The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-21 00:00:00

NORTH WALES.

This was a Bill to enable the North Wales Railway Company to
alter the point of junction with the Chester and Holyhead line. The
deviation was necessitated by the alteration of the levels of the latter
line by a recent Act of Parliament.
It was intimated that the opposition had been withdrawn.
3lr. JOSEPH PARKES appeared as agent for the promoters of the
Bill, He explained the object of the Bill, and called one or two wit-
nesses pro forma, and
The Committee passed the 11111 without amendment.
Their Lordships, having now disposed of all the Bills on their list,
rose.

Room No. 5.
SELECT COMMITTEE.

sitzrwELD. ROTHRICABI, BARNSLEY,
vz.a.mErrzmn, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
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This Committee Xe-ailmintleil 'thla imbruing at the usual hour, in
No. 5, Abingeion-street, thflthYt'or Ras:lran- In the-chair.
General etiden.ue-ln Abingdon-street,
al.!' advantages of the line was then
proceeded with. • . - .

agent, who deposed to the great traffic in cosi., minerals, The following gentlemen were - examined:—lfr. w
lan, mineral
Henry Holt. surveyor and mineral agent, 31r. Cordmerrua.x,simeste,re:haanirt.
Barnsley, Mr. Butcher, Mayor of Sheffield,
Sheffield, one of the largest steel manufacturers in England,
and some other gentlemen all of whom deposed to the great advan-
tages of baving a north and south communication, which would be
given by the proposed line, and also to the great accommodation
which it would afford to the traffic of the different townsin the district.
As the evidence was merely a repetition, and that given when the
Bill was before the Commons, and which we ported at length, it is
unnecessary to detail the
adjourned at half-past four o'clock till to-morrow.
The Committee

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP LXVII.
ISOuTHAVESTERN EXTENSION.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. Tite, the architect, was then examined b) Mr. AUsTiti—lle
said he had considerable experience of the value of house-property in
wwhasictlitivreroeufoldrehaere
of the halo' uasends
railway. lie then detailed theit ceursowccle of the line from the ntectbenctdtotgriveedanfoorptihneiott of the valueYork-
roadpurposes the Waterloo-road to London-bridge. s to the south of
near the church, but
without interfering with it. It then passed be'
"back
property" between
eet and
so on to tli
utteatewkil.eeinaXoaatdt:
William-street, and along some
Pratt-
street and Beaufort. street, and
which it crossed near Rowland Chapel, the vestry of
which It woubi touch. It then proceeded in nearly a direct t
the Southwark-bridge-road, and thence by an easy curve to the
station, close to the river side at London-bridge. All the property
Intersected, with the exception of a small portion at Lordon-bridge,
was of an inferior description, the houses being let principally to
weekly tenants, who consisted principally of the poorest classes.
The value of the property and the character of the neighbourhood
would be improved by the line.
Considerable discussion then ensued with respect to whether the
has would or would not interfere with the existing access to the
Borough Market—namely, York-street.
Mr. Annus, on the part of the promoters, suggested in order, to
meet the views of the proprietors of the Borought Market, that
trains should not be allowed to run during the busiest periods of the
market.
The CHAIRMAN considered that this was a fair proposition, and
one which might be secured by a clause. lie advised the parties to
take the matter into their consideration, and state the result to the
Committee to-morrow. •
The examination of Mr. Tite was then continued by Mr. AusTrx—
The whole cost of the line, including arching and a double line of
rail, would be half a million, and was made up of the following
items:—Purchase of property, 337,0t:0/. ; permanent way, 8,872/. ;
land, 338,0001. ; station at London-bridge, 90,2611. The steepest
gradients were 1 in 467 for 16 chains, and one in 6,989 for 60 chains.
There was a curve at the junction with the Metrepolitati Exten-
sion of a radius of twenty-four chains for thirty chains, another

some distance on of thirty-six chains f.,r twelve chains; at th a
Blackfriars-road, a curve of 34 chains for ft chains, at Southwark-
street, a curve with a radius of 66 challis for a short distance, and
ono at London-bridge of 15 chains for a distance of 22 chains.
In his cross-examinaticn by Mr. CIiAItNOCG, he stated that the
line might be deviated so as to be some distance from
Rowland Hill's Chapel, but he strongly gave it as his opi-
nion that the proximity of the railway would not injure the
foundations of the chapel, and that the noise of the trains
passing to and fro would not be so great as the noise of the omni-
buses and other traffic continually running in the front and on the
south of the edifice. Any deviation would prevent the widening of
York-street. No street of importance was crossed by an arch less
than 18 feet high from Gravel-lane to London-bridge. Three streets,
namely, Park-street, Stoney-street, and another, were crossed by
arches about 16 feet high, but they were not streets of an important
character.
The Committee adjourned until to-morrow.