The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-10 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies.

NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS IN YORKSHIRE.
To-morrow is the last day on which the new pro-
jects for the coming session can be advertised in the
weekly papers. The great contest for the posses-
sion of the North Yorkshire mineral field—now
found to contain coal and oil as well as ironstone—
between the Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Durham,
is to be renewed. The Leeds and North Yorkshire
line proposes to commence at Leeds, and to serve
the towns of Wetherly, Easingwold, Helmsley,
Stokesley, Stockton, Middlesborough, and Hartle-
pool, and to unite this year with a projected Tyne
and Tees Railway, and eventually to cross the
Tyne and join the Blyth and Tyne, and by it the
North British system. An eastern branch leaves
Helmsley and proceeds to Kirby Moorside, Picker-
ing, and Scarborough, thus crossing all the mineral
valleys of North Yorkshire. This is virtually the
same line as last year, and competes with the Leeds
and Newcastle and Leeds and Scarborough lines of
the North Eastern, but serves a country hitherto
cut out from railway communication, except at
much disadvantage. The chief alterations from last ,
year's bill are in the terminal arrangements at Leeds,
Scarborough, Hartlepool, and Middlesborough. This
great scheme, now that it is revived in a bona fide
manner, is said to be well received by the public,
who have subscribed more liberally than last year.
Parties who are well able to give a safe opinion seem
to look for the passing of the measure this session.
It is alleged that the North Eastern Company can-
not deny that both their merchandise and passenger
traffic to Scarborough are embarrassing ; and upon
their north line to Newcastle, should the present
rate of traffic increase continue, will require a set of
four lines of rails. During the week the proposed
extension from Tollerton to Malton has been ex-
amined, but this line cannot now be got ready
for this session. Of course the North Eastern
will not submit to this great invasion of their
territory without a struggle. They have in
contemplation an extension from Starbeck (on
the Leeds Northern) to Boroughbridge, making a
new line between Malton and Leeds. From the
Melton and Thirsk they give notice of their last ,
year's competitor to the Leeds and North Yorkshire
(Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering branch), leaving
the Malton and Thirsk line between Gilling and
Horringham, and serving Helmsley and Kirby
Moorside, and joining the Melton and Whitby line
at Pickering. This is substantially the same line as
last year ; surveys have been made towards Scar-
borough, but no notice to proceed with the line be-
yound Pickering has been given. An announce-
ment having been made that the Hull and Midlands
scheme (Humberbridge) will not go forward this
Session, the promoters of a line of rail from
Resale to Market Weighton, Pocklington, Bishop
Wilton, Wharram (crossing the Melton and
Driffield), and on the Great Wold Valley to
Bridlington, will not proceed with their scheme.
From this scheme a branch was to have gone
from Wharram to the Leeds, North Yorkshire,
and Durham at Wykeham. The Driffield and Horn-
sea, Rellinton and Lowthorpe, and Whitby and Salt-
bance show no action as yet.