The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY COM3III E•

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS' coy
THE OXPORD.WORCESTER, AND W°3s
HAMPTON RAILWAY.
The Committee on this Bill met to-day at Eleven o'Cloeoi.
Auckland in the chair, when the case for the opposition 04'
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In reference to a charge of fraud brought against certain
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connected with the Great Western scheme for introducinS_f"eoo.
after the withdrawal of the opposition in the Commons
the ntillipottlni
ject of tolls, different to what originally appeared in
which had been referred to in some conversation that toe
yesterday, A c'ded
The Cu/Lunar; intimated that the Committee had -e 4,
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they would allow of evidence as to the alleged alterations 'id ire
toll clauses, and the manner in which those alterations Ile, Did
fluence the traffic of the railway, and the trade of the dii_thrich IV
they would not admit evidence as to the manner in :Ditlie
clauses had been introduced into the Bill in the Coranillt".
House of Commons. Asolinei
Mr. Sparrow, an extensive iron master, was called an"
by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM.—The substance of his evni'd;c6fOl•
that the iron masters of the district had been very Much be 14'
When the Bill was first introduced, the tolls were then ""so
per ton per mile, but after the preamble had been Pr°l.,,eti' De ~14g,
ration was surreptitiously introduced, changing it to lrig%
per mile. This alteration would have a very serious effeC offoff
mineral traffic of the district. He decidedly preferred Itie„de
to the broad gauge, as altogether better adopted to
traffic. id AO
Mr. Phillip Williams, iron master, corroborated the cf.-4
the previous witness. 0 $
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Lord REDESDALE objected to the Great Western
went through a fox hunting country, which it would /c"roperll
inconvenience, and that it did considerable injury to his Poe OW
He had suggested another line by which all the difficulties
plained of could be avoided.
(LEFT SITTING.)
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WAREFIELD, PONTEFRACT, A. 04
LINE.
The Committee re-assembled thiemorning
further evidence on the merits of the line was tendered
promoters. Sit
promoters.
Mr. Thompson, from the office of Sir John M'Seil!,4"gole,t;'.
and examined by Mr. WILKINS—He had had eee.',74-fgose:of
perience in railways, and was at present engineer-in-cu.,— sr.;
seven lines in England, Scotland, and Ireland. He
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examined the ground over which this line was intende" 'th" itP7,ll
at eleven eres'O'"oi
ried, and he was decidedly of opinion that it was the beg, fore,.
be selected. The working gradients were unexceptionsts Pit
lin 150, a straight line between the termini at Goole tiiTg
field would only be shorter than the proposed scheeteot
quarters of a mile. The schemes advocated by the e"..,011,-4
were comparatively valueless, because they effected 10
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Lion with Pontefract. - iferS

Mr. Fowler, C.E., and Mr. Thomas Stephenson, :pi
satisfied that the estimates for the construction of the 0,
sufficient. bond for

Mr. Thornton, contractor, was willing to execute s -
construction of the work at the estimates.
Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Cubitt gave evidence corrohor3tiye
other engineers.
Mr. Henry Hunt had taken the value of land rettuiff the
railway, and the intersectional damage for 11 Wile° °
beginning at Wakefield, and his estimate was 29,0001. e of
Mr. Durham had surveyed the remainder of the
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estimate amounted to 23,9441. hi• be%
Mr. Cottam, accountant, put in the traffic tables, iv- lief
a revenue of 46,018/., and, deducting 40 per cent. IL"t.
expenses, left a clear profit to :he promoters of 7i Per

(LEFT SITTING.)
CORNWALL RAILWAir• Alen,
Their Lordships met at eleven o'clock, the Earl of .1
In the chair. 000;
The evidence of Mr. Thomas, the engineer, who We 00"
on the previous evening (mentioned in The Sun)' 17.1 bsfe
The evidence consisted of dry engineering details, wh'e"
already given.
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Mr. Gurney, mho was examined yesterday, was re-- 5.5
stated that there were on the proposed Cornwall line 01
railway having gradients more severe than lin &O• lenstlh
Mr. Gurney was cross-examined at considerable
nothing material was elicited. 10 °rd°
Mr. Randall, civil engineer, was next examined--
of the Birkenhead Docks, and constructed the 1017000
Hamoaze. Was of opinion that Captain Moorsooes te!, pet h
specting the time occupied in crossing the Hamoaze a?"' OP"
correct. Captain Moorsom said it would occupy onicaleillto
shift the trains on the floating-bridge and shift them ep
the sails on the other side. This he thought entirallo #
It must occupy from eight to twelve minutes. He 4 $1404
prove of this mode of crossing the Hamoaze"deste,A
he could not consider it at all practicable—he could not coar_d
it could be managed that the rails on the floating-bill: roo
stormy weather be brought up to meet those upon
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place, so that the trains would run with facility and eiso o°,oo
latter on the former, which was indispensable. P 000
to construct a sort of dock on each aide of the Hamoaze' bsot4
the floating-bridge might be brought ; by means of Pileilsool!1,041
have a platform formed over it, and on this platformheoto
the trains brought, so that they could by a mechanical of
be dropped down from the platform to the bridge- den°ool/
Mr. Bidder, engineer of several railways, Save
roborative of a great part of the above. Thought it wcwith afl
half.an.hour in crossing the Hamoaze with the train61,106...°111!
preparatory operations on both sides of the water.
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line with such bad gradients as this. The ruling Sr"- eou'frei
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line was the exception on other lines. A fifty-ton trainle.
be driven faster than fifteen miles an hour. The eVcale
it would be double that of any other railroad.