The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

PRETTY CERTAIN.

1. Magdeburg to Oschersleben, about 6i German
miles ; cost computed at 1,700,000 rixdollars. Company
already formed, and shares taken.
2. Oschersleben to Wolfenbuttel, about 64 German
miles long. To be built at the expense of the Brunswick
Government ; will cost the same as the former.

3. Breslau and Freiburg Railway, with side-line to
Schweidnitz, 81 miles long ; will cost 2,000,000 rix-
dollars.

4. Rhine and Weser Railway, from Deutz (near Cc-
logne), by Elberfeld, Westhofen, and Ham, to Minden,
will most likely be built, as it is a highly necessary one;
will be 34 German miles long, and may cost about
6,120,000 rixdollars.

5. Bonn and Cologne Railway, 4 miles long, will cost
750,000 rixdollars ; has already gained the permission
of the Government.

6. Nuremberg to Bamberg and Hof on the frontier
continued ; one of the Saxon and Bavarian lines. The
expense of this line, which will be about 20 German
miles long, is computed at 4,667,000 rixdollars. The
part from Nuremberg to Bamberg is 7 German miles
long, and will cost 1,226,000 rixdollars.
7. Frankfort, Darmstadt, and Manheim, will be built
at a cost of 2,880,000 rixdollars ; will be 8i miles long.
8. Chemnitz and Zwickau will join the side-line of the
Bavarian and Saxon Railway, which is about 6 German
miles long, and cost 1,400,000 rixdollars. A part of the
Company wish to build it as far as Riese, which will cost
in all 3,500,000 rixdollars, and be 15 German miles long.
9. Brunswick and Hanover Railway to Minden.—
This forms a part of the grand line from Magdeburg to
Minden. A treaty is already made between the various
Governments through which it passes for its erection.
The divisions to Magdeburg, Oschersleben, and Wolfen-
buttel are already mentioned. The Hanover division
will be 17 miles long, and cost 3,230,000 rixdollars.
Uncertain whether the Government of Hanover will
build it or a private company.
10. The railway from Altona to Kiel appears to be the
most likely for the joining of the North Sea with the
Baltic ; it will also be the most profitable line. A
company already is formed and privileged. It will bo
13 German miles long, and the cost is computed at
2,794,000 rixdollars.

The line mentioned in this division will have a gross
length of 124 German miles, and the cost in round num-
bers will be 27,240,000 rixdollars.

111. RAILWAYS WHICH ARE SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED,
ALTHOUGH NO COMPANIES HAVB BEEN FORMED, AND
THERE IS NO CERTAINTY AT PRESENT ON THE SUBJECT.
(Herein are mentioned only the greater and national
undertakings.]
1. Dresden, Bautzen, Lobau, Gorlitz, and Liegnitz, to
Breslau, 33 German miles.
2. Frankfort-on-the-Oder to Breslau, 32 German miles
long.
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3. Augsburg, by Donauwortb, to Nuremberg (pretty
certain), 17 German miles.
4. Augsburg to Lindau, 18 German miles.
5. Munich to Salzburg, 17 German miles.
6. Dresden to Prague, 20 German miles.
7. Itirlin to Bergerdorf, 30 German miles.
8. iVismar and Schwerin to Boitzenburg, 12 German
miles.

9. Vienna, by Schlotswein, Gratz, Laybach, Podlige,
Loitzeh, Adelburg, Prewald, St. Veit, Montfalconc, and
Duino, to Trieste, 80 German miles.
10. Frankfort, by Friedberg, Giessen, and Marberg.
to Cassel, 21 German miles.
11. Cassell, by Ilulhausen, to Halle, 26 German miles
(or by way of Eisenach, Gotha, and Erfurth).
12. Cassel, by Carlshaven, Litstadt, to Hamm, 18
German miles.
13. Heilbronn, by Stutgard, to Ulm, 16 German miles.
14. Ulm, through the Illenthal,. to Leutkirch, thence
by Wagen to Friederickshaven, 14 German miles. This
division comprises 363 German miles of railway, the cost
of which would probably be about 80,586,000 rixdollars.
N.B. A German mile may be• considered equal to 41
English.

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