The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-07 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX and SURREY GRAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY. .

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Cap!tal 600,0001., in 20,000 shares of 801. each.
Deposit 3/. I 0 . per share.
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Esq. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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dFrancis Passingham, Eeq.
Hannziel De Castro, Eeq. William Price, Esq.
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_ Ph Dowson, Esq. . William Richardson, Esq. -
Jonathan Hosier Lawson, Esq. John William 'Pottle, Esq.
'n • • , With power to add to their number.
Nu "ANP,Mts—Mcssrs. Williams, Deacon, Labotieherc, and Co.
"!°1"-31 ' tll I_ Holmes,3l, Redford-row, London,
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and Messrs. Everest and Wardroper, Epsom,
ENGI7iEER—CarI Tottte, Esq., C.E.

• Mr. William Hodgson' Secretaries.
Mr. W. Page Smith,
This Benjamin Lumley, Esq., Parliamentary Agent.
18 Undertaking is intended to form a connecting line of railway
rariUntcation between the five great lines of railway at present
urridhg from the metropolis through the counties of Middlesex and
the Bel`' viz.—the Birmingham; the Great Western, the South Western,
righton, and the linas.
Th
thavee,..iinnortance and outlity of a junction of these different lines
he,_ various times engaged public attention. The promoters of
;sent undertaking are convinced that, besides many of the ad-
,alt"ta to be derived than a jimetion in the metropolis, others of
mo:oPertance will be secured by the line now submitted to the
A without demanding a large outlay of capital.
Y of the country within the range of twenty miles of the
ert,,4l^-'usi, lying between the five tines with which it is proposed to
ttatir• Tuttle
a junction, was accordingly made, under the superintendence
; and' the proposeti junction line froni the Harrow
1[14,n, on the Birmingham to tile Mcrtsham Station, on the
,to:611 and Dover lines, crossing the Great Western at or pear
ait einutn, and the South Western, at or near Kingston, was selected
as bracing the more important districts between the two termini,
*torturing the nearest useful points of junction on the great lines,
11,the Advantages of an open and generally cheap country.
gOO-",.Ltost of the line has been carefully revised, and will not exceed
3tr. p.
year 0 are has reported that the revenue will amount to 52,00011. a 6
SrD cent, .verY moderate calculation, yielding a return of pear y
on the capital, allowing 35 per cent. on the receipts for
The orkin
n„..,g•
Wed of construction and of working the 1111 e has will3.e°,l the assumption that steam lo(mnotive power be ern-
the ah_d, but the engineer having examined and tested the power of
,?Theric principle, as applied to locomotion on the KillgStOWTI
the ."`KeY Railway, recommends the adoption of that principle to
eeniTsideration of the shareholders, by which the capital would be
tha erablY reduced, and the working expenses something less
n half.
all
k Filn Particulars of the proposed line were laid before the public
the',,,4,the Past year, and communications have been opened with
r'"dPalinterests in the route with thr most satisfactory results.
Applicationsl,,t for Shares, aceording to the annexed form,' to made
th,„r„„e the 14th of February to the solicitors, or to the Secretaries at
'e, 6, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Man, Jan.' 29, 1844.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
theTß Dated , 1844.
• trovisional Committee of the Middlesex and Surrey Grand
Junction Railway.
realvel`Mell,—l request an allotment of shares in the above
10,undertake, when required, to pay the deposit of
kite • Per share, Lod to sign the Parliamentasy contract and sub-
"' agreement in respect thereof.
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