The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-14 00:00:00

SCOTCH LINES.

INVERNESS AND— TAlN.—Last week a meeting was
held at Dornoch, in Sutherland, consisting of heritors,
farmers, and merchants, in favour of this line. Mr.
George Dempster, of Skibo, took the chair, and hav-
ing called the attention of the meeting to the prospect
presented by the proposed extension of railway com-
munication to the northern counties of Scotland, and
more particularly to that between Inverness and
Tain ; and having also adverted to the circumstance
that the road trustees of Sutherland had agreed to
become the purchasers of the right or ferry on the
north side of the Meikle Ferry, with the view to the
erection there of a commodious pier, in the hope that
the Inverness and Tain Railway may be extended to
its south shore :—it was moved by Mr. W. S.
Frazer, senior magistrate of the burgh of
Dornoch, seconded by Mr. George Gum,
factor for the Duke of Sutherland that
the formation of a line from Inverness to Tain
was an object of paramount importance, and that the
port of Burghead was the best suited to afford sea
communication between Sutherland and Moray. At
the quarterly meeting of the Ross Farmers' Society,
held at Dingwall, the Society expressed their appro-
bation in favour of the projected railway from In-
verness to Tain, being unanimously of opixion, if the
communication from Perth northward to Inverness,
as contemplated by the Perth and Inverness Com-
pany, is once opened, and the line thence to Tain
completed, that the county of Ross, and also Suther-
land and Caithness, will be:greatly benefited, and every
facility afforded at a small expense for the export of
cattle, sheep, and every description of farm produce,
which must enhance the value of corn and pasture
lands in a very great degree, and the Society had no
doubt that all the northern proprietors will afford
every accommodation in their power to enable the
enterprising companies concerned in these national
undertakings to carry their projects speedily into exe-
cution.

CLYDESDALE JTINCTION.—At the last meeting of
the Glasgow Town Council, Bailie Whitehead in the
chair, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bryson,
seconded by Mr. Turner, to petition against this
line, in so far as it repeals the existing clauses in the
Pollock and Gavan Railway Bills, for protecting the
public in the Barony of Gorbals, in the use of the
streets in the locality, and in so farl asitwill endanger
the thoroughfares.
NOUTEIBRITISII AISD NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK.-
BRIDGE.—The bridge which it will be necessary to
erect over the Tweed, for the connexion of the
North British and th,-, intended Newcastle and Ber-
wick Railways, should the latter obtain the -sanction
of 'Parliament, will he 726 yards in length, and 100
feet above high water mark. It will consist of thir-
teen arches (the present bridge has fifteen), each of
70 feet span, nine or ten abutments being in the river.
The expense of this undertaking, inclusive of the via-
duct which must be formed on the south of the bridge,
will he 65,0001, while south aglin of the viaduct it
will he necessary to construct an embankment 56
feet high, and half a mile long, tha expense of which
vill amount to 30,200/.
FORTII AND CLYDE JUNCTION.— This line, which
is intended to start from the Forth at Stirling to the
Clyde at Dumbarton,.is for the purpose of connecting
the east and west-coast of Scotland by a short and
direct route, passing the villages of Gargunnock,
Kipper), Thornhill, Balfron, klntry, Gartmore, Aber-
foyle, and Killearn.
An agreement has been entered into between the
committee of the Scottish Central Rail way and county
committee under the Land Clauses Consolidation Act,
by which the sum of 14,800/. is to be paid to the
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respective road trusts, as compensation for the traffic
which the above railway is likely to withdraw from
them.