The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

WORCESTER LINES.

WORCESTER, TLYEFDAY EVENING.—Today a special meet
ing of the Town Council of Worcester has been held at the
Guildhall, for the purpose of sending an answer to the several
notices referring to new railways proposed to come into this
city. The following is a correct list of the schemes in respect
of which notices had been served on the Town Clerk on behalf
of the Corporation :
Welsh Midland--A line of railway from Worcester to the
South Wales mineral district.
Worcester and South Wales Junction—For a partially
competing line to the Welsh Midland line, extending from
orcester to the South Wales line, somewhere in Hereford-
shire or Monmouthshire.
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester—For a line between these
towns.
Worcester, Tenbury. and Lincoln—A line partially com-
peting with the Worcester and Porthdynllaen.
Warwick and Worcester—A competing line with the Rug-
by, Warwick, and Worcester.
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby—A competing line to the
last named and to the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester.
Worcester and Leominster—A line between Worcester and
Leominster, by way of Bromyard.
The above projects came on for discussion in the order in
which they are arranged above, the first being the
WELSH MIDLAND.
The Town Clerk (J. HILL, Esq.), producing several notices
which he had received from this Company, observed that
they proposed to bring their line across Foregate-street,
which would spoil one of their best streets; to annihilate the
new cattle-market, which had been constructed within the
last six years at an enormous expense, and to cut up San-
some Walk (a favourite public promenade), by a cutting pine
feet in depth.
Mr. Halinowsnrry said the line would also annihilate
all the literary institutions of the city, via., the Natural
History Society, the City and Comity Library, and the Lite-
rary and Scientific Institution.
Mr. J. N. SEA (Vice-Chairman of the Severn Commission)
thought there were sufficient grounds for giving a dissent to
the scheme, even if no other could be advanced. But there
were other objections to this scheme, which he would advert
to if the Council were not satisfied of the importance of those
already. represented. As the Council, however, did not seem
to require any additional stimulus for objecting to the scheme,
he would at once move that the Town Clerk be instructed to
dissent to the Welsh Midland Railway.
Mr. ELGIE (Sheriff of Worcester) seconded the motion for
dissent, which was carried unanimously.
WORCESTER AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION.
In respect of this scheme the Town Clerk said he had r.!-
ceived ten notices, from which it appeared that this line was
intended to cross a piece of ground common to the freemen of
the city, called Pitchcroft, and which was used as the Wor-
cester race-course. This would be intersected by an em-
bankment 37 feet in height, and an embankment of 28 feet
would cut across certain charity property near the same em-
bankment, continued at an elevation of 20 feet, passing over
Foregate•street, and continuing across the Sansome Walk.
promenade.
This scheme was more strongly objected to than the Welsh
Midland, and the dissent of the Council was at once placed
against the scheme.
RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER.
This line was explained by Mr. Sheriff DAM (who is also
one of the solicitors to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway Company) to be one of a class of railway
schemes which would compete with the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton line.
The Council, after some discussion, agreed to take a neutral
part with regard to this projected line of railway, and the
Town Clerk was instructed to reply accordingly.
WORCESTER, TENBURY, AND LUDLOW.
The Town Clerk described the course of this line on en-
tering Worcester, as passing across the race-course by an
embankment of twenty feet, and touching upon property be-
longing to the Corporation on the banks of the Severn.
A motion for remaining neutral with respect to this line
was agreed to, the seconder arguing that this was a com-
Lting line with the Wore( star and Porthdynnlaen, as far as
udlow. This line of the Worcester and Porthdynnlaen,
which did not touch upon any property of value in Wor-
cester, was calculated to benefit Worcester more than any
line yet projected, and ought therefore to receive the cordial
support of its inhabitants.
WARWICK AND WORCESTER.
This line was described as infringing upon the Corporation
property only in a slight degree. The town clerk was in-
structed to represent the Council as neutral.
WORCESTER, WARWICK, AND RUGBY.
In respect of this line also, the Town Clerk was instructed
to return the Council as neutral. The coarse as laid out does
not touch upon any publicproperty, though some of the charity
property comes within the limits of deviation. The three
last named are competing projects.
WOIRCESTER AND LEOMINSTER.
Councillor CRANE having observed that this was a scheme
totally uncalled for by the wants of the district,
Mr. J. W. LEA took occasion to observe that it had been
originated at the earnest request of the most influential per-
sons resident on the line between Worcester and Leominster.
It was intended to be brought in connexion with the Wor-
cester, Warwick, and Rugby, which would be a valuable
feeder at one ern' of the line, while the South Wales line
must very greatly contribute to its traffic at the other end.
The line would also come into Worcester without interfering
with any property of value. In reply to a question put by
one of the Council, Mr. Lea stated that this line was never
intended to be connected with the Welsh Midland line,
though it would be with the Great Eastern and Western.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.
WORCESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT.—In the course of the pro-
ceedings of a special meeting. held here to-day, of the Wor-
cester Town Council, on the subject of the proposed lines to
come into this city, some observations were made on the de-
lay in commencing the works of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhamptoa Railway.

One of the Town Councillors remarked that a rumour had
been pretty freely circulated, to the effect that the works
never would be begun ; on which -
Mr. Er GIE (one of the solicitors to the Company) observed
that the works had actually been commenced, and that the
principal works had been staked out.
The subject of the Worcester station was also adverted to,
and Alderman EVANS took the opportunity of informing the
local solicitors (both of whom were present at the meeting)
that the citizens of Worcester were deeply anxious to have
a good approach to the station, and to have the station con
veniently situate.