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London, England, 1846-07-22 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It was Intimated that the opposition had been withdrawn.
Mr. 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 Bill without amendment.
Their Lordships, having now disposed of all the Bills on their list,
rose.

Room No. b.
SELECT COMMITTEE.

MINEPTZBLD. attrrizzumeays, BARNBLIIT,
WANEPIELD, Hirimmasrxmx.ii, AND
GOOLZ.
This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour, in
No. 5, Abingdon-street, the Earl of Radnor in the chair.
General evidence in proof of the advantages of the line was then
proceeded with.

The following gentlemen were examined :—Mr. Swan, mineral
agent, who deposed to the great traffic in coals, minerals, &C.; Mr,
Henry Bolt. surveyor and mineral agent, Mr. Cordeux, merchant.
Barnsley ; Mr. Butcher, Mayor of Sheffield ; Mr. Jessep, of
Sheffield, one of the largest steel manufacturers in England,
and some other gentlemen, all of whom deposed to the great advan-
tages of having 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 of that given [when the
Bill was before the Commons, and which we reported at lengtb, it
is unnecessary to detail the particulars.
The Committee adjourned at half-past four o'clock till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP LXVII.

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Lord Lincoln
in the chair.

SOUTH-WESTEZN EXTENSION.

Mr. Stovin, traffic-master on the South-Western, was the first wit-
ness called, and gave evidence to show the necessity of extending
the line to Landon-bridge, in order to carry the increasing traffic of
the line to the City, and to intermediate places.
Mr. Gurney was about to call another witness when
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee thought it unne-
cessary to accumulate similar evidence to the above, as they con-
sidered that the advantages of the extension were self-evident. Be-
sides, it was reported in favour of by the Royal Commission, whose
decision was entitled to its consideration. Tie Committee were also
of opinion that it would not do undue injury to the property of those
who opposed or through whose property it would run.
Mr. Gt7RNEY said, after this intimation they would simply call their
engineer and surveyor.
Mr. Tite, the architect, was then examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Tie
said he had considerable experience of the value of house-property in
London, and was therefore competent to give an opinion of the value
of the houses which would have to be destroyed for the purposes of the
railway. Ile then detailed the course of the line from the York-
road to London-bridge. It would pass to the south of
the York-road, cross the Waterloo road near the church, but
without interfering with it. It then passed between John-street and
William-street, and along some " back property" between Pratt-
street and Beaufort- street, and so on to the Blackfriars -road,
which it crossed near Rowland Hill's Chapel, the vestry of
which it would touch. It then proceeded in nearly a direct line to
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 London-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
line would or would not interfere with the existing access to the
Borough Market—namely, York-street.
Mr. ArsTim, 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. He 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. AUSTIN
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, 337,0007. ; permanent way, 8,872/. ;
land, 338,0001. ; station at London-bridge, 90,2611. The steepest
gradients were in 467 for 16 chains, and one in 6,989 for 60 chains.
There was a curve at the junction with the Metropolitan Exten-
sten of a radius of twenty-four chains for thirty chains, another
some distance on of thirty-six chains for twelve chains; at the
Blackfriars-road, a curve of 35 chains for 9 chains, at Southwark-
street, a curve with a radius of 66 challis for a short distance, and
one at London-bridge of 15 chains for a distance of 22 chains.
In his cross-examination by Mr. CHARNoer, 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.