The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-09 00:00:00

THAMES EMBANKMENT AND ATMOS
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X-tRIDGE and the BANK, with eat
Blackwall and London-bridge Railways.
Provisionally registered
Temporary o':ces, No. 32, Charing-cross
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80.000 Shares of 251. each
Deposit 1/ 7a. 6(1. per Share.:
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
The Earl of DEVtil, Chairman.
Major JETS SHARP, Deputy Chairman.
Philip Anstrnthcr, Esq.
' • Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P.
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.
William Bickford Collett, Esq., 31. P.
Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart.
' Captain Kelly, 11:N.
Sir William Magnay, Bart and Alderman.
James Matheson, Esq., M.P.
Major. General Sir James Bey nett, K.C.H.
Andrew S'pottiswoode, Esq.
ENGINEER—Thomas Page, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Brici,es and Mason, lied Lion-square.
ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS—Messrs. Fowler and Austin.
the BANKERS.
Bnion Bank of London, 4, Pall-mall East, and .14, Argyll-place
CoMmercial Bank of London, Principal Office, Lothintry.
`..LIAMENTARY AGENTS— Messrs Hugh Innes Cameron and George

to ate, te.,thuti t.

Bain, 18, Parliament street.
SECRETARY, PRO TEM.—E. W. Williams, ESQ.

It ens been fer some time the object of her Majesty's Commis.
jvery of Metropolitan Improvements to carry out the important
sitir,an„ "en Embankment of the Thames, so as to improve the naviga-
iiZe, and, at the same time, provide a splendid drive
Bainadelfrroiarmes..-
bridge7o along the Middlesex shore, from Whitehall-place to
vltle attainment of these great objects has hitherto been impeded by
ul°
es difficulties, and it is now proposed to obviate the most lin-
Felant of them, by the formation of a company to execute Mr.
e,aee's plan of the embankment, being that which was selected by
Skleopolita.n Commissioners, and to combine with it an-Atmos-
Z'clic Railway, from Hungerford-market, or its neighbourhood, to
Ille, '2°114 of London-bridge and the Bank, and from thence to the
riveecrawall Rzilway, ne-ar Fenchurch-street, with a branch across the
statt.n• t,:join the various railways terminating at the London-bridge-
It
effect obvious that this great undertaking cannot be carried into
twit hoot the sanction of the Government and the City authori,
ties, For the purpose of obtaining this the Provisional Directors
been for some time in communication with the Metropolitan
eltlissioners, to whom proposals have been submitted regarding
~,,!exetutien and management of this work for which they have
7Y reason to expect a favourable consideration.
begi4ll? Impressed as the promoters of this scheme were, from the
ole, with the import once of the extensions to the Paackwall
et,,_,endon-bri tee railways, it was not their intention to have pro-
kire, in the first instance, further than the vicinity of London-
itncitge and the Bank ; but they have received such offers of support
aeine°"oneration from many influential parties anxious to promote
.etion with these lines, that they have resolved, after the fullest
ieZ,;(l'ration, to enlarge their original plan, in order to include the
hole ?f these objects ia one complete and comprehensive scheme.
ke7sldering the advantages which must naturally result from con-
lierji'g '4, many railways, viz., the Blackwell, Eastern Counties, and
ta,"„cre and Eastern on the one side, and the Brighton, South
Pd the and Croydon,- on the other, with Charing-cross
Plan e intermediate stations, there is every' reason to expect that a
Pares° comprehensive will receive-the most cordial support from all
Fres interested in these various Hues.
tetir"l, rae community at large the promoters of this scheme rest
claims for support on the following impertant public grounds :
terr.nzhe formation, without expense to the country, of a river-side
equally striking in point of appearance and utility, affording
,mtr,eicitis drive and promenade, available fur the purposes of health
thororcereat:on, and at the same time relieving one of the
.greatest
teat ugleares to the City from part of the vast traffic which new
Nets it
2.
eNer a, Improvement of an Important part of the navigation of the
ah,,..; together with the sewerage, and the removal from its northern
hr..e.f the un ightly accumulations of mud and unwholesome mat-
3.eletch new so disfigure it, . •
asnfjlke connexion of the principal towns and sea-ports of the
(beettl and eastern costs with the centre of the metropolis.
‘e4t Pains have been taken by the engineer, in connexion with
pro public accommodation, to provide for the interests of those whose
eter2tY may be affected by this work, and by the adoption of the
Pli..erie principle all inconvenience to the passengers and public
4i".htolse, smoke, &c., will be avoided.
as pc's engineer has estimeted the works to be constructed, and, as far
Ikea „Mlle, valued the properties that itwill be necessary to purchase,
4 efion these data, he feels satlsfled that the proposed capital may
relied
fipon for covering every expense.
rovisi.,.ial Directors haye endeevoared, by the closest inves-
es4°,l, to come to some accurate result as to the traffic between the
etee termini ; but this is one of those peculiar cases in which it
,ata:Lectlittgly difficult to form an estimate which may not appear
.14eet:a.ed, and they are, therefore, induced rather to submit the
!teeming general calculation, and to state that they feel quite con-
eetir. that an ample return will he realised to afford a very good
tie6iTerative interest for the capital invested. Nobody can reason-
cllit this, when they see the multitudes that are continually
troend/ tul repassing to -boat from 'the City, on foot, in omnibuses
carriagee, steam, &c., without teking into considers-
tiee wie,.,'very largely increased traffic that must accrue by the junc-
eitens.el the above-mentioned railway's and their many projected
elas than
ictle- When it is remembered also that the transit will occupy
el 4 an five minutes, instead of, as at present, twenty minutes to
.nfohlobtairw,tghis saving "alone of valuable time to men of business,
el '_nest insure a powerful support to this undertaking.
t~The in
table, late taken during two days, will give some
14 9f the enonnous traffic which is constantly going on between
City and the West End:—

Steto, Average.
oin `'ers ao about 370 trips per day•• • • 16,1,00 passengers
enbasems about 2,120 journeys per day .• • 2q,e00 ditto
8 and priate carriages, about 6,558.• • 13,000 ditto
"°t Passengers, about •.••••••• • • • •• • • • • 76,000 ditto

one-fourth of the pagseng4ers by the steamers
ZraDau'l carriages go by the railway, running each way
T 4 r3' nVe minhtes •
Acid ,„'Me-tenth of the foot pa'sengers •••••• • • " • • •
wa'assengers to and fro, from the different rail-
don33 eonn6cted with the Blackwall and the Lon-
•4ridge termini, about

12,250
7,600

10,150

30,000 dally,

with ` ,age of 4d. each gives 500/. per day, or • ... £182,500
et,..,..11, atmospheric principle, the expenses will
(iiiuy 2014 not be above one-half of the usual amount
Per cent.)