The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

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RAILWAY :INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN.
The following letter
,has been addressed to the pro•
prietors of the South-Eastern Railway :
L'Ondon:bridge Terminus, Dec. 1, 1853.
Gentlemen,;--The directors feel it to be their duty to
present for your notice a list of schemes advertised in
the public papers as about to be submitted to the con-
sideration of Parliament in the ensuing session, which,
if carried into effect, will, in the view of the directors,
in one way or another affect the interests of the South-
Eastern Railway Company. They are the following_
West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway.—
Extension to Bromley and Farnborough.
West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway.—
' Amalgamation, sale or.lcaxe,of undertaking to London,
Brighton and South 'Coast, the South-Eastern, and
London and South-Westein Railway Companies (all or
any of them).
Direct Southern Railway and Thames Terminus.—
Incorporation of company, construction of railways from
Bankside, Southwark, to Tonbridge and the Crystal
Palace, with branch to main line at Tonbridge, and land-
ing-place at Bankside; powers 'to use part of South-
Eastern Railway, and to enter into arrangements with
that company ; power to South-Eastern RailwayCom-
pany to subscribe and raise capital, and for other pur-
poses. •
South London Railway.—lncorporation of company,
with power to make railways connecting the South:
Eastern, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the
London and South-Western, and the West End of Lon
don and Crystal Palace, or West London_ awl Gyati.
Palace Railways ; and also a branch railway to or near
the Crystal Palace Park ; running powers over portions
of the West Eud of London and Crystal Palace or West
London and Crystal Palace Railway, and South-Eastern
Railway ; working arrangements with the London,
Brighton and South Coast, the South-Eastern, the Lon-
don and South-Western, and the West End of London
and Crystal Palace Railway Companies ; and powers to
enable those companies to subscribe, &c., to the under-
taking • amendment of the acts of those companies re-
spectively.
London and West Kent Railway_—Railways from
Sydenham station of London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company to Maidstone, and junction with
the line of West End of London and rystal Palace Rail-
way Company, and facility clauses affecting those com-

panics.
West Kent and Crystal Palace Junction Railways.—
Railways from Farnborough, Otford, Eltham, and
Greenwich to Crystal Palace, and junction with railways
of South-Eastern, London, Brighton, and South Coast,
and West of London and Crystal Palace Railway Com-
panies, and facility clauses affecting those companies.
Sydenham, Farnborough, and Otford Railways.—
Railways from Sydenham station of London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Company to Farnborough and
Otford junction with line of West End and Crystal
Palace Railway Company, and facility clauses affecting

those companies.
Southwark and Crystal Palace Railway.—From the
river Thames at Bankside, Southwark, to Crystal

Palace.
Otford, Sevenoaks, and Tonbridge Railway.—lncor-
poration of company for constructing a railway from
Otford to the lines of the South-Eastern Railway Com-

pang, near Tonbridge.
Maidstone and Ashford Junction Railway.—lncor-
poration of company for making railway from Maidstone

to Chart.

London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway.—En-
largement of New-cross, Bricklayers' Arms, and Norwood
stations ; widening of Thames Junction Railway and
main line near New-cross ; diversion of occupation road
near Cold Blow-lane ; establishment of savings-banks
and provident fund ; additional .capital ; alteration in
amount of preference dividend on proposed debenture
stock ; and amendment of acts.
Westminster Terminus Bailway.—lncorporation of
company, with power to make a railway to Clapham,
and branch to join the West-end of London and Crystal
Palace Railway ; running powers over existing railways ;
amendments of acts, and other purposes.
London and Westminster Sub-Railway.—lncorpora-
tion of company, and construction of railway from
Leicester-square to the station of the South-Eastern
Railway in the Kent-road, commonly called the Brick-
layers' Arms Station.
Wellington Docks (Southwark).—Incorporation of
company, construction of docks ; connecting railway
and other works and arrangements with other companies.
To be connected with the South-Eastern and London,
Brighton and South Coast Railways.
Greenwich and South-Eastern Docks.—Construction
of docks, basins, locks, and other works, and incorpora-
tion of company. In the Greenwich Marshes ; entrances,
ine into the,Thames 1,100 feet north of East Greenwich
Pier, and another 420 feet north 'Or the South-Eastern

Quay.
Leicester-square Junction Railway, and Southwark
Improvement.—lncorporation of company ; construction
of railway from Leicester-square to join the London,
Brighton, and South Coast London and Croydon Rail-
way, and South-Eastern Railway, near London-bridge,
with a branch to join the London and South-Western
Railway near the Waterloo station ; and construction of
new streets and a bridge over the Thames • powers to
purchase Charing-cross-bridge and Hungerford-market,
and to use parts the London, Brighton, and South
Coast and other railways, and to enter into working ar-
rangements with the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway Company and other companies, and other pur-
poses ; seeking powers to make arrangements with Lon-
don, Brighton, and South Coast, London and Croydon,
South-Eastern, and London and South-Western Railway
Companies, and any other company already or hereafter
to be incorporated, for the use of the intended works ;
and to appoint joint committees ; and running powers
to the company thereby to be incorporated over the lines
of the above companies and of any ether-sempany
already or hereafter to be incorporated ; powers to the
companies mentioned, or any other. to subscribe thereto
and raise capital for that purpose.
Portsmouth Railway.—Deviations ; alterations of
levels ; extension from Oodalining to Shalford ; diversion
of roads and amendment of acts. And a railway from
Godalming through the parishes of Farncombe, St.
Nicholas, Guildford, and Shalford, and terminating by
a juoction with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line
of the gouth-Eastern Railway Company, in the parishes
of Shalford and St. Nicholas, Guildford.
Caterham Railway—lncorporation of company for
making a railway from the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway, near the Godstone-road station, to
Caterham.
Darenth Valley Railway.—Extension of the line from
Dartford to Farningham—to Seven-oaks.
Dover and Canterbury and Dover and Deal Rail-
ways (East Kent Extension).—Incorporation of a com-
pany ; constructioa of railway from Dover to Canter.
bury, with branches to Deal ; power to use lines and
stations of, and to enter into arrangements with, the
South-Eastern Railway Company and East Kent Rail-
way Company ; amendment of acts.
The directors feel it unnecessary at present to com-
ment on each scheme ; the proprietors of the South-
Eastern Railway are equally able to estimate their value,
and to judge how far the contingencies of the money-mar-
ket, or the probable course of legislation will affect these
and similar undertakings. The spirit of adventure is
obviously rife. And such a group of schemes about us
might excite apprehension, if the resolutions adopted. in
the last session of Parliament, on the recommendation
of Mr. Cardwell's committee, did not induce the con-
fident belief that the Legislature will hereafter so
direct all further outlay in railway construction, as to
maintain a due regard to existing railway interests in
connection with the convenience odistrictaa hithertolt
imperfectly supplied with railway ace
may, however,, be the duty of the dtiodirectorso
tone.ntei
more fully upon this subject as the session ap-
proaches. Whilst experience suggests extreme caution
against encumbering the company with -unre'une.
rating branch lines, yet it becomes most in
to discriminate what is eligible to pro
tect ..ind advance its interests. A general ref i
joi
do anyilhing would reject the consideration
thee"'' what
end might prove to be highly conducive !
pany's welfare, and intimately connected
h discrimina-
-1 tenance of its property: The exercise oft:
i r for the utmost
awcitnemairk.
tion and judgmeot is at this moms ril.%
care. On the 15th I.`.l.ov..embe,_ vr',,lrBtiii-letiint
ldiinreecfrtozsieecwolins:
Lewis-
mended the extension or the '' -it; arrangement with the
ham to Bromley and CroYL:°"' necessity of that exten-
Brighton Company, and thy, upon attention. The
sion to Bromley flow pour ,c,lnsideration in the
directors recommend
present session estinoted to cost
line from.' Lewisham to
'a brat ch
Bromley, six mil:smiles, if made, will afford acco-
-length,
136,000/. The" s root and growing building _district,
modation.tieansitimtoP°._v„-Lese who are anxious to extend
,and _n.wilitArv—fertber railway construction in Kent, ibo
immediately of combining their extensions with the
opportu—t; system to Tonbridge or Maidstone, or
South-Eas
pointed out in their schemes,
any other.
placesithemselves of the existing termini of the
end to avail e
sou 1-
-1
0 Eastern Ranway. The question for your comb-
deration is, whether such extension to Bromley will be
remunerative,
tire or at the least attended with no loss, and
satisfy the interests requiring it. The bestinquiries and
ormation establish that it will be beneficial, and will
give satisfaction to a, district populous and increasing,
whose demand for railway accommodation is pressing and
influential. The directors have ventured to give preliini-
nary notice for this measure, and for power to issue theue
stock required to construct the Strood and Maidstone
line, on terms which will prove more beneficial to the pro-
prietors than those conferred by the present act for
making that line, and to enable the conversion of the
whole of the bond debt of the company
a into capital on bet-
ternd which
terms than is now possible,would add to
the value of a preference stock if created, The directors
wish to remind you that, in the proposed plan of last
year for making the Lewisham and Bromley line,
with an extension to Croydon, on joint account with the
Brighton Company, the cost would
The extension to Croydon would
have
been3l2loil,Oesoo:n.
length, and it was proposed
on that occasion to have
'widened a portion of the existing line on the London side
of Lewisham viaduct for the mutual advantage of both
companies, and those works would have cost 104,00 i.