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London, England, 1845-04-16 00:00:00

f,ALICONIAN EXTENSION RAILWAY

PROSPECTUS.
Capital 1,500,0001. in 60,000 251. Shares.
Deposit 21. 10s. per share.
The n PROV
veLsAL DIRECTORS.
Right Ron. Lord Belhaion, N
Chairman of the Caledonian Railway
Cellapany
The
Bight Hon. Lord Polwarth
"--"**, ZSCI., Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway Company eut.-Colonel Grahain, Deputy Chairman of the Caledonian Railway
Company
"elln Wakefield, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Lancaster and Car-
Johnibile Railway Company
Janus Hope Johnstone, Esq.. M.P. for the county of Dumfries
Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq M.P., Chairman of the London and
aohlyres_tnitinster Banking Company
s"uf/son Hinde, Esq., M.P. for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Loch
Hodson, Esq., M P. for Berwick
The'uckhart, Esq., Lord the county of Lanark
johalicoin,_. J. Luinsden, Provost of Glasgow
John I.E "'en, Esq., Provost of Lanark
asterman, jun. Esq., London
t,!...aterson, Esq., London
.I,llaln Macdonald, Esq., of Powderhall, Edinburgh
Barstow, Esq., Edinburgh
Houldsworth, Esq., Glasgow
gow
• of Carstairs, near Lanark
air Np,,,011, Esq.. of Hartree, near Lanark •
John Anstruther, Bart., of Westraw
nurnett, Esq.. of Gadgerth, near Ayr
Jzonnsthne Douglas, Esq., of Lockerby
.1,11,58 Wolfe Murray, Esq., of Cringletie, near Peebles
4111111 Hamilton Craik, Esq., of Arbiglaud
John EN., of Westsidewood
esqf
iorkf Kerse
ee
• of Culterallers
avyrAid Istfeai, E
eik enszgle.: Esq., of Dolpington, Edinburgh
J.of Stockbriggs.
With power to add to their number.
Messrs. Hope and Oliphant, agents, Edinburgh.
John Marr, Esq., agent and interim secretary, Lanark.
Joseph ENGINEERS.
Locke, Esq., F.R.S. J. E. Errington, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
14411. Masterinan, Peters, Mildred, Masterman, and Co.. London.
The Commercial Bank of Scotland.
?Ak, Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank.
saAMSNTsti.v AGENTS.—Messrs. Archibald Graham Moncrieff
The Can Weems.
aledonian Railway has been recommended by the Board of
eoned.aB,the best trunk communication through Scotland, and. may
Insert'e 1Y be expected to receive the sanction of Parliament in the
The
sesson.
VLde(Toljellosed Extensions are as follows—first, from a point on the
the
Tw" :41.1 Railway, near Lanark, eastward, along the valley of
it
has
been a: 'o' Peebles, Galashiels, and Melrose, to Kelso,
.where
formed
With tbraniest with Mr. Hudson that a joint station will be t
Ward , I,e Newcastle and Berwic.k Company ; and secondly, wes
Muirkirk to Ayr and Kilmarnock.
see nil Fonununication, northwards and southwards, by means of
pedien" line, will thus be secured to those important
Boardsditricts, the
for the Itle3' of which has been pointed out by th of Trade,
Nuill‘ell development of the Caledonian system.
lulpo macrons and influential meetings have been already held in those
oes,,ingnetvedristricts, loudly calling for railway accommodation, and
The Y facility and support.
nir,d di`n-I,ellsion to the east will accommodate the richest agricul-
-11114„,_ nets in Scotland with timber, slate, coal, lime, and other
tare ,
.in all which articles they ate in themselves wholly clesti-
truh, the Western Extension of the Caledonian, as well as the
reso„ree e, intersect tracts of country remarkable for their mineral
earn, fe„" s,, but requiring a supply of agricultural produce from the
Ivh,,'the immense population engaged in manufactures and mines.
keisee Alr from made a sof a line Glasw to
lecl BerwiTelford
ck, in 1810, being the first projected railway igonScot-
tbate reported that "it might be easily and cheaply Made,,, and
(Nee,
aenoi districts can be better calculated for an interchange of pro-
the thr,_lbr Promoting each other's prosperity."
seer re 'Darks that " The whole distance from Berwick to
co ester summit being 77U miles, and the total rise 753 feet (which
,tme,,efetitiiiilnearittibcl.:higher than the summit now proposed to be passed
in e average inclination is under 10 feet in a mile, or lin 528.
y easy over such extensive districts of country
bath tini_able the finercourse by means of railway to be carried on in
411' inorrelB at a comparatively small expense, and it will appear
kae ih.„_e Perfect when it is considered that the heavy articles of coal
Thxre all to be passed downwards."
eorrnmin, etan Extension will form the shortest and most direct
ef Ayr aweannn from Edinburgh to Kilmarnock and the seaport towns
The alreell, and thence to Ireland.
"'nest ft.,-1"7, Dumfries and Carlisle scheme, which has been re-
thk resoeinst by the Board of Trade, proposed partially tohopeen up
„1-klark ~es Of Ayrshire, but afforded no access from tthenc toe.
"oinkk „ d Edinburgh, or to Kelso, and Berwick, whilst e
of
al
toftra
01.:Zteusion Railway in fulfilment of the anticipations the
tittle atro7drade, will accom, plish all these objects, and at the same
an equal-1Y good route southwards.
The lee., COST AND SURVEY.
Itv‘k,illpii- r" of Railway which it is necessary to construct for the
ahok.snnent of
es the whole importan t objects above specified will
104 mil
and, from surveys already made and an estimate
I,4oo.adir. Locke, the Committee are assured that the Capital of
• Will be sufficient to cover the whole expense.
°ftheThe t as, TRAFFIC.
will embrace—lst, on the Eastern portion, the carriage
s7lets arc mineralsrequired for the extensive manufacturing die-
:4ll, ber -°,44(1 GalashielrseqHmevick, Melrose, and Selkirk, consisting of
"aein 'e'ate, coal, lime lead, and iron, which must be conveyed to
Cothv 4RIIB Railway ; 'whilst their vast woollen manufactures, on blanketting, shawls, plaidings, &c. &c. as well as
Nrioitvr,lal, Must p in' return ; and 2d, the conveya.nce of
Or se Oral PrOdUCe from the highly-cultivated South-eastern districts
I,_altnine°tl,and and Northumberland to the dense population and
-4841-,01.1 manufacturig districts of the West. Upon a calculation,
oke'enfici'n -11 r. Telforl's estimate, it can be shown that, at the
fro,Y, a return of upwards of five per cent. may be reckoned
Ilenses"' those sources alone, after deducting forty per cent. for
L.ll
na, " estersportion of the line to Ayr and Kilmarnock, a very
'Atte --ernl and od traffic may be relied on, independent of the
ttiftreo gos
crin
highly-Important districts which those lines in-
-8413, or .4, very large passenger-traffic may be calculated upon, not
P„,.." local,
sources th but of a general nature.
otdati", these e Committee feel themselves justified in cal-
,,.The 5 en an ample return for the capital required.
oubSeriberS' agreement will contain powers to the Provisional
of ti7,ll'a to be thereby appointed to fix the precise extent and course
hte line, and the position of the termini, as circumstances may
p,.4. desirable, and powers will be taken In the Act of Parliament
g,4ht a lease of the works to the Caledonian Railway Company at
dpi 4 of four per cent. and one half of the surplus profits.
Attplication for shares to be made to Messrs. Foster and Bratth-
-11%7, London, Brokers, 64, Broad-street, with whom copies of the
2211.enis and maps of the line ill be lodged on and after 16th inst.
s-arliament-street, Westmiwnster, April 12, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
film Provisional Committee of the Caledonian Extension Railway.
kietlenten,—l request you will allot me Shares of 251. each, in
hinetnertnking,
Leatha and I agree to accept the same, or analaaledr
Nl,May be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon,
tatureciParliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when