The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

DARTMOUTH TORQUAY AND SOUTH
DEVON EXTENSION RAlLWAY.—(lncorporation of
Company; construction of Railways from the Torquay station of the
South Devon Railway to or near to Dartmouth, and also to the pier
or harbour at Torquay, with an approach road to the Dartmouth
Floating Bridge; power to make working arrangements with tire
South Devon Railway Company, and to enable that company to sub-
scribe, &c. to the undertaking ; amendment of Acts of the South
Devon Railway Company, and of the Dartmouth Floating Bridge
Company.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to
be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an act or acts, to
incorporate a company, for the purpose of making and maintaining
the rail ways hereinafter mentioned, or some or one of them, with all
proper approaches, stations, and other works and conveniences con-
nected therewith (that is to say) :
A railway commencing by a junction with the Torquay Branch of
the South Devon Railway at or near the north end of the Torquay
Station at or near Torre otherwise Torr, in the parish of Tormaham
otherwise Tormohun, in the county of Devon, and terminating at or
near Hoodown Ferry Passage House, in the occupation of Mary
Burgoine, in the parish of Brixham, in the same county, which said
intended railway will be made or pass, from, in, through, or into,
or be situate within, the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial,
or other places following, or some of them (that is to say) : Tormo-
ham otherwise. Tormohun, Torre otherwise Torr, Torquay, Tor
Abbey, Chilston, Cockington, Paignton, Goodrington, Galmpton,
Churston Ferrers, Kingswear, and Brigham, all in the said county :
Also a railway commencing by a junction with such intended
railway, at a point in a field or enclosure adjoining to and on the
north-west side of the lane leading from the Brigham and Kings-
wear turnpike road to Hoodown Ferry Passage House aforesaid, and
which point is three hundred yards, or thereabouts, in a direct line
from the proposed terminus of the lira-mentioned intended railway
at or near Hoedown Ferry Passage House aforesaid, and termina-
ting in the parish of Brigham aforesaid, at or near a certain public-
house, called or known by the name of " Dartmouth Floating Bridge
Inn," occupied by George Griffis, and situate at the eastern end of
the Dartmouth Floating Bridge, and on the east aide of the Harbour
of Dartmouth, and which said railway will pats from, in, through,
into, or be situate within the said parish of Brigham:
Also a railway commencing at or near the western quay or pier of
the harbour of Torquay, in the said parish of Tormoham, otherwise
Tormohun, and terminating by two junctions with the first-men-
tioned intended railway, the one at or near Livermead House, in the
parish of Cockington, in the sal county of Devon, and the other at
a point in a field beionging to Charles Herbert Matlock, Esquire,
adjoining to and on the west side of the road leading from Liver-
mead House, aforesaid to Torre, otherwise Ton; and which sad
last named point is twenty charts or thereabouts in a direct line from
the sea-shore, and which said railway and junctions will pass from,
in, through, or into, or be situate within, the several parishes, town-
ships, extra-parochial or other places of Tormoham, otherwise Tor-
mobun, Torquay, Cockington, and Tor Abbey, or some er one of
them, all in the county of Devon:
And it is also intended by the said act or acts to authorise and
empower the said company so to be incorporated as aforesaid, to
make a road or approach, commencing from or near the proposed
terminus of the firstly described intended railway near Hoedown
Ferry Passage House aforesaid, and terminating in the said parish of
Brigham, at or near a certain public-house called or known by the
name of " Dartmouth Floating Bridge Inn," occupied by George
'Griffis, and situate at the eastern end of the Dartmouth Floating
Bridge, and on the east side of the harbour of Dartmouth, and
which said road or approach will pass ftom, in, through, into, or be
situate within the said parish of Brixham :
And it is also intended by the said act or acts to confer upon the
company to be thereby incorporated all necessary powers for effecting
the purposes following (that is to say) :
To stop up, alter, divert, cross, or break up, either temporarily or
permanently, any turnpike or other roads, highways, footpaths,
streets, railways, tramways, canals, aqueducts, streams, rivers, nevi-
gations, sewers, drains, pipes, and watercourses within the before-
named parishes, extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, which
it may be necessary or desirable to stop up, alter, divert, cross, or
break up for any of the purposes of the intended railways, road, and
works :
To make lateral deviations from the lines of the said intended
railways, road, and works, to the extent and withinpartehheasliembitsy
defined upon the plans hereinafter mentioned, and
compulsion or otherwise, lanes, houses, ana nereai t
r , and to vary
purposes of the intended railways, road,
and
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or extinguish any rights or privileges, connected
houses, and hereditaments :
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To levy tolls, rates, and duties upon
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railways, road, and works, and to exemption
ash from the pay-
duties, and to confer, vary, er extingu
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other rights and privileges:
the said act or acts to authorise the
ment of tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish
And it is also proposed by
to subscribe and contribute funds
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and to enable the said South Devon Railway Company to
vote at meetings of the
of that compa
d by the said intended
carry into effect such contracts
And it company and the said South Devon Railway Com-
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pane, to make, enter auto, an
be, or may have conditions, and subject to such
restrictions, as may
by or on behalf of those companies, with reference to the working'
and use of the said intended railways, road, and works, the conduct,
management, and direction of the traffic, or any portion of the
traffic, upon the same, and the division and apportionment of such
traffic, and the tolls, rates, and charges arising therefrom, between
and amongst the said two companies, and for enabling the said in-
tended company and the said South Devon Railway Company, to
appoint ajoint committee for carrying into effect any such contracts
or arrangements, and to exercise by means of such joint committee
or otherwise, such of the rights, powers, or privileges, whether with
reference to the levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or otherwise. now
or hereafter vested in or belonging to the said companies, and all
such other rights, powers, and privileges as may be necessary or
expedient, for more effectually carrying into effect any such contracts
or arrangements :
And it is also proposed by the said intended act or acts to confirm
all or any arrangements, now or hereafter to be entered into,
between the said intended company and the South Devon Rail-
way Company, or on their behalf, with reference to all or any of
the purposes before mentioned:
And Notice is Hereby farther Given that on or before the thirtieth
day of November instant, maps, plans, and sections showing the
'3 s and
direction, line, and levels of the :mid intended rail
road, together with
works, and plans and sections
of the said
y ot this notice, as
a book of reference to such plans, airtime
eel) deposited with the
published in the London Gazette,
fwDevon at his office, at the
clerk of the peace for the county
to
and that on or before the
Castle in Exeter in the said couibt
ey„;,aid
plans,
sections, and book
same day a copy of so much
°lrish or extra-parochial place in or
of reference as relates to each P
road, and works, or any part
through which the said Railwa together with a copy of this notice,
thereof, will be made or pas
, will be for p in-
, as published in the London each tte
such perish withdeposited the parish clerk
spection, in the case I
° and in the case of each such exi ra-
thereof at his residence,
Parish clerk of some parish immediately
with the pa 1
Parochial place.
adjoining thereto at his residence.
And Notice is hereby farther Given that on or before the