The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-05 00:00:00

Tay, The North British and Edinburgh and 01AR-
gow companies propose to construct a railway from
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at a 1 oint 15"
miles from Edinburgh, thence across t “- Firth of
Forth by means of a high-level bridg: about two
miles in length, to the North British 1 la at Charles•
tam The Tay Bridge and Dundee Union project is
for making a railway from the North British Rail-
way at Ferry-part-cn-Craig, passieT over the Firth
of 'fey on a high-least b►idge, to the town of Dun-
dee, with branches to the Scottish Central Railway
and to the harbour of Dundee. The construction of
those railway bridges would greatly facilitate the
traffic from the north to the South of Scotland, and
by which thee 9 two great ferries would be avoided.
Those schemes are looked upon with great favour in
Scotland, and are therefore likely to be sanctioned.
The proposed leases, purchases, and amalgamations
are rather numerous. The Great Eastern propose
to lease the London and Blackwell Railway, to
amalgamate the Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow, and
Braintree and the Ramsay Railways with their
undertaking. The Great Northern propose to
amalgamate with the West Yorkshire and the Leeds,
Bradford, and Halifax Junction ; and in conjunc•
tion with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire Company, to vest the Stockport and Woodley;
Junction, the Stockport, Timperley, and Altrincham
Junction, the Cheshire Midland, and the West
Cheshire railways in their undertakings, The Lon.
don and North Western propose to give the Midland
a joint interest in the lease, use, and working of the
Lancaster and Carlisle, the Kendal and Windermere,
and the Lancaster and Preston railways, and to
amalgamate with the Bedford and Cambridge and
South Staffordshire. Tho Caledonian propose to
amalgamate with the Scottish Central, the General
Terminus and Glasgow Harbour, the Dumfries and
Lockerby, the Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby.
The Scottish Central propose to amalgamate the
Crieff Junction and the Dumblane, Donne, and
Callender Railways with their undertaking. The
Edinburgh and Glasgow propose to amalgamate the
Monkland Railway with their undertaking. The
North British intend to apply for power to amalga-
mate with the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and also to
amalgamate with the St. Andrew's, the Devon
Valley, and the Esk Valley Railway Companies.
The Glasgow and South Western intend to amalga-
mate the Maybole and Girvan,the Ayr and Maybole,
the Castle Douglas, the Bridge of Weir, and the
Kirkcudbright Railways with their undertaking.
The Scottish North Eastern propose to amalgamate
the Carmyllie line with their railways. It is in•
tended to amalgamate the West Hartlepool and
Cleveland Railways with the North Eastern. The
North Eastern propose to amalgamate the Cleveland
Railway with their undertaking, The Inverness
and Perth Junction have agreed to amalgamate with
the Aberdeen and Inverness Junction Railway Com-
pany. The Bristol and Exeter intend to lease the
Devon and Somerset Railway. The Vale of Neath
intend to ask for power to amalgamate with the
Great Western Railway. The Teign Valley pro-
pose to lease their undertaking to the South Devon
Company. The Maryport and Carlisle propose to
amalgamate the Whitehaven Junction, the Cocker-
mouth and Workington, the Whitehaven and
Furness Junction, the Whitehaven, Cleator, and
Egremont, and the Solway Junction Railways with
their undertaking. The Whitehaven Junction and
the Cockermouth and Workington have agreed to
amalgamate. The Metropolitan intend, in conjunc-
tion with the Great 'Western, to lease the Hammer-
smith and City Railway. The Great Western and
London and North Western intend jointly to pur-
chase the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway. The
Great Western propose to amalgamate the Bridport,
the Great Western and Brentford, and Wycombe
Railways with their undertaking. The Cambrian
intend to amalgamate with the Aberystwith and
Welsh Coast. The Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil
Junction intend to amalgamate with the Hereford,
Hay, and Brecon Railway. The Monmouthshire in-
tend to purchase the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal,
and the Neath and Brecon Railway Company have
given notice to purchase the Swansea Canal, The
Dublin and Belfast Junction and the Dublin and
Drogheda Railway Company are proposed to be
amalgamated. The London and North.Westcrn, the
Great Western, the Midland, the Lancashire and
Yorkshire, the North Eastern, the Great Northern,
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, the
London and South Western, the London and
Brighton, the South Eastern, the Caledonian, the
North British, the Glasgow and South Western, the
Great Eastern, and other large companies have
given notices of intended application to Parliament
in the ensuing session for additional powers to con•
struct various short branch, junction, and spur
lines ; also to purchase lands, houses, and property
for the purpose of enlarging sidings and stations,
with a view to afford ample accommodation for the
increasing tra.ffic of the country, and to facilitate
the interchange and conveyance of traffic. Nearly
all the notices specify an intention of asking for
powers to make traffic and other arrangements
with neighbouring companies. Many of them con-
tain provisions for mutual running powers, and
the accommodation of trains at the various stations
and sidings; while the projects promoted by inde-
pendent companies invariably authorise established
companies in the district to subscribe towards the
new undertakings, and to raise additional capital
for the purpose.