The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-19 00:00:00

NORTH Mr.NT LINE.

The station at 'Rochester would be more conveniently situated for
Rochester and Chatham than the South-Eastern station, both for
passengers going to Stroud as well as to London. At Chatham he
proposed to extend the area of the quays, and to pass on a level With
them. Front Chatham the line ran on to Sittingbounte, anti Passed
under the military grounds, citadels, gun-wharfs, and fortifications
of Chathamby means of a tunnel of 1,000 yards in length; while this
portion of the South-Eastern line was precisely the same as his own
of last year. Between Chatham and Sittingbotime the South-
Eastern line was two miles longer. From Sittingbourne there
will be a branch to Sheerness of seven miles in length.
From Sittingbourne the main line passed on to Faversham, with an
alternative line to pass through or Avoid the 'town, and then pro-
ceeded direct to Canterbury, passing under Boughton-hill, of 1,500
yards in length; and aprons the , Margate 'branch of
TTaisma toile andthr
throughout
half,ou tlonognelry.
eiorn.leine from Canterbury to Deal,
the Soutli-Eastern Company, a little: below Ilambledoun-hill.
From Canterbury, leaving the station ,at Nuttnery-lields, the line
passed under the Doveteroad, and in .t-he Built valley beyond that
road the line forked off, one branch going to Deal, and the other to
Dover, and also near to a station.
Dover. The distance of the line from Canterbury to Dover was
was
at
the road, the other
across
distance 'would be 74 and the
Canterbury, where
London-bridge would be
linesixteene.l.,,,aiitke,.
hij,ceebj:twer,to:i:lout
ansgts.
eliti:ti:).le.e,ti,
e(t;:i
Iti:',ltort,
imlbn:iientb.
Canterburyl
gSs43obuut
et
ri lhriu-oitul Companyha,
er,ihs:
tsth. 7
nebooptnor
10,w1
oi:
di
lventis g e
to
Dover
Was
73
miles.
The
own. His
thei-s whole the lines of the eotwilnline would ol
72
eo miles. Measuting
estimate, including everything,
aboutidsri(so, :' :
tc..7.Etei7t,'
while the distance from London to Deal would
• rloo-brkDefeight or nine miles longer by the South-
be. from Wate
was 3,750,0001. Taking the whole of the lines of the North Kent
arios
tlfevortainhut,eesersl;Sooswo,u2rtitohia-odEl:litk
) Company,: t t s t e r
South-
Easternn li
estimate was nearly the same,
namely, from 32,.
This 10'33,000/. per mile.
This closed the examination in chief of 31r. Vignolles.
It was understood, hoe ever, that the parties were to exchange
detailed accounts of the estimates of each project.
The witness was then cross-examined by , a
inititt:htteli'leal enTtrbeyrge prig
tat °a:l:a:nip ri e e o r
fir. nIISTIN, on behalf
of the South-Eastern Company. The scheme he had iu view from
aTithe was
s scheme before Perna-
-1839 to 1842, was a line from the Greenwich Railway to Chatham,
and in 1e43 he proposed to extend the line to Margate, and in 1844,
a
proposed to carry on
t
rtyheto
ment was for a lime to Canterbury,
same time
avoiding the Brighton, and going
by way of Chatham. The original project was a line to Dover, but the
the line
branch
tt iio roCuhgaht hcatTi .
plans were tioC f
ready for pushing it thus a Ir. h
...Le project was Opposed
by the atmliSperic Company, who contended that there was no traffic
along the, district, and Parliament negatived the Bill. The North
Kent,Coinpany come new for the first time fora Bill to make a line
Canterbury
10 DoVer. The Bill is for making a line from Union-street to Dover.
were •Wle Peaty of room on the Borough side of Southwark-bridge,
t on the other side room was restricted, 0i,,,, ,-,
e 4 wueen-street was an
exceedingly narrow and inconvenient thordighfare. Union-street
was about 600 yards from the Greenwich station at London-bridge.
The latter point WAS nearer to the Royal Exchange by 300 yards
than the former. The area of the station ht Union-street was con-
siderably larger than the station at London-bridge. The short branch
for connecting the line with the South- Western Extension at the point
of intersection was 14 or 15 feet above the South-Western Extension,
but this difficulty was overcome by a short course within the limits
of deviation, and the junction was effected tr.
0 a gentle inclination.
The line was about 10 or 12 eLnitis radius. The gradient was 1 in
200. The junction would be boned at Ewer-street. The great ob-
ject now was to get an easterly and westerly terminus in the metro-
polis. The line would he UNA a viaduct as far as Peckham, and to
the )tuntion beyond:few-cress with the Croydon line the distance