The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

GROUP XII.

TiP Co:mnittee, conist nig the 11.. n. Mr. Ltseelle,,, Si:
Wonmn Aounrai Si!. J.,;:t liUta., and
Mr. Stinley. re-usse,nblett 11.0... No. 43.

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Mr. Beetou, io.ch ly,oprietor. Bur% ; .'lr. Alz.in'yre, g- ,ver-
no • or the gaol; Mr. Jeretwirli Gluier, it inlio..ge •.
I),•reh.rim ; 11r. isSerry, ; C..1..ne, Aos.to, a d lie
314•qui.s ot w:rs alt Ltecal.ll;y in f • vour id.' toe
,clientes prom ,ted uy the enestet turd and N,wmarliet Cum.
pa ty. The teehl; of the, country g,nt-ratty was in their fa-
vour, and the traffic was amply sufficient to warrant their
construction.

Mr. Peter Clark had great experience in the management
of railwa.s. He did not cansider mat the nescent o: I in 60
oa the proposed Bury and !pa Alen line iuto the line at New-
m trket was a favourable feature. and sooner or later ne con-
sidered that dangers might arise.
Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Fie was now engaged on
the Brighton Railway, and they had an hicline at 6tuaeharn
Witart of t in 20. The.), did net kill a certain number of
persans per day there, as on that portion they did not convey
passengers, and the carriages write not ai5,,1,1 by focotnutive
power. Pernaps there would be no hanger on the incline of
lin6o it proper ca-e were taken. lie should not hesitate to
trust his own life upon it.
Mr. Borthtvick, C.E., had laid out the Newmarket and
(7h eqerforil linti i, iii conjunction with Mr. R. Stephenson, and
with the sanction of the Jockey Club. Ou leaving Newmar-
ket they had a tunnel of about 1,500 yards, but it was easy
of construction, as the excavations were through a chalk
formatioa. The grauien:s were very fair, certainly not dilit
cult. The estimated cost of construction from lieuttord to
Thetford was 425,0001., but from this was to be deducted
165,000/., the proportion to be furnisheit by the other lines.
The branch to Ely was estimated at 160,425/.
Cross-iixantimd by Mr. !kali.ll—tie had nearly 700,000
yards of earth to remove before reaching the Wilde),
180,000 of which wculd be required for embankment', and
the remainder would•be used in screening the racing ground
and in spoil. He would require for the spoil front titer to to
twenty acres of The expense therefore would be, be-
fore commencing the tunnel, 2:,,590/., whiten, wnn
for the construction of the tunnel. %void," oe near 90,0„01.
Mr. R. Stephenson, C.E., coesidered that this %Naas tirtit liteo
line, in order to sup ly the wants of the district. Ile
considered tbat the descending gradient of one in
sixty, at the Newmarket station, was most objectionable, and
he would no:, in any werks of his wish to introduce it. The
London and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, was not
a parallel case. for there they hart a flat of a full half- mile, and
as a further ch,ck, there was an ascending gradient of 1 in
132, Ile thought that the expense which would be incurred
on the line would be fully justified for the purpose of getting
rid of the lin 60 gradient. There would he no difficulty in
working the Kentford station for three lines. The tiling
was done every day at Derby.
The Committee z:,..jouriled till to-morrow.