The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-26 00:00:00

THE WAR IN DENMARK.

THE SAN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 18M.

earnings of the Border Union, the central line, under
the Scotch and English Traffic Agreement, which re-

iated only to the east and west coast ro tee, and had
been entered into before the Border Union was con-
structed. By means of a bill now before Parliament
this company hoped to obtain an independent access
to the Citadel station, and the North-Eastern had very
handsomely offered them such facilities over their
line that this company would have to construct only
about 1,000 yards of line to effect that entrance. In
this way they would get rid of the exorbitant toll
imposed by the Caledonian, and would be enabled
to start their trains when they pleased. The North
British hoped, through the efforts of the Midland, to
get a joint lease with the London and North Western
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, to obtain a freer outlet
for their traffic than they had yet had to the south
of Carlisle; and as to the Border Union revenue
they stood in the same position as the Midland in
regard to its Ingleton route, and he felt sure that
neither company would yield to the unjust and
absurd claims made upon their earnings. The
development of the Border Union line had been re-
tarded by a portion of the line being single, and the
company's engineer was now engaged in doubling
it. The directors had made considerable progress

in the establishment of steamboat communication
from Port Silloth, and they hoped Parliament would
before long remove all obstructions to railway com-
panies being themselves the proprietors of steam•
boats. The directors had petitioned against the
Amalgamation Bill of the Caledonian and other
companies, but so strongly had the public, and espe-
cially tho mercantile classes, opposed the measure,
that it was thrown out before reaching the com-
mitee. But the present joint purse system of the
three companies was nearly as injurious to the public
and to North British interests, and therefore the

directors rejoiced to see a bill brought in fora new line
from Edinburgh to Giasgow,e practicable,useful,and
cheap railway, which would fill up the gap between
this company's system and the city of Glasgow. Con-
nected with this scheme was the project for spanning
the Firth of Forth by a viaduct 2 miles above Queens-
ferry. Should this scheme be found a practicable one,
and should Parliament be satisfied that it could be
carried out for anything like the cost named for its
construction, he would much rather than expending
£150,000 in new railway and pier works and
steamers at Queensferry give £200,000 tc aid the
erection of the Forth bridge. The only extension
lines they had before Parliament this Session were
the Abbey holme branch to connect the Port Silloth
with the Mary port and Carlisle lime, a line of four
miles traversing a coalfield, end a new access to
Perth station, in place of using the Scottish Cen-
tral tunnel, for which they had to pay a heavy toll.
They were very anxious to enlarge and improve
Waverley-bridge station at Edinburgh.
Mr. SPORT, vice chairman, seconded the adoption
of the report which was unanimously agreed to.
Resolutions declaring the preference dividends
and for carrying out the other business detailed in
the report wore unanimously adopted, and the re-
tiring directors and auditor were re-elected.
The meeting was then made special, and the
agreeement for working the Leadburn, Linton, and
Dolphinton line was approved.