The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-10 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE SCURRY CORINTHIAN HANDICAP.

Simpleton
Nelly

1
2

Four ran.

SCRAMBLE HANDICAP.

Lord of L0n,...
Schismatic ..
Ambush..

Ten ran.
TYRO STAKES.

Antidote
C by Fugleman.
Weardale
SEFTON HANDICAP.

Tournament 1
Ancient Briton

Seven ran.
HELTER SKELTER STAKES.

Scylla

1

Four ran.

LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
3to 1 agst Blue Jacket (taken)
sto 1 agst Special Licence (taken)
7to 1 agst Underhand (taken)
10 to 1 agst Gorsehill (taken)
10 to 1 agst Medallion (taken)
10 to 1 agst Mitraille (taken)
12 to 1 agst La Maladetta (taken)
20 to 1 agst Commotion (taken)

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, the contractors
for the Victoria-bridge at Montreal belonging to
this company, have progressed during the past
summer at a rate that gives .hopes they may be
able to open it for traffic in October, 1859, in-
stead of on the Ist of January, 1860, in ac-
cordance with the terms of their last contract
with the directors of the company. It is estimated
that if those two or three months can be
pined they will probably make a difference
in the receipts of the company for the
second half-year of 1859 of from £70,000 to £BO,OOO,
inasmuch as the Grand Trunk'system would then
consist of a continuous and unbroken line of railway
communication of nearly 1,200 miles in extent be-
tween Chicago and the other great emporia of the
Western States of America and the Atlantic sea-
board. By means- of this system the immense '
produce of these regions would be conveyed with
the certainty of its reaching its destination, and freed
from those risks which now attend its carriage by
water at the busiest period of the whole year, that
is, the time between harvest and the stoppage by
ice of the great inland navigations. The following
statement will give an idea of the extent of the
operations in progress on the Ist of October last.
There were then employed 3 locomotives, 17 pump-
ing, hoisting, and stationary engines ; 3 rivet-
making machines, 2 riveting machines, 5 steamers,
of 365 collective nominal horse power aid 645 tons
burden, with 56 men for their crews. These steam-
ers are principally employed on the river St. Law-
r2nce and the adjacent lakes, towing 63 barges (of the
united tonnage of 8,436 tons, and with crews of 319
men), which carry the building stone, iron bridge-
work, timber, wood, sand, and other materials
required in the construction of the bridge. Besides
the barges, there are 21 " scows," with a tonnage
of 1,550 tons, which are required for, hoisting tim-
ber, &c., and also 27 ferry and row boats, with
crews of 75 men, which are employed in rafting
timber, conveying iron work, messengers, time-
keepers, foremen, &c. From the foregoing it will
be seen that the total number of craft employed is
116 ; the nominal horse-power 365 ' • the tonnage
(exclusive of that of the ferry and row boats) 10,691 ;
the crews 4;0 men. The num, fr of hands engaged in
the work on Oct. 1 was 3,281, apportioned as fol-
low :—Fitters and smiths, 153 ; riveters and platers,
421 ; carpenters, 280; masons and stonecutters,326 ;
painters, 19 ; labourers, 1,331; raitsmen, 49 ; boys,
75 ; crews of steamers and barges, 450 ; men em-
ployed at the Canada works, Birkenhead, in the
construction of tubes, 477. There were also em-
ployed on the bridge 142 horses. The bridge con-
sists of 23 spans of 142 feet each, and one in the
centre of the river of 330 feet. The spans are
approached on each side of the river by a causeway,
each terminating in an abutment of solid masonry
240 feet long and 90 wide. The causeway from the
north banks is 1,400 feet long, that from the south
bank is 700 feet. The total length of the bridge is
two English miles, less 150 feet.