The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-28 00:00:00

SOLICITOR/.

Mr. Wiliam Barker New-street, Huddersfield.
Messrs. Brook and Freeman
The object of this undertaking is to form a conthattoUs line of rail-
way from Leeds to Liverpool, by extending the lines already made,
or sanctioned by Parliament, from their respective termini at Hud-
dersfield, in Yorkshire, and Bury, for which extension a line of rail=
way only 25 miles In length is requisite. The proposed line till Wit=
menee at the Huddersfield station, betWeeri Which plate and Leeds.
Parliament has already sanctioned the ilarittatirdi of railways, and
from Huddersfield the proposed proceed by way of Hillhouse'
Birchencliffe, and Lindley, and thence along the valley between
Stainland and Greetland, through Bark'sland, the Yale of Itipponden,
and by. Rochdale to Bury, in Lancashire, where it Will join the ter-
minus of the Liverpool and Bury line of railway.
In addition to completing a direct communication froth likretpbol
to Leeds, Hull, and Goole, by the shortest practicable route, and by
a much smaller outlay of caplu'l, than by any other proposed line, it
will provide for a large anti important manufacturing popllation,
hitherto without the advantage ';;; railway accommodation, An outletto the south by means
the Huddersfield mkt 811effield Junction
Railway, and to.. .anchester and to North and Solidi Lancashire by
the railwr-
1tai1"...a.y,-by a proposed junction thertWith at Itbehddie.
above mentioned, and by the Leeds and Manchester
This line, when completed, will, in addition to the ildiantageS
which it presents as a through line, pass through a sncee§sidii of fat=
leys thickly studded with mills avid itiatititattorica, atinSilitiing a
large quantity of raw Materials std boat, all of which are brought
front a distance, and transmitting to other districts the produce of
their industry, for which purposes a line of railway has beehitie fib=
solutely necessary, and there can be no doubt that With
will be realised for the outlay of capital required.
The distance betrreen Iluddersfleld and Rochdale by tile prelqent
line of railway is thirty miles, which by the prOpOsed fail Way *ill be
reduced to seventeen miles.
The Provisional Committee teserio td theniiell/214 the right Of enter=
ing tato any arrangements With ekistilig ratiVrtlY 2oiilpdnjes that may
appear de.slrable, And Watt will be taken by the Act of Parliament
to allow interest to the shareholders at the rate of 41. per cent. per
annum on the amounts paid ra
on their, shares from the rospeetibe 'dt
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of payment to the times of opening the isigWay!
Applications for shareS May bb sidar@sita, iii tho stibjoinsd ferm, to
any of the underinentiotleii I.llltrebrokerti, Fawcett
and Hill, Threadneedle-streety London • . DM-id Kinnear,
burgh ; Messrs. W.. Msiott ind Meesrs. J. Gfttlid. and Co.,
Messrs. Wilson AM l4ellawell, Mr. Thomas Parrott, Mr. Frederick
Turner, Messrs. John Atkinson and Co., Messrs. Tempest and C.
Messrs. Mooney and llickes, Huddersfield t Wiling and
Co., Mr. C. E. Langdon, Leedti t Mr. Hervey, Ur. Charles Clay,
Mt:Am Crowther and Brook, Halifax t Mr. John Brooke, Dewsbury;
Messrs. Cameron, Bagenove, and Taunton, Messrs. Lloyd and ?Wel
Liverpool; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, and Messrs. Lynnill and Ber-
lyn, Manchester; or to the Solicitors to the Company.
The names of a highly-respectable and influential Provisional Com,

rnittee will be published in a few Jaye.
Huddersfield, Oct. 1, 1845.
FORM OF APPLiCAiIIOSt roR SHARES.

To the Provisional lAnninittee .of the Huddersfield and Liverpool
Direct Railway Company.
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Gentlemen,—l request that you 1;111 allot mo shares of 201.
each-in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same or any
less number that you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21.
2s. per share, and to sign the rarlhunentarycontract and subscribers'
agreement when required.
Dated the day of

, 1845.
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