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

THE NEW LINES.

Constructive operations on nearly all the new lines
gehnted last session have been commenced, and will be in
full operation before the close of the year, affording to the
working population of the kingdom permanent supplies of
winter work. The East Lancashire, comprehending an im-
portant group of lines in the north, is about to commence
its works, extending from Colne to a junction with the
Leeds and Bradford. The works in connexion with the
South-Eastern line at Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate,
and those on the line from Brighton to Lewes and Hastings,
are in active progress. The South Devon works are drawing
to a close; and during the last fortnight the masonry com-
posing the sea-wall has had to undergo the severe test of a
tremendous storm from the south-west. The extension lines
in connexion with the Midlands are proceeding, and the
branches in connexion with the Birmingham are being
a.arle.
The Richmond branch of the Great North of England will
laid out. The whistle of the locomotive will soon be heard
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Windermere irho se population
and
of eight miles of the Edinburgh and Northern is to be in
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the hands of the contractors by October. Five miles of the
permanent way and works of the Exeter and Crediton will
be in hand probably before the termination of October, to-
gether with 1,000 tons instalment of the necessary iron-
rails. Engineers and navigators have made their appear-
ance in seven or eight miles of the Manchester South Junc-
tion and Altrincham, on which there is to be a viaduct of
1,000 yards. The Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, com-
mence operations with a continuous contract of 22 miles,
embracing a viaduct over Churwetl Valley; and the New-
castle and Berwick, one of Hudson's lines, nrollint
complete the international chain of railways p
construction of
takes a first stupendous step in itsb, retaining for the
53 miles from Etherton to Tweedinout
The Manchester and
purpose whole legions of labourerstr's branches of four or fly.
Birmingham begin their triia
including, en route, a
miles to Ashton and, Macclesfield,
Belfast and liallymens, Cork and
Eng-
land and Scotland, in conjunction with tfi Northetvr British,
tunnel of 330 yards. 1,
lo -Inca for a large section of
rations, and will open lip emp
A large portion of the hired labour of
the Irish populatioi
Wales will be called into requisition by the South
Wales line from the Great Western to Fishguard and
Pembroke, 182 miles; by the North Wales, from Porthdvnn-
linen to Bangor, 28 miles; by the Aberdare line, near the
Taff Vale, 8 miles; by the North Wales Mineral, 12
Bandon, Dinnialk and Enniskillen, have also commenced op.-
miles ; and by the Monmouth and Hereford, 36 miles;
by which collectively between three and four million sterling
will be expended in the district- The Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth, one of the great arteries for travel through
the West of England, 129 miles in length, branching ott
from the Great Western, with its termini at Salisburr
and Weymouth, will place upwards of one million
and a half at the disposal of the labour market of that
district, to which the Berks and Hants, also a Great
Western offshoot of 40 miles, will add 400,0001. more. The
East Anglian line, including the Eastern Counties exten
sions to Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Ely, 40 miles; the
Eastern Union and Bury, 26 ; the Ely and Huntingdon,
22; the Lowestoft, 11%; Lynn and Dereham, 26 ' • Lyn*
and Ely, 37 ; will contribute their quota to the total outlay
of upwards of two millions, and 162 miles of new.
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ocoulotion for those districts. The (treat Grimsby and She&

field have commenced expending, between Cainsborouglt
and Great Grimsby, 69 miles, 600,000/., and the Hud-
dersfield and Manchester, 22 miles, and Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 15 miles, between their termini, 1,162,000/., the
outlay of the former being 630,0001., and of the latter
532,000/. Leeds is to have laid out on it and the dis-
tricts adjacent between two and three millions sterling, by
the construction of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester.
20 miles ; Leeds and Bradford, 31 ; Leeds and Thirsk lines,
44—giving a total new route by railway to that district ot
nearly 100 miles. Liverpool is to be overlaid with a com-
plete lattice work of new lines, preparations for which bavt"
been commenced on the Liverpool and Bury, with exten-
sions to Bolton, Wigan, and elsewhere, a length of 40 mile!.
at an outlay of nearly two millions. Upwards of thirty