The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-19 00:00:00

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NASSAU RAILWAY COMPANY.—
Societ4 Anonyme, or Chartered Joint Stock
Company, with liability limited to the amount of share, au-
thorised by decree, and by a special law passed by the Cham-
bers of Nassau.
Capital 1,600,0001., of which 1,001,000/. in Nassau Four
Per Cent. Guaranteed Bonds, and 200,0001. already subscribed
and paid up by the Wiesbaden Railway shareholders,
Share Capital to b• issued, 400,0101,, in 20,001 shares •f
201. each,

DIRECTORS-LOCAL BOARD.
MM. von Roesller, Director •f the Ducal Bank of Nassau.
A. Hergenhahn, Member of the Supreme Court of
Nassau.

C. Grossmann, Ducal Notary, Wiesbaden. -
9, C. Kalk Sohn, Banker, Wiesbaden.
DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND.
Original Directors
Joseph Christopher Ewart, Esq., M.P• of the Wiesba-
Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq. den Company.
William Miller, Esq.
William Nicol, Esq.
Together with a Committee in Paris.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., London.
Messrs. J. I. Weller, Sons, Frankfort.
BROKERS.
Messrs. P. Calenove and Co., Letlibury.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Angol-court.
SECRETARY—W. W. Lander, Esq.
London Agency, 18, Cannon-street (E.C.).
The most important features in this undertaking aro the
fallowing
:
First—That twenty miles of the Railway are already open
for traffic, and eight more are nearly completed.
Second—That about two-thirds of the Company's capital
being provided by the Nassau Government in Four per
Cent, bonds, every one pound per cent. added to the net re-
sults of the traffic above four per cent, will add three per
cent, to the dividend payable on the share capital ; and
Third- That a dividend of at least seven per cent, per an-
num is thus secured to the shareholders during construction.
The Nassau Railways will continie the Frankfort and Wies-
baden and the Wiesbaden and Rudesheim Lines from Rudes-
helm to the frontier of Prussia, opposite Goblentz. As the
Cologne Railway already open to Bonn and Rolandsworth is
being rapidly completed to Coblentz, the line of railway com-
munication between Cologne and Prankfort will thus be com-
pleted by the Nassau Company.
The annual traffic between these two points considerably
exceeds 1,000,000 passengers and 1,000,000 tons of goods.
The concession is for a term of eighty-four years; it in-
cludes a branch line up the Valley of the Lahn, which will
start from Lahnstein on the Rhine, and extend to the eastern
frontier of the Duchy of Nassau, there to meet the Prussian
line from Giessen. The Lahn district is rich in minerals, and
its existing trade is sufficient to supply a large and remunera-
tive traffic to the railway.
The first eight miles of this branch have been nearly com-
pleted (from Lahnstein to Ems) by the Nassau Government,
The Company Is to take possession of these works, and to pay
4 per cent. on the sums expended by the Government, until
repayment.
The Nassau Railway Company becomes pessessed of the line
from Wiesbaden to Rudesheim on the terms accepted by the
general meeting of the former Wisebaden Railway Company,
viz., that those Shareholders of the Wiesbaden Company who
have not exercised the option of exchanging their old 61.
shares for an equivalent amount of Nassau 201. shares, will
receive interest at the rate of 4 per cent. during the constrno•
tion of the works, and 5 per cent. after the opening of the
entire railway for traffic, but will not be entitled to any fur-
ther participation in the profits of the Company.
Shareholders in the Wiesbaden Company to the amount of
abent 40,0001. have elected to exchange their shares for shares
in the Nassau Company.
The Nassau Railways will thus comprise 120 English miles
of railway, consisting of the following sections :
Miles.

1. The Line from Wiesbaden to Rtidesheim,
now open for traffic 2l
2. The Line from Rudesheim along the
Rhine, passing through Lahnstein to the
frontier of Prussia, opposite Coblentz 40
3. The Line from Lahnstein to Ems, nearly
completed S
4. The Line from Eme through the Valley
of the Lahn to the Prussian frontier
toward Gleason 5l

Total l2O miles.
In addition to the assistance afforded by the Guaranteed
Bonds, the Nassau Government has granted many important
advantages to the Company. For twenty-five years the
Railway is released from the payment of any taxes. All
lands belonging to the State, an required for the Railway,
are given gratuitously to the Company, together with the
building materials thereon. Stone, gravel, &c., from the
Government quarries, are also placed at the disposal of the
Company free of charge.
The Rhino Railway will be constructed, liko the Rudes-
beim section, with a single line of way, and with the earth-
works, bridges, &c., ready for a second line, when require I.
The Lahn Rail 'Nay will have only one lino of way, with the
requisite sidings.

The estimates of most competent engineers show a margin
of upwards of 120,0001., after fully providing for all that is
required for opening th• 120 miles of railway for full traffic.
These estimates are confirmed by the tenders of able and
experienced contractors of undoubted solvency, and have
been, moreover, tested and proved by the cost of the works
already executed.
The official traffic tables show that, taking only the present
traffic in the Lahn Valley, and one-fcurth of the traffic along
the Rhine, the receipts of the Nassau Railway Company will
suffice, on this moderate estimate, to secure a dividend of 15
per cent, to the Shareholders, in consequence of the larger
portion of tho capital being supplied in Nassau Government
Guaranteed:Bonds at 4 per cent.
RHINE RAILWAY.
250,000 passengers (being one-fourth of the existing
traffic), at ld. per mile on 60 miles
250,000 tons of goods (being one-fourth of the exist- £62,500
ing traffic), at lid, per mile

156,000

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