be fully
completed and equipped for traffic ; from which date I
look forward to great results, as it will most assuredly
create quite a new travel between Portland, Boston, and
New York, and the large manufacturing population of
the States of Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusets,
with Quebec and Lower Canada ; every passenger of
which will travel 320 miles over the Grand Trunk.
;This, independent of the summer travel, will throw a
large amount of traffic on the Grand Trunk, consequent
on the opening of this line.
All tourists make for Quebec.. They have hitherto
had to proceed to Thatsity and return from it to Mon-
treal by steam-bOat,'d*ing the night, before they could
re-enter the United Sfates. The Quebec and Richmond
obviates this -by—enalding passengers to go by railway,
by day, in five and a half hours, instead of fourteen ;
and proceed direct to the White Mountain (the Switzer-
land of America) to Portland; and so on to other parts
of the United States. I entertain no doubt of this pro-
ducing a large amount of traffic, independent of the in-
creasing number of local passengers, produce, and cattle
from the country adjacent to the line, and which will
now find its way to the manufacturing districts of the
United States, traversing on an average a distance of
not less than 200 miles.

The lumber traffic fer the last half-year must forth no
criterion for the future. The drought referred t•
caused many of the mills to suspend their operations,
but .the proprietors are providing against its repiti-
tion, by enlarging their mill dams. The completion
of the magnificent mill, erected by an American com-
pany, on the river Saint Francis, has been delayed
by several accidents ; it has at length commenced to
work, and, when in full operation, will produce
a return to the Grand Trunk of at least 5001.
sterling per week. This is only one of many others in
preparation, throughout the line, for converting timber
(and which must be carried by the railway.) They are
on such an extensive scale, as will, I feel confident,
produce as much as we shall be able to carry on
single line ; and will, with the other traffic derivable
from the district through-which this eastern section of,
"the Grand Trunk runs, without any aid from the thriaigh'
travel from the westward, realize a receipt sufficient to
pay six per cent. on its entire cost. What its receipts
will be when tho whstern travel is thror,n over it,
dare scarcely venture to predict; if I did 60, I am afraid
you might think me over sanguine; but this I do not
hesitate to assert, so far as my information of the
country and its travel enables me to form an opinion,
the receipts between Montreal and Portland will bo at
kilo: trebled.
The alliance which I entered into on behalf of the
Grand Trunk Company, has secured to this line a very
large share of the traffic from Boston and its district.
This is a very important traffic for us, a§ it affords a
back loading for the cars which take lumber and flour
to Portland.
The contract entered into between the Androscoggin
and 'the Atlantic Company (now leased to the Grand
Trunk), for the conveyance of their traffia over 28 miles
of the line to Portland, expired in July last. Thistraffic
produced a return to the Grand Trunk of about 11,000/.
per annum. I considered that the terms of that contract
were much too low for the work done, and have made a
temporary arrangement with that company until the
opening of the Bangor line, 50 miles in length, and
which is expected will take place early in the spring,
when I hope to make such an arrangement as will en-
sure to the Grand Trunk a very large increase to the
present returns.

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- Arrangements are being made to place before the di-
rectors an accurate monthly account of the receipts and
expenditure.

The working expenses can hardly be calculated by a
per tentage. My experience brings me to the conclu-
sion that the fairest and clearest way is to state what
,per mile per week this portion of the Grand Trunk can
belwboaryke geedantetosecroievneely ralilncthe ieartgbes.
questior, and bad the
advice and assistance of Mr. A. M. Ross, Engineer in
Chief, and he concurs with me in my opinion that 91.
per mile per week will cover all charges, except interest
on bonds. By comparing the receipts with the mileage,
the nett revenue for interest and dividend will be arrived
each week.
It gives me great pleasure to be able to state that the
line is in a most efficient state, and the trains have not
been a minute behind time since the cst June. Up to
the time I left Montreal no accident had occurred ; but
I am sorry to say, that since my arrival in England an
accident has occurred during the late severe snow storm,
By a freight train overtaking a passenger train, which
was delayed by the snow. The damage is not serious
either to persons or property. The cause of the accident
appears to have been neglect of the regulations, in not
sending a man back with a red flag.
With respect to the sections expected to be opened
next year, viz., from Montreal to Brockville, 125 miles;
Toronto to Stratford, 90 miles ; Quebec to St. Thomas,
40 miles, I would strongly recommend that the con-
tractors be urged to complete, as speedily as possible,
the sections from Montreal to Brockville, Quebec and
St. Thomas ; for these sections will enable us to tap the
traffic of the St. Lawrence, now conveyed by steamers
above the rapids, by which we cannot fail to derive a
very large amount of trade for Montreal, Quebec and
Portland ; and whfch, as I have before stated, can be
cartrhieedcoomvepratnyhe. eastern section at very little extra cost
to
To give the directors some idea of the advantage to be
gainedtbebyrivtherisetoepazinrsg,taiktew2i4ll
accomplish it
that
on the St. Lawrence, while the trains Tnintime,
and in four, effecting a saving cf 20
abilonuThsht.
pas-
sengers avoid sleeping on ir_eeantchtotiehigenpatio:t
n y pier extending into
complet-
ing at the same time the temporary
which will .enable us
boors ffitoc
deep water at the -F,irrei.:., b
b d to transfer both passengers
until the bridge is Sri-bed, -
boat to and from each terminus on.
I must urge on the directors the necessity of
and goods by steam-
s:, Lawrence, thereby avoiding
produc e
from
passing through the city of Mo
a acontinnous route to and from n"
the
east sod
securing
vice versa. This will facilitate 1
east to the west, and
operations, and enable us to command a large share
dtheelayshaonredseoxfpetnh; 0
Our
tiohne eeatst,ttwehiQcheenboewe paansds bßyieobtmheerndrotuetess.t.
of through traffic from the manufacturing districts of the
17ni!cd States to the westward,
Thomas,weTsitiweaerxdittetnioss expected, will furnish a considerable quan-
tity of cattle which have to find their way to the United
States. This district of Canada being peculiarly adrpted
for producing and feeding cattle, which will
have to
travel at least 340 miles if carried to Portland, and 180
to montreal, and which can be carried at a very small
additional cost ; and the advantage to be derived from
the acquisitibone trafficaopfpaazleanrytol
I 'over the whole length
of line,
will
t e considertll ei tadmvyantdaugtey
tthoiascaclolmtphreny watteontion of the di-
rectors
ii.;d derive from
having a constant line of steamers between England and
Portland. The arrival of each vessel would increase our
receipts from 1,600/. to 2,0001., the.passengers traffic of
which would be all paofit.—l am, Gentlemen, your most
obedient servant,'
i S. P. BIDDER, General Manager.

TRH SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAir.r a— Tn
y pp n
h ios company,ositiopposition
under their common seal, have undertaken that they
offer will not, in any future session, t
the passing of any bill which may be introduced into
Parliament for the purpose of authorising the construc-
tion of a line of railway from Canterbury to Dover, in
compliance with a condition imposed by the Committee
of the House of Lords, to whom the Str vocl an_d Arid:
done DUI v 4 referred. -