The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-28 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY AND
BIRMINGHAM, AND SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER
RAILWAY COMCANIES.

(To provide for the Transmission, Management, Direction, and
Apportionment of Traffic.)

NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN, That application is In-
tended to be made to Parliament in the next Session, for an
act to enable the Great Western Railway Company, the Shrews.
bury and Chester Railway Company, and the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham Railway Company, or any two of them, until such
companies shall become united and amrigamated Into one company
under the authority of Parliament, to make, and enter into, and
carry into effect such contracts or arrangements, on such terms and
conditions, and subject to such restrictions. as may be or may have
been mutually agreed upon by or on behalf of such companies re-
spectively, or as may be fixed, ascertained, and determined by the
said intended act, with reference to the conduct, management, inter-
change, and direction of tha traffic, or part thereof, upon their re-
spective railways or any part thereof, and the division and appor-
tionment of such traffic, and the tolls, rates, and charges arising there-
from, between and amongst such respective companies ; and for
enabling them to appoint aloint commit; ee for carrying into effect any
such contracts or arrangements, and to exercise, by mean • of suchjoint
committee or otherwise, such of the rights, powers, and Privileges,
whether with reference to the levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or
otherwise, now vested in or belonging to such companies respnecessa ry
ectively.
be
and all such other rights, powers, and privileges, as may
or expedient for more effectually carrying into effect say such con-
tracts or arrangements :
And provision will also be made In the said intended act for requir-
and Chester
ing the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and ShrewsbrlfY
n and along
Railway Companies, respectively, to grant all proper }nn
reasonable
facilities for the transmission of and to transmit 111,0
their respective railways, or any part thereof, all traffic which,
having passed over the Great Western Railway or anY Part thereof,
may be tendered to them respectively for transmission along their
own railways or any part thereof, or which may be tendered to
them for transmission along their own railways or any part thereof,
for the purpose of being afterwards conveyed on and along the Great
Western Railway or any part thereof, upon and subject to such rules
and regulations, and upon payment of such tolls, rates, and charges,
as shall in case of disagreement be settled by arbitration or other-
wise, or as may be fixed and determined in and by the said in-
tended act.
And it is also proposed, for the several purposes aforesaid, to alter,
amend, and extend, if need be, all or some of the powers and pro-
visions of the several acts following or some of them, directly or Indi-
rectly relating to or affecting the Great Western Railway Company :
(that is to say) Local and Personal Acts, 5 & 6 William IV., cap. 107;
6 William IV., caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79; 1 Victoria, caps. 91 and 92
(1837), and 24 and 26 (1838); 2 Victoria, cap. 27; 3 Victoria, cap.
47 ; 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 105 ; 4 and 5 Victoria, cap. 41 ; 5
Victoria, Sess. 2, cap. 28 ; 6 Victoria, cap. 10 ; 7 Vic-
toria, cap. 3; 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. gg ; 8 and 9 Victoria,
caps. 40, 53, 155, 156, 184, 188, 190, and 191 ; 9 Victoria
cap. 14; 9 and 10 Victoria, caps. 166, 181, 236, 239, 248, 278, 313,
315, 338, 337, 318, 369, and 402 ; 10 and 11 Victoria, caps. 60, 72,
76, 91, 101, 109, 149, 154, 226, and 442 ; 11 and 12 Vic-
toria, caps. 28, 59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131, 133. 115, 158, and 159 ;
13 Victoria, caps. 6 and 7 ; 13 and 14 Victoria, caps. 44, 98, and
110 ; 14 and 15 Victoria, caps. 48 and 81 • 15 and 16 Victoria, caps.
125, 133, 140, 145, 147, and 168; aad 16 and 17 Victoria, caps. 121,
153, 175, and 212 :
Also, the acts relating to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Rail-
way Company: (that is to say) Local and Personal Acts, 9 and 10
Victoria, caps. 307 and 308; 10 and 11 Victoria, cap. 80; 12 and 13
Victoria, cap. 85; and 15 and 16 Victoria, cap. 165 :
Also, the acts relating to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Company, : (that is to say) Local and Personal Acts, 7 & 8 Victoria,
cap. 99; 8& 9 Victoria, Caps. 42& 115; 9& 10 Victoria, caps. 250,
251, 274, & 275 ; 10 & 11 Victoria, cap 141; 12 & 13 Victoria, cap.
55 ; 14 & 15 Victoria, cap. 131 ; and 15 Sc 16 Victoria, cap. 146 :
And Notice is hereby further Given, That on or before the 31st
day of December next, printed copies of the intended bill will be de-
posited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons.
Dated this tenth day of November, 1853.
W. 0. & W. HUNT.
R. &. W. G. ROY.
W. H. BROWN.
LORDALE & PEELE.