The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

CLITHEROE =NOTION

was continued. The first witness called was
Mr. Leach, a cotton spinner, at Enfield, and also at a place
near Clitheroe, and a land-agent at those places. He said that
nearly one thousand hands were employed on his mills
at Enfield. It would be a great advantage to the people of Clitheroe,
&c., to have a line from Accrington, through Clitheroe, Long Pres-
ton, &c., to Settle. • lime was used very extensively as ma-
nure, and would be used much more extensively if a
better communication was obtained. At present it could
only be used whets obtained from places near those where
it was to be used, as it would be unprofitable to lay it
down as manure at a greater cost than Is. per load.
Settle would derive great benefit from this line, perhaps more than
any other place on the line, as it was farthest from the coal districts,
and very much required communication with them.
A desultory conversation here arose as to Mr. Taylor's property,
in the course of which Mr. Merrivale said that no sum of money
could compensate his client for the injury to his pro-
perty, and Mr. Brentd said that he would be ready to
adopt any proposition made on the part of Mr. Taylor, by which the
injury to his property would be avoided.
Mr. IlgunivaLE knew of no manner in which the injury
could be avoided, except by the line passing under the
property in a tunnel, which his client would, he bad been instructed,
most readily assent to. However, he had no doubt, if the mischief
could be obviated in any way, Mr. Taylor would withdraw his opposi-
tion.

Mr. BRENTD proposed a consultation between Mr. Taylor's en-
gineer, and the engineer to the line. If this proposition were ac-
cepted, and any mode devised by which the injury to Mr. Taylor's
park could be obviated, It would readily be adopted.
Mr. MEREWETRER and Mr. CALVERT, on the part of the Black-
burn, Clitheroe, and North-Western Railway, were quite willing that
the engineer to their line should also consult with Mr. Taylor's en-
gineer, and with the engineer to the Clitheroe Junction line.
It was ultimately arranged that the three engineers, viz.,
of :the Clitheroe Junction, of the Blackburn and Clitheroe,
and of the petitioner ; should meet and consult, and en•
deavour to devise a line that would avoid the injury
to the property. That whatever mode of passing his property they
should fix upon should be adopted, and that whatever Bill the
Committee approved of in other respects, Mr. Taylor's
property should be passed in the manner agreed upon, so that
this would become a question of which, railway shall do—not how
shall it he done.
Mr. Thomas Burdy, of Stackhouse, a banker at Settle, and a direr.
tor of this line, gave similar evidence as to the cattle traffic, and also
the traffic in coal and in freestone. He was cross• examined by Mr.
MERSWETHER.
Mr. Higley, a mineral agent, gave evidence as to the probable
coal traffic. He had made calculations as to the probable
saving to the people of Settle that would be made by
the superior accommodation which would be afforded by the pro-
posed line, which calculations were founded on the following data :
The ordinary price of coal at Settle was ifs. per ton. By the pro-
posed line it would be reduced to Bs. He supposed that two tons per
head per annum were used by the whole population, and as the popu-
lation amounted to 52,000, the saving, at 3s. per ton, would amount to
15,600 i. per annum.
Mr. Townley, a gentleman having a seat within a mile and a half
of Burnley, gave general evidence.
Mr. Haewin the► said, that lie would not call any further evi-
deuce, but would proceed to call witnesses as to the amount of traffic
between certain places on the line of the Blackburn and Clitheroe
Rail way.