The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

PRE L EMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via BARNS-
LEY AND DONCASTER, commencing at Penistone Station at the
junction of the Sheffield, Ashton•under-Lyne and Manchester and
the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railways.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001. in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2r.
per share in compliance with the standing orders of Parliament.

BANKERS,

London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. Huddersfield—The
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Company.
Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co.

ENGINEERS.
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEER.-W. BiHinton, Esq., C.E.
SoLicrroas.—Messrs.Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield

LONDON AGENTS.7-111C158111. SudlOvr, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-

lane.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.—llessrs. Sudlow and Kingdon, 6, New-
Palace-yard.

The object of the proposed line is to complete a direct chain of
railway communication between the Western and Eastern Coasts,
from Liverpool to great Grimsby.
It is intended as above stated to commence the line at Penistone
at the Junction of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manches-
ter, and the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railways, and to proceed in a
direct course south of and near to Barnsley, passing thence through
or near to the extensive and inexhaustible coal fields of Worsborough
Dale, Silkatone, Cawthorne, Darton, Bretton, Billingley, and others
in the Barnsley District, thence continuing in a direct line throngh
or near to Wombwell, Darileld (where it will cross the North Mid-
land Railway), Thurnscoe, Wath Swinton, Bolton, Hickleton, Berm-
borough, Mexborough, Conisborough, Sprotborough, Bentley, Don-
caster (where it will cross the London and York Railway), and
proceed through or near to Armthorpe, Cawtley, Brampton (with a
future branch to Thorne, and such further branches as may be
eventually determined upon), Auckley, Wroot (where it will enter the
Isle of Axholme), and through or near to Haxey, Epworth, Belton,
Butterwick, Owston, Messingham, and then terminate in a junction
with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway, at or near Glanford
Brigg, thus connecting, by the construction of a new line of railway
of forty-six miles ha length, or thereabouts (the entire line required to
be made). The great manufacturing, mineral, and agricultural dis-
tricts of Lancashire and Yorkshire with Lincolnshire and the rapidly
improving port of Great Grimsby, so as to afford the products of the
several counties a most direct course of transit, thereby also greatly
facilitating the introduction of foreign merchandise, and by this
means perfecting the channel of communication between the Irish
Sea and the German Ocean.

The existing routes are very circuitous, so much so, that the pro-
posed line will effect a saving of about twenty miles, when compared
with the Manchester, and Leeds, and the Wakefield, Pontefract and
Goole Railways to Great Grimsby, and of about fifteen miles com-
pared with the Sheffield and Manchester, and the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways, and the relative distance
from other places will be proportionally shortened.
Several schemes are now before the public to connect, in the best
practicable manner, Keighly and Halifax with Huddersfield, so as to
effect a direct North and South communication. When this desidera-
tum shall be accomplished, the proposed new line, will, in addition to
the advantages before mentioned, form a grand direct railway com-
munication from Scotland and the Northern Counties, viA Hudders-
field, to the flourishing port of Great Grimsby, whilst the additional
traffic brought to bear upon the proposed line to and from the con-
templated new Staffordshire and Derbyshire Lines, by uniting with
the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway, at or near Holmfirth, must
considerably enhance the value of the undertaking.
Independent of the above, and of the superior advantages afforded
by the proposed line for the shipping of coal to the London and other
markets, a considerable augmentation of traffic may be expected
from the North Midland and the London and York Railways.
The important and agricultural town and neighbourhood of Don-
caster, hitherto comparatively, isolated, for want of proper railway
at.lommodation, will, by the aid of the London and York Railway and
the proposed line, both passing through the town, be at once brought
in connexion with all the main railway arteries in the kingdom.
The value of the stock in the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction
Railway must necessarily be greatly increased by the proposed line,
whilst the facilities given for the transit of goods from Liverpool and
Manchester to Great Grimsby must eventually materially add to the
importance and benefit of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway.
The country through which the line will pass is admirably adapted
for carrying out the design of the promoters. Nothing beyond ordi-
nary engineering difficulties is to be met with. A satisfactory survey
of the entire line, by the acting engineer, has already been made, and
the sections of the line are in course of preparation, so that there is
the utmost confidence that the scheme will be fully perfected in due
time for the approaching session of Parliament.
The number of Shares already subscribed for is very considerable,
and an early allotment may therefore be expected. An influential
Provisional Committee is now forming, and the n'mes of the gentle-
men composing it will shortly be publicly announced. In the mean-
time, further information may be obtained from the Solicitors, at
whose Offices Plans and Surveys of the Line are lodged for inspection,
and applications for Shares (in the form given below), accompanied
with satisfactory references, may also be addressed to them, to their
London Agents, or to the following Brokers : namely, Messrs.
Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street, London; David
Kinnear, Edinburgh; Lloyd and Price, Liverpool; Cardwell and
Sons, Manchester ; Wellbeloved, and Co., Bell and Ledger, Leeds ;
Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; George Bowlby, Hull ; Charles Claye,
Halifax ; John Cragg Skipton ; F. G. and C. C. Crossly, Bradford;
Henry Bellingham, Wakefield ; Geo. Tinker, Idolmlirth ; Wilson and

iiellt:well, MG. Moore and Co:, John Gatliff and Co., Fred. Turner
J. Casson, Chae. Fitton, J. H. Taylor, and Thoma 9 Parratt, Hud-
dersfield.

Huddersfield, Sept. 19,1845.

FORM OF APPLICATLON FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company.
I request that you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in
the above undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any less
number that may be allotted to me, and also to pay the deposit of
21.25. per Share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and
the Subscribers' agreement when required.
Dated day of , 1845.
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