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

miles of line radiating front Manchester to the manufac-
turing districts of Bury, Rossendale, Heywood, and Old-
ham, are to be commenced, at a disbursement of one million
of capital. The Nottingham and Lincoln, 33
Mid-
land miles, and
Syston and Peterborough, are to be begun in the
districts, who open their constructive exchequer of one
million and a half. Upwards of 150 miles of line by the
Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford and Worcester and Wol-
verhampton lines, are to be hewn out by the Great Western
Railway, who have already commenced the future high-
way to the districts of iron and hardware, and to
a uniting point with the Grand Junction at Wol-
verhampton, the total cost being calculated at two millions.
The,Great Western have been more successful than any other
Company in their Parliamentary diplomacy last session.
They obtained no fewer than ght lines, the construction of
which will soon be commenced; namely, the Bristol and Exe-
ter branches, twenty-nine miles, capital 500,000/. ; the Mon-
mouth and Hereford, thirty-six miles, capital, 550,000/. ; the
Newport and Pontypool, thirteen miles, capital,ll9,ooo/. ; the
Oxford and Rugby, fifty miles, capital 600,000/. ; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 103 miles, capital 1,500,0001;
the south Wales, 182 miles, capital 2,800,000/. ; the Berks
and Hants, thirty-nine miles, capital 400,0001.; and the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, 129 miles, capital
1,500,000/. The gives a total length of new lines to the
Great Western to construct, of nearly 500 miles and a total
capital of between 7,000,000/. and 8,000,000/. If to this be
added the present length the Great Western has in
actual working, namely 220 miles, including Bristol and
Exeter, and Cheltenham and Oxford branches, which
with the main line have cost 7,717,0431, it appears that,
with the amount of capital to be raised for the construction
of the schemes sanctioned last session, the Great Western
will have more than doubled both its capital and length, the
former, which before its close of last session was 7,717,0431.,
being increased to nearly 16,000,000/, and the latter, which
was 220 miles, being increased to 720, thus placing the
Company in possession of a prospective dominion, exceeding
by upwards of 100 miles Mr. Hudson's amplitude of terri-
tory. The Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester also commence
their twenty-three miles into the mining districts, at a
contemplated outlay of 410,000/., and the South-ltestern,
their Southampton and Dorchester, sixty-two miles, at a
cost of 500,0001. The Trent Valley line works, forty-nine
miles, will commence at the Birmingham line at Rugby-,
and run into the Grand Junction at Stafford, at a cost of
1,250,0001. The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole will
scatter its capital of half-a-million over twenty-seven
miles between its termini and the extension lines round
York, of about fifty miles, will be the means of circulating
amongst its labouring classes at least half a million. In
Scotland, the Caledonian, Aberdeen, Scottish Central,
Clydesdale Junction, and other great routes, are already
throwing labour into the hands of the Scottish population,
the works on each of them having been vigorously commenced.
The millions of British capital thus being expended are only
the seeds of a great monetary harvest, that must yield millions
more. The total amount of money that will be set in circula-
tion and expended on the construction of these projects is
29,000,000/. sterling ! The total length of new railways to
be constructed is 1,793 miles, which, added to the 1,800
miles at present in operation, shows, that while the new
lines of last session have just equalled the old ones in
length, they have about half equalled them in capital—the
cost of .constructing the lines at present in existence having
amounted to 70,000,000/. There is every probability that
the lines of the ensuing session will multiply the capital of
those of the preceding one twice over, and it would almost
weary Arithmetic to calculate on the multitude of men to
be employed in their formation.—Chronicle.