The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

EASTERN COUNTIES (SPALDTNG TO

NEWARK).

The Committee on this group—Mr. T. D. Acland in the
chair, with Sir Ratph Lopes, Captain Harris, the Earl of
March, ar.d Lord Edwin Hill—met this morning, at eleven
o'clock.

Mr. Borthwick, the engineer of the line, stated the several
circumstances of gradient, curve, and direction.
Mr. PAGFAr cross-examined on the part of the Duke of
Newcastle, to show that the course Which it was intended to
pursue in crossing the Trent above Newark, would be inju-
rious to his property and to the town. A provision had been
made for building the bridge square to the Trent, which at
that place bore all the trade of the river. Instead, however,
of building a bridge of 30 feet, which would give an oblique
of 22 feet, he had adopted an oblique bridge, with a span of
90 feet, and an oblique of 135.
To the CHAIR3IAN, Mr. HILDYARD, who appears for the
Eastern Counties Company, replied that the Admiralty
had given a conditional consent, with which he at the proper
time would show that the company were prepared to
comply.
To kr. ADAMS, the witness replied that the river Trent
was subject to considerable floodings, which would occasion a
I rise of four or five feet, but he could give no definite inforn.a-
tion on the subject. lie was only satisfied that the access
of water would not block up the_ bridge which
he had designed. There was a bridge about
a hundred yards below his own, and a lock
called the Nether Lock about ; a mile and a half
below, the walls of which were about three feet above high-
water. His own bridge would•be eleven feet above the lock-
wall, that would be 14 feet 6 above the ordinary level of the
water. The height of the rail would be ten feet six inches.
There were to be five arches of 30 feet span, and seven feet
six inches high. The Devon, which is merely a brook,
joined the navigable cut of the Trent, about a furlong above
the bridge by which he meant to cross • the river, but the
clauses proposed to be inserted in Committee by the Eastern
Counties Company fully explained the alteration which he
designed.
To the Earl of MAecu, the witness said that he relied
on the good sense of the Admiralty to suffer the alteration
which he had designed.
To the CHAIRMAN, he replied that he could effect this
alteration within the limits of deviation, and in fact would
give nicety feet instead of thirty feet on the square.
Mr. Smyth put in a section to show how the alteration
might be accomplished. There would be one tunnel,
which would be aproached by a cutting of sixty
feet in depth. The other cuttings would vary from
twelve to forty-three feet. There were several gra-
dients, varying from 1 in 100 to 1 in 132, and, practi-
cally,ihe difference of power required to overcome gradients
of lin 100 and lin 200 was two-thirds. With respect to
stations, he believed that after the contest was over, there
would be a variety of interests, and the Eastern Counties
line crossed the Great Northern near enough at Spald-
ing to come into a common station. They crossed the
Ambergate line at. Sleaford, where the same convenience
might be obtained. The total estimate is 620,0001., the
real expense of the road being 580,0001., leaving a margin
of 40,0001., which he deemed to be quite sufficient for
stations and other contingencies. The earthworks would be
115.000/. ; the tunnelling 55,0001., at 601. a yard ; the
masonry for bridges and culverts, 42,0001.; the permanent
way, 215,000/. ; level crossings, 40,0004 ; maintenance of
Permanent way for one year, 9,0001.; purchase of land,
54,0004 and contingencies, 40,000/, and he had then a
al-
though, further margin of 40,000/. In audition to this, there was a
tPowerover
to borrow 217,0001. There would be several bridges, and
possibly
if alteration were made which he designed, it
vlertle Trent at Newark he laid at 10,0001. more, al-
TcoX
thee3,oool. or 4,0001. more, but this was
provided forn
might
allowed for contingencies. They
intended to pass
two miles and a furlonGg Northern line at the distance of
instructions to the langveelXth of Newark. He had given no
come
eueers to take the land required for
estiniateut of the contingencies. For
stations; that was to co
land for the t
was about 1,000/ a mile, but
, whiche ations.
land and stations the
included the land
The Great I
this was exclusive of the la
set against the 62,000/.
Northern estimate was 420,000/
ought to be
for the stations, and that was to be
blieeath, I
of his own line.
To the CHAIRMAN'S intimation, that there
some convenience provided for the farmers of Lincoln's
Mr. Bortbwick replied that the station there wou
f the spot where the icottergate-road crosses the line at right.r
roads for
; angles, at about 261/2 miles from Spalding. This he would
do even at the expense of making the necessary
approach.