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

means of a viaduct, 250 metres long (about 600 feet), a work
to the formation of which very few difficulties of any mo-
ment presnted themselves. But at Amiens the line would
meet the great northern line, and it was proposed that the
stations of both those companies at Amiens should be one
and the same, i.e., one station common to the use of both,
provided some impediment that could not now be foreseen
did not arise to mar so desirable an arrangement That
the land required for the cuttings and other works in
the different arrondissements through which it was
proposed the line should pass, had been submitted to
courts of arbitration, to determine its value, and that in
every case the question of claim for compensation had been
amicably and most satisfactorily arranged. That before the
end of the present year, the works, shops, &c, and the most
important part of the line will have been completed ; and
that before the end of the year 1846, the principal works
between Amiens and Estaple, will also have been completed ;
and that every arrangement had been made to insure the
completion of the works on that portion of the line between
Amiens and Abbeville, by the same period, and that there-
fore the " administration" had every reason to hope that the
entire of the line from one terminus to the other would be
finished and thrown open to the public by the month of May,
1847. The report then entered into an elaborate detail of
the many advantages that would accrue to the shareholders
from the fact of their connexion with the Northern line, and
having concluded with that assurance, it then set forth a
statement of the receipts and expenditure of the company
since its commencement, by which it appeared that the
liabilities already incurred amounted to 11,897,789 f., leaving
still in the hands of the treasurer a balance amounting to
about 1,000,000 f.

A SHAREHOLDER proposed that steps be taken to bring
about an amalgamation of this company with the Northern,
but after a short discussion he withdrew his motion, a mem=
ber of the "administration" having stated that this com-
pany wei e always anxious for such a measure, and would be
ready to adopt it at any time, and were only prevented from
adopting it before now 5y reason of the delay attendant upon
the applications necessary to be made to the Conseil d'Etat
before such an arrangement could be entered into.
The proceedings of the day were wound up by a speech
from M. Bazael, the engineer of the line, who in the murse of
his observations said, that the works bad already been com.
menced between Amiens and Abbeville, and also in the neigh-
bourhood of Estaple; that some portion of the line woula be
open to the public within two months after the opening of the
Northern line next year. That the interval between Abbe-
ville and Estaple, passing through or by fortified places, would
have to be disposed of by the military council ; but owing to
previous arrangements that bad been made, very little bad
been left for that body to do, fur the plans for the works at
those places were so plain and simple that he had no fear of
their being objected to. He concluded by stating that he had
had no engineering difficulties to encounter, and that the re-
maining part of the line between Estaple and Boulogne, he
felt assured, would be completed in such time as to enable
the whole of the line to be thrown open to the public by the
spring of 1847.

The CHAIRMAN announced that a dividend after the rate
of four fi-ancs per share had been declared, and would be pay-
able on and after the lith of Novetnber next.
The report and statement of accounts were then unani-
mously received and adopted, the same directors, or " ad •
ministration," re-elected, after which a compliment was paid
to them and the chairman for their services, and the meeting
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