The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-17 00:00:00

Railway Traffic Returuf.z.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
o this day, are in round figures as under :

1864. ISO 3.
Great Western
.............. £55 13) £59,326
North-Weetera .............
South-Western ............ .....
20,136 19, 020
Brighton. ............. .............. • 17,762 16,2
Midland 46,325 40,585
South Eastern ....
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 35,206 35,05 U
Bristol and Exeter
North Eastern OO,IOJ 54,529
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 17,349 16,942
Great Eas'ern
instances, show some
On the Great Western there is
favlolnersaebler returns,esu us in m
.
an increase of £5,804, on the North Western
of £7,551, on the South Western of £1,050,
on the Brighton of £1,704, on the Midland
of £5,440, on the South Eastern of £1,948, on the
Great Northern of £5,110, on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire of £126,: on the Bristol and Exeter of
£5OO, on the North Eastern of £5,571, on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £398, and on

Railway and Other Companies,
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LONDON AND SOU'T'H WESTERN.

This company has given notice to apply for rowers
in the nett sesedou of Parliament to conatruct new
lines iu Kensington, Fulhaw, Hamtnersmith, and
Caiswick, and to abandon lines authorised last ses-
sion. They propose to make a railway (A) from the
West Loudon Extension at Kensington to the Rch-
mond-road, Hammersmith; a railway (B) from
the latter place to the Hammersmith and City Rail-
way, near the southern termination of the viaduct
on that (railway, A railway (C) from the West
Landon Railway near the Kensington Station to
the intended railway (B) at Hammersmith. A rail-
way (D) from the latter place to the Grovearoad.
A railway (E) from the authorised Kensington and
Richmond line at Chiswick to the company's loop '
line there. So empowered, the company to abaci.
don the construction of No. 1 and 4 respectively
'd
Kensington and Rich-
authorised by the company
mond Railway Act,1864, and to substitute for those
railways the intended railways (13 and C). Power
to raise further money to run over and use a por-
tion of the Hammersmith and City Railway, and to
make arrangements with the latter company. No-
tice has also been given of intended application for
power to make new lines in Surrey from the King-
ston. bridge line to the company's main line at Wim-
bledon—a railway from Kingston to the company's
main line near the Malden station—a railway from
the Wimbledon and Dorking Railway at Merton to
the company's main line at Wimbledon—two other
junction lines in the parish of Wimbledon, and one
in the parish of Merton—to raise a further sum of
money and to make agreements with the, London
and Brighton, the Wimbledon and Croydon, and
the Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon Extension
Railway Company. They also propose in another
notice to extend the main line at Pirbright to the
Farnham and Alron Branch near Farnham, and to
make a branch to the South Eastern Railway near
Ash—to raise additional capital, and to make traffic
and other arrangements with the South Eastern
Railway Company.

GELLIVARA (LIMITED).
The report of Mr Tolme, the engineer to the
directors of this company, states that the property
of the company consists of 1,250,00 acres of
land more or less in a state of forest, in the
county of Norbotten, stretching from Lulea, Pitea,
and Ranea, three important ports on the Gulf
of Bothnia, to Gellivara and Qaickjock, in Lapland,
a distance northward of about 170 miles, by a breadth
of about 70 miles; upon this property there are at
present 11 saw mills, four forges, and two blast fur.
naces. The saw mills are all, with the exception of
one, worked by water power, and contiguous to the
rivers which bring down the logs from the forest.
These mills are capable of sawing a large quantity
of timber annually, and their sawing power will no
doubt be greatly augmented. The year's production
of deals, battens, boards, and Square timber at all the
mills:was considered to be about 9,000 standards, and
under the usual average, owing to the late winter
and excessive flood. The furnaces are situated very
conveniently with regard to the charcoal forests, to-
gether with the waste wood of the saw mills; an
almost inexhaustible supply of fuel may be obtained
for consumption in the manufacture of metals. The
soil is good, and the Government have made a very
liberal arrangement by which a large portion of land
at present covered by forest, shall, when the timber
is felled and the roots grubbed up, belong to the Gel-
livara Company. The minerals which the company
possess are principally in the mountains of Gelli-
vara, afid the richness of this deposit is obvious on
inspection. There are a great number of quarries
opened all along the face of the mountain, not more
than four or five feet deep, all containing masses of
the purest iron ore. To utilise this large quantity of
rich ore it is suggested that a railway should be con-
structed from a mine or a quarry oa the Gellivara
mountain, proceeding for a distance of 14 miles to the
OE stward, and then taking nearly a southern direc-
tion, terminating on the river Lulea at Novick, which
river will be navigable after the formation of the
canals from that point:to the sea. The country through
which the lines passes is easy, the deepest cutting
being about 20ft, and the highest embankment 20ft.
The gradients are generally with the load, and in
no cr..se does the incline exceed 1 in 100. The struc-
ture of the railway will be of timber, and the gauge
not more 3f ft. to keep down the expense of loco-
motive stock. The works upon the canal are light,
and will principally consist of excavation and pud-
dling. The Swedish Government have granted the
company a subvention of .048,000 towards making
the canals, which will form a large proportion of
the cost of construction. Mr To:ine proposes to
work the railway and canals during five or six
months of the year, and to bring sufficient ore
down during those months to keep the furnaces at
'Work all the year. He considers the estates gene..
rally capable of great development, and that the
opening of the railway and canals will, in hie
opinion, afford every prospect of good remuneration
upon the capital to be laid out.

ALEXANDRA DOCKS, NEWPORT.
Notices have been given of a❑ intended applica-
tion to Parliament in the next session for powers to
construct the above new docks at Newport. The
und,rtaking is to be carried out on Lord Trede-
gar's property, and the proposed capital is £500,000,
the greater part of which has been already sub-
scribed. Branch railways are to be made to connect
the docks with the Great Western, London and
North Western, Monmouthshire, and other lines,
the especial object of the promoters being to deve•
lop© both an import and export trade for New-
port.