The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-23 00:00:00

GROUP MX

This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Sotheron in the
chair.

LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN.

Evidence on behalf of this line was resumed,

Mr. Scott, traffic-taker, was examined at great length as to the
traffic he estimated to go along the line. His total calculation of
gross traffic was 130,585/. -Imong the items, in addition to the large
one for road passengers, he calculated that one-third of the Great
Western passengers from the Househill and Southall stations would
take this line ; that 4,9971. would be realised from passengers that
now went by water ; and that 2,6001. would be got from Egham and
Ascot races. Deducting 40 per cent. for working expenses, there
would remain a net receipt of 78,7361., or 11 per cent. on the whole
capital embarked.
The witness was cross-examined at great length on the part of the
Great Western Company, but nothing was elicited materially to alter
his examination in chief.
Captain Moorsom, civil engineer, deposed as to the engineering
character of the scheme. The line was almost a perfect 1 n'el, and
of the most favourable engineering character. The whole expense
of its construction he set down, if with an embankment and retain-
ing wall, 485,0001. ; and if with a brick viaduct, 535,0J0/.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XXII.
WAVENEY VALLEY.
This Committee met as usual. Sir G. Grey, chairman.
Mr. MURRAY opened the case at considerable length for several
landowners who were opposing this line.
Several landowners were examined as to the Injury caused by the
railway passing through their property.
IPSWICH, NORWICH, AND YARMOUTH.
This case was opened on behalf of the promoters by Mr. Harrison.
The first witness who was called was _ _ .

The Earl of Stradbroke, who gave evidence of a favourable nature
with regard to the line, and also of the benefit it would afford to the
district through which the line passed.
The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday.

GROUP XXVI.
SOUTH ESSEX.

The Committee assembled at twelve o'clock to-day, Mr. M. O'Con-
nell in the chair, when the rebutting evidence of the North Graves-
end Company against this line was taken, and occupied the greater
part of the day. The chief witness examined was Mr. Bidder, the
engineer, who deposed as to the great ingress of cattle from Norfolk
and Lincolnshire. According to this gentleman's evidence, the
traffic on the South Essex line would be reduced from 48,000/. to
under 30,0001. ; there would be a saving, he allowed, of a mile and a
half in distance, but there would be three junctions on the line, on
one of which there would be a delay of five or six minutes set
against the saving of three minutes' in the distance. The delay
would be at Tilbury, where the Gravesend traffic would be of value.
This traffic, bowevar, would be interfered with only to the ex tent of
the difference of cohesion between the South Essex and the Graves-
end carriage of goods and passengers.
A long cross-examination then ensued, the result of which was to
show that the agricultural traffic was great, and that if the whole of
the traffic were obtained, as was anticipated by the promot.,:rs, one
line into London would not be sufficient. This he thought idle, and
had estimated the traffic as if it entered London, and did no: stop at
the intermediate stations.

The Committee then adjourned until half past eleven on Monday.

GROUP XXXI.
SOUTH WALES.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)!

Mr. COOKE followed on behalf of Mr. Hoskins, M.P., and
entered at great length into the present communication, and
the whole district proposed to be traversed, and held that
the proposed line was not demanded by its requirements.
That district required direct communication from the
pits to those places where the coal was greatly in demand. The
line would not effect this as it was indirect, and as the Forest of
Dean Railway carried coals from the pits towards the north of the
Berkeley canal to Gloucester, and he called upon the Committee to
reject the preamble of the Bill.
The Committee then adjourned until Monday.