The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

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LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.
The adjourned Wharncliffa meeting of this company was
held on Saturday, at the Euston station; Mr. H. Moon, the
chairman, presided.

Mr u. E. STEWART, the secretary, having read the
notice of adjournment,

The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution approving a
bill for conferring additional powers on the London and
North-Western Railway Company for the construction of
works, and otherwise in relation to their own undertaking,
and the undertakings of other companies, for authorising
the abandonment of certain railways and fur • other pur-
poses.

Mr BROWN-IVESTITEAD, M.P., seconded the motion, and
was cured unanimously,

On the motion of the Citionm4kist, seconded by Mr
BROWN-WESTHELID, the following bills were unanimously
approved :—A bill for the construction of railways in the
county of Lancaster, to be called " The Lancashire Union
Railways" and for other purposes; a bill for vesting the
undertaking of the St. Helen's Canal and railway Company
in the London and North-Western Railway Company; a bill
fer authorising a lease of a portion of the undertaking of
the Company of Proprietors of the Lancaster Canal Nalhga-
tion to the Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation
from Leeds to Liverpool, and of the remainder thereof to
the London and North-Western Railway Company and for
other purposes; a bill to authorise the construction of rail-
ways or tramways from the town of Holywell to Greenfield,
in the county of Flint, and to the Hollywell station of the
Chester and Hollyhead railway, and for other purposes;
and a bill for conferring further powers on the Great
Western Railway Company for the construction of works
and the acquisition of lands, and otherwise in relation to
their own undertaking, and the undertakings of other com-
panies and persons, and for other purposes.
The meeting was then adj rurned to Wednesday, the 29th
inst., at noon, when it was hoped the business of the Wharn-
cliffe meetings would be included.

It appeara that the directors of this company had resolved
to allot to their proprietors rateably, at par, additional ordi-
nary stock to the amount of about £1,300,00, equivalent to
about 5 per cent. on the ordinary capital. The allotments
will be made to the proprietors registered on the ISth inst.
in the form of ordinary stook, to be fully paid up on Aug.
1 next, but carrying ordinary dividend from July 1, 1861.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.
A Wharncbffe meeting of this company was held on
Saturday, at Manchester; Mr G. A. Wilson in the chair.
The object of tho meeting was to approve the Blackburn,
Chorley, Norwich, and Wigan Railway Bill now before
Parliament. The heads of the bill, read by Mr Grundy,
solicitor to the company, showed that the line would cost
£210,000.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the bill, said
that after a very long contest in Parliament the directors
had succeeded in obtaining the line from Blackburn to Chor-
ley, and through Hird Hindley to Horwich. Their oppo-
nents—the Lancashire Union Company—had had powers
given them to be joint owners of the line to Blackburn. while
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company might join them in
a line from Standish to Adlington. Substantially the Lon-
don and North Western Company would bring through this
lino at Blackburn, and of course this decision was very un-
satisfactory to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Board, who
were now in communication with the London and North
Western Company to ascertain if more sati: factory arrange-
ments could be made. Their opponents could not be said to
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Standish G miles, Standish to Hindle), 31 miles, Hindley
to St. Helen's 8 miles, a branch line near Adlington 1 mile,
a branch at S,. Helen's 1 mile, making a total of nearly 30
miles. But they had only succeeded in obtaining 8 miles
in their integrity, and jointly with the Lancashire and York-
shire Company 10 miles; while the line had been shortened
from St. Helen's to the junction of the London and North-
Western Railway at Hilsbury.
The resolution having been seconded by Mr. DUGDEN,
was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said they had running powers given them
to St. Helen's with the use of the stations and branches,
and those powers improved their position considerably, the
London and North-Western beconaipg the lessees of the line.
The proceedings then terminated.