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London, England, 1845-10-11 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted withal* sanction and support of the Right Hos. the Earl

of Dunriven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 211. each.
Deposit, 21. 2a. per share.

• PIOYISIONAL COMMITTEE.
lisceunt Adare, M.P., Dunrayen Castle, Glamorgan
rawsbaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Kerefordshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds aid
London Direct Railway
Sir ',`lm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
or the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir irm. Twysslen, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Ri.-hard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Maes Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Ilerefordshiro
11. iiry ♦. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn souse, Cardiff'
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Ghefield, Director of the Me-

:,' -id and Manchester Railway
Clia.les Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square
JoUit Castendick, Esq.; I,ewisham, Kent
'1! ',alas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby alai Weroester

11lway
Ti. Rev. James Cozens, Tnys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Eg ward Cotton, Esq., 20, Keppel-street, Russell-square, Director of

the Cemmereial Bank
N 'ol Came, Esq., D.C.L.,land's-house, Cowbridge, Director of
the Vale of Neath Railway •
C.tptain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Direater of the Cambridge
and Lincoln Extension Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas H. Elaint Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and

Worcester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and Ice. 7, Manchester.

square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near
Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
Jahn J. Barris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq., Maly, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,

and S;uthampton Raiiway
Fero Clark* Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the
South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York aid Lancaster Railway
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Raglan Hall, Glamorganshire
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the
National Troyindal Bank of England
James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean

Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glansorgansialro
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S.' Bath, and No. 55, Liacela's
Inn-
fields, Director of the Rennet and A.ven Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hydo Park
Gelrge B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshiro
James Brown, Req., ef Ten Ddu, near Bridgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshlre
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scarf], Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Nall. Glamor-
Edward
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, aad Bread-street-
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel,
Denbighshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di-
rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(With power to add to their number).
MANAGING tOMMITTES.
VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman.
gir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N.
William Bradley, Est.
Crawahay Bailey, Esq. G
John Randall, Esq. itilthl.Kleewilyel7nEsq,
.Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow . Richard
James Morrison, Esq. The Rev. 11. R. Fowler
William Simpson Potter, Esq. Samuel R. Pratt, Esq.
Nichol Carne, D.C.L.
Richard Lewis Reece, Eeq, Henry James, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)

STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple,
S.oLiciTOIL—W. B. James, Esq., 6, Basinghall-street, Londe'.
IBANKEIII.
Commercial Bank of Loadon
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGTNEEI--Charles Edward Bernard, Esq,
SzcitsTaar--John Petherick, Esq., pro tern.

This RellwitY is Projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis-
tance from the Port Of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral distil t
its
Wales, c '
'Which is at
AMA fir immense and valuable
ti
ienl do f
oprnesseooftthweithrolcohtethstsanmdea%sotfirntrpOrtant in
products.
irtheatthecoCoalal-
Glatnorganshire, where iron-stone also abound
s
hwe
g, nearly flat, and,
Im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically
obtainable, for the most part, by proper levsPeelsa•
a making, as is proved at
to its being of excellent quality for area kin Tho coal in addition
it I
Mer-
thyr and Aberdare, is else, like that of those ehatriets, Of the very
best description for steam purposes, being nearly OMAkelead, a, DPUF I
inflamraable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiaritY Of a* UP
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that the demand for it far exceeds the supply,
big to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super-
sede all others for purposes of stoma navigatioll, This source of
and promises, accord-
traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the 04p4,14 invested,
as kas been demonstrated In every instance where even train-404AP CT
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
less promising Tallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which
its is cele-
brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining pro-
ductions.
An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu-
facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other
line.
This lint will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales
of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
market town sad port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost excluded.
It is intended that the lino shall commence at illaen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass
between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance Airtight miles, where it
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a farther distance of
six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lentrissent, and there join the
South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the moat
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the porta in the
Bristol channel.
A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par-
ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable
gradients. so much so that it is confidently anticited that ths
works will be executed very considerably under the advertised ca-
pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this midertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on tke
PrOVISIOnat Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of
his subscription.
Until an Ast of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds
of:Title Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
, and in the preparation of the plans aid sections to be submitted
to Parliament.

Power will he applied for in the Aet (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or
otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nonti-
sate the first Directors of the Corapany. .

In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given
to
landowners on the line and other parties locally interested.
PrOSpeallSea And map. may be had of and applications for

Shares may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 19, Northumberland-street, Strand; to W. Morgan, Esq.,
Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attent'on of
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers :
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard.
" Messrs. J. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.
Liverpool—Messrs. Beultt and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Lees.
Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke /mold, Esq. ; Messrs. Tate aid Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the PrOlll3lollll Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys
Committee of
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 20/.
each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, aud to
pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted
to mg ; and I also urdertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name
Residence • • • • • •
Trade or Profession • • • • .......
Reference with . ddress •• • . ••
Date of Applicaben ••• ••••

RHONDDA AND ELY VALLEY S
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
No farther applications for shares in this Company can be resolved
after FRIDAY, the 10th instant. By order,
JOHN PETHERICK, Secretary.
19, Northumberland-street. Strand, October 3, 1845.

THE DIRECT WEST-END AND CROYDON
RAILWAY.
(Proyisionally Registered.)
Capital, 800,0001., is 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir James Andersen, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director
of the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway
John Byng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Direetor of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
James Bailey, Fsq., Highbury-Park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal,
Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar-
borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, and Newcastle and York
Junction Railways
William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby, and great Leeds, and London Railways
Lieut.-General Sir R. Barton, K.C.8., 2 Montagu-Place, Montagu-
square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Director of the Tean and Dove Valley. and West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways
Charles R. Bigge, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Herncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
William Bland, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the North Wales, and
Richmond and West-end Junction Railways
William Blanchard, Esq., York; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon
Quarter Sessions, and Director of the York. Hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction Railway
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle
of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway
William Broackes, Esq., M.D., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens,
Director of the Direct London and Liverpool, and Bristol and
Dover Railways
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper 3fontagu-street, Montagu-square Direc-
tor of the Grand Trunk Railway
Isaac Baker Brown, Esq., Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the
Bristol and Dover Direct Junction Railway
Thomas Byrom, Esq.. Wigan; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne House, Sheffield, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
William Cdwell, E, Ince H, near Wigan, Lancashire Direc-
tor of the al
Manchessteq. r, Derby, all
and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver-
pool Direct Railways
William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park
John Carter. Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Grand Trunk Railway
E. Turst Carver, Esq., Forest Lodge. Tulse-hill, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway
John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the
Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead, near Creydon,.Director of the Chel-
tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway
Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire;
Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin-
ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate,
Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
3111115 Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director
of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London
Direct Railways
Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson,Curzon-street, May-fair; Direc-
tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway
Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh
Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c.
Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director if the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club;
Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
Daniel Ebbetts, Esq., Mincing-lane ; Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan-
ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple; Director if the Great
Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railways
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director
of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director of the London
Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway
Edmund Aldam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham
Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, Director of the Trent Valley
Continuation Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Manchester-square ; Director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railway
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham
and Gainsborough Railway
Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di-
rector of the York and Lancaster Railway
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square ;
Director of the Grand Trunk Railway
George R. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director
of the Grand Trunk Railway
William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bond-street.
Josiah Beale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Lawrence Hayworth, Esq., Tew Tree, Liverpool
A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe-
ter Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; Director of the York
and Lancaster Railway
John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and
Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., MX., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq. F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and
London and Greenwich Railways
Stephen Hutchinson, Esq., London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of
the Grand Trunk Railway
John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of Linden ; Director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand. and Swineshead Abbey, Lincoln-
shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and
Eastern Junction Railway
John Jameson, Esq.' St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union
Railways
Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Richard Kelly. Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New ROSS,
Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Extension Railways
Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and
Manchester Direct Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western. Dendre Valley, and Grand Trunk Railway
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the Loadon and Man-
chester and Direct Western Railways
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton-
under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman of London, Chairman of the
Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction,
neri;iDtoinrector of the Direct
and Director of the Leicester aid Tamworth Railways
.7.3 Williamtee3i
Mathew,ar g e ts oEns
q, E1q4.,,
Gray'sSt Streatham-hill, n
t hlam.hllu' Inn-square; n..og i
Western Railway
James 3rMiller, Esq., Southampton
James Meaburn, Esq.' Grove-hill, Camberwell
Thomas Morris, Esq.. Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railways
James Morrison, Esq. Director'of the Chepstow aid Forest of Dean
and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
Horatio. Nelson, Rsq.. Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand
Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction
aPy.sorrf
the Kennet
sqKEenn.e. FR t
and Avon
Bath, and
oncan Canal Company,
Lincoln's-inn-fields
andyorkand
Samuel Railways
Samuel p. pratt, Esq., P. 8.5., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-Inn-fields;
Di rector l w
Lancaster Railway
George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton andChel-
tenham Direct Railways
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ; Director of the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company. and of the London,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ;
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryansten-street, Portman-square ; Director
of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railways
James Reid, Esq. Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction
Cempacy
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, Loadon ; Director of
the 'treat Western Extension Atmospheric Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale
H. Savag,e, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway
William Stud ey, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction
Railways
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways
Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich
Edward H. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymouth; Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
Henry Taylor. Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North
Union Railways
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and
London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways
Joseph Underwood. Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of
the DirectLonden and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct
Railways
Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby
Railways
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the
;:.:osmr.kals‘a,liiiividoilnil,i,aaEninscscia,.s,EtNe,gro,.;awinEdechlD7irect Western Railways
laNitioarnit arwidyCnanr.llBl3eraßalle4y
Sir Thomas Woollasten White, Bart., Walling Well., Nottingham
Daviree-csttoreretc:fßtheelgLraevede
-square
and
Sir nweaw"add, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall ;
Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways

(With power to add to their number.)
DINIEU.—The Commercial Bank of Lonion.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John liftmen, L.L.D., F.R.S.,
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins,M.l.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Ronmlen,C.E
SURVETORII.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
eisrg. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square.
sguarrAßT—J. L. Cotton, Esq.

from the west end
mitt—eel
estr.e,Teot rtohsceoeri:dryeeteheet
time,evils cial inconvenience of the sehemepaa
The psi
polls to Croydon, or the most distant places on the Sou
nofacdagela4yrnany dsub jeetedinprocteoedlt
tthh-eEmetro-
astern
and London and Brighton Ballivays, as well as the several sea
and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and2dporTtos
supply towealth in
the numerous and, y habitants of
the district
willpass(at
through which the intended line
out fajlway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in-
terchange i,f coin nunicatbow with the metropolis, and with each other.
Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail-
way, at Hungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most
praeticablc route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as
possible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the
wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton,
Tulle-hill, Streatilatn, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect-
ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected
lines from that place.
It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh-
bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend
to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages
of a direct railway oommunication with the metropolis.
A great portion of the Waffle In passengers and goods upon the
Brighton and Dover lines Is supplied from the west-end of London
and the Birmingham and Great Western Rftilways. The necessity
of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present
circuitous route to Cmydon, is a serious and unnecessary Inconveni-
ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this
long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre-
; sent xndertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay-
ing this scheme befbre the public, that they have no desire to inter-
fere with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely indis-
pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield
assistance to,.and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com-
pany with Which this line may ultimately be connected.
A glance at the map will show, that as a branch or arm of the
London and Brighton Railway, this undertaking completes a straight
line of communication, from the west end of London to Croydon,
Reigate, and Brighton, and renders the ports of Dover and Folke-
stone, as well as the several places on the South-Eastern line, more
I easily accessible from that part of the metropolis.
,at autetmt of tialie at the present time upon the roads be-