The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

TON LINE.

Mr. Rastrick, the engineer, whose evidence was commenced
yesterday, was again examined in detail, to explain the
engineering merits of the line.
A discussion arose between Mr. Burke, for the Midland Counties,
and Mr. Sergeant Clark, in support of the Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston Company, in respect to as agreement entered into by the
latter with the former, according to which the Midland Counties
Company were to have the construction of six miles of the line be-
tween Ambergate and Nottingham.
The room was eventually cleared, that the Committee might
deliberate as to whether the Midland Counties were in a position to
put in evidence of that agreement.
On the re-admission of strangers, we understood that the agree-
ment WWI not received, and the Bill was to proceed.
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They next called on the case of the
EAST COAST LINE,
the parties to which were not immediately ready, and some delay
ensued.
At length it was agreed that the East Coast line be postponed, and
that the

NOTTINGHAM, MANSFIELD, AND MID
LAND JUNCTION.
should be taken first to-morrow, the East Coast to be taken next.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XXXVII.
The Committee met at twelve o'clock yesterd
the chair. ay, Lord Seymour in
SHEFFIELD AND MANCHE/M=lC ( Bra
LET JUNCTION). -- —."
The examination was continued of witnesses to show the trffi ,
likely to be made by the accommodation offered by the line passing
over the coal-field, when Messrs. Jeffcock, Brown, and Rhodes gave
evidence similar to what was elicited yesterday.
Mr. Lee, resident engineer on the Sheffield and Manchester, stated
In his examination that the length of the Barnsley branch Was
nearly eleven miles, and that it started from the Sheffield and
Manchester line, 29 miles from Manchester, through a Junction with
the Midland Railway to Barnsley. There were two tunnels 01500 yards,
and 440 yards on this branch, and the gradients were rather steep, being
one in 95 for 814 miles, rising towards Pennystone, there being a
difference of 515 feet in height between the two ends of the line and
overcome in something more than 10 miles; but the natural line of
the country was such that aline to the west could not be laid out with
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more favourable gradients. The estimate was 330,0001. for the whole
expenses of the completion of the line, which he considered would be
valuable as a through line between Manchester and Goole and Hull,
In giving his evidence on the Woraborough branch, Mr. Lee stated
that this was a branch from the Barnsley Junction, nearly 5 miles in
length, terminating at Worsborongh-bridge. The gradients on this
branch would be heavy by going down lower than they did on the
main line, so that there would be a gradient of I in 60 for 3 miles, and I
in 100 for the remainder, and with heavy trains they would require
an assistant engine. There was one tunnel on the line 990 yards
long. The estimate for the branch, including land and all other ex-
penes would be 150,0001. In answer to a question about the ad-
ditional expense of working a line with steep gradients, the witness DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, at half.
stated that on the Sheffield and Manchester line, where there was a past two o'clock, two men were driving a Greenwich Sy over Water
gradient of one in 100, the cost of locomotive power was 6d. per 100-bridge. towards the Strand, when the horse start.d, and threw
running mile, which was one penny less than it was in Lancashire. both the driver and a man riding on the box with him to the ground.
Mr. Locke, the engineer. gave evidence corroborative of the Pre- The driver was not hurt, but his companion was obliged to be taken
vious witness. He hollered that a junction between the Sheftield
and Manchester and the North Midlands would be one of the most to King's College Hospital, with no hope of recovery. The hors.
then darted towards Lancaster•place. where, with the shahs only
important lines in existence of the same length, and that no other
locomotive line would effect this but the line to Barnsley—it town attached,_ to him, he fell against a lamp post, and was left in a dying
state.