The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

ENGINEERS-Sir John Macniell, L.L.D. F.R.S. and James Thompson

Esq. F.R.S.E. M.R.I.A.
BELGIAN ENGINEER—Mona. Desire Joseph Marchal.
SECRETARY—II C. Hastings, Esq.
The Directors have for some time past been in direct communica-
ti,n with the Belgian Government, and they have entered into a
reliminary arrangement, under date of the 27th of ,September, 1845,
wh'll the Minister of public Works, by which the Minister grants to
then.' the preference for the concession of a railway, to be called-the
e Gras.'d Junction," and engages to conclude with the Directors a
previai, nal contract, previously to submitting the " Projet de loi "
for royal seteprobation, and also to apply for the sanction of the Legis-
lature. • Tile vainah,s and important ironworks of Couvin will also, under
ent, be ceded to tke Company.
the same agreen;
The Belgian Gn.e-id Junction Railway will directly connect the
provinces of Brabant, Rainault, Liege, Limbourg, and Namur, with
each other, and with t, Government lines of railway, as also with
the several lines of Liege .and Namur, Landen and Bassett, Louvain
and Jemeppe, Sambre and•:teuse, and the Great Luxembourg
Mons. alarchal, the mines.
t Belgian engineer, has carefally sur-
veyed the line, and has deposits. I the necessary plans, sections, and
estimates with the Belgian Goveresillent•
Company's engineers, has also
Mr. James Thomson, one of the
gone over the line, and reports most .eavourably upon the peculiar
facilities for the construction of the railway, and the entire absence
of all engineering difficulties.
The Chairman and two of the Directors e carefully traversed
the whole of the line, and have received the ns tit positive as,tir-
p
ances of support from the heal authorities and lani:ed
The provinces which the railway will unite were thruonprdiebtoyrst.he
census of 1844 to comprise a population of 2,188 551, a.ed the dis-
tricts which it will traverse arc situated in the heart of .Belgium,-
and comprise an area of 165 square miles. The entire length eir the
Belgian Grand Junction Railway will be 102 English miles.
This portion of the country is emphatically termed the Granary
Belgium, and, in addition to its vast agricultural produce, is rich in
ironstone, lead, marble, stone, and slate quarries. It has also nume-
rous distilleries, extensive breweries, ironworks, and largesinanufac-
tories of porcelain, glass, paper, Beetroot, sugar, gunpowder, &c.
The great coal-fields of Charleroi and Liege, which arc the most ex-
tensive in Belgium, will, by means of this line, be enabled to supply
all parts of the kingdom at a very reduced rate.
The Government lines already completed, as well as the several
private lines now in course of construction, will necessarily be the
feeders to the Grand Junction line, as it will unite with the whole of
then, and will traverse a district destitute of all water communica-
tic's, and very imperfectly supplied with roads ; whilst the invariable
rule of the Belgian Government not to permit any competing lines,
murt necessarily ensure to this Company the entire traffic of the
country through which this line will pass.
Taeles, calculat a with reference to the present amount of traffic, have
been carefully and accurately prepared ; and, upon the improbable as-
sumption that there will be no increase when the Grand Junction
Railway is constructed, the shareholders would even then receive a
large interest on their capital. But, as in all cases, and more parti-
cularly in Belgium, increased facilities of communication have /Seen
accompanied by a great increase of traffic, there can be no doubt
that the Grand Junction Railway Company well pay a considerable
dividend to the shareholders.
The expense of construction, and the subsequent expenses a
tvoitrki;
ing the line, are very much less than in English railways
sLimpzr contestaiitfeattnurEentghlt the hieseanvoerildneod.us outlay incident to aPa rlia -
~.
eeee_e- " -able saving will also be effected in the cost of iron, and
engines and traffic material, which will be manufac-
of the latiek"tive works; and tee Company have, therefore, the
Lured at the Ceenvine 'eg independent of a supply from any other
peculiar advantage of fie.. " ails- and disappointment consequent upon •
and the Act will urovide that
quarter, and free from then,
ther
•
be exempt from ten. rates and
c:inivil•ilt:Ydo whole sett..telm ; .nal.
srill be coesticte.da
charges whatsoever, whether local or nath...
galltisnwhcairlelila.ts,te:frio
the railway present
By, the law of 11,:ginin, this Company
Societe Anonyme, and the liability of each ee.lreholder be
limited to the amount of his respective shares.
A second payment of 2/. per share will be required one n.,:mthaft(l'
the Concession shall have been ratified by the Directors; _,
the
subservient calls will be made at such periods as the Directors rna;
determine.
An accountable receipt will he'given to each subscriber on payrnent
' --resit, which receipt must be exchanged for certificates for
of tie (see_ -lice of the Company, within twenty-one days after
shareg; tt fhle e-- ` an advertisement requiring such exchange ;
the filet riailiftetSec
-
-^rted once in the London Gazette, and
such adi'ertkettfent to
,rning London newspapers. The
Otte,tithes itt enclr t t IMO entail on the subscriber the
non-complianCe the eteitstifiatilThe .
forfeiture of his depoiife, ' the London GII,
Notice of calls will be given by n'Oerfisentent;,;,llL ~ ;:any call on
zette, and two daily Morning London ne"WepPloor# ,_ ale ;he day
telv forfeited. ty,es mean
nestled, the share: shall become absom r
annum
the Any share shall remain unpaid for twenty-"'
IntereSt at the rate of 4/. per cent. p
sec tereest calculated ftri
tug ~Ins
111101111 t of capital tatid 144 Legi,siature antit the op ti
titOei Otte:ning the -Ad of t
fet'nts of the Convention and
the liti4. cut and the Directors;
'le we • -' Ooverttm
Inch the shares Will Le tapper-
' etAl*lric
Act, he settled betw
tviict; to tire Directors fall
of the 01." wribet co •
And it is one
el, that the subscribe •
All points of dee 14;,,,',1,1,„Zrare
s'vith the)elirlan GovernMent with"
tiuned and aecaptice
ru.r3"ger innotdifieations of the line, and of the
think expedient for 114 e furtherance
Brunt, as they inZy
ter?'" of
th°
the Company.
subjoined form, to be Mate to the
of the interes s bares hi the
of
for sOld Broad-street ; to
• Offie‘e No 64,
e ComPanY " ' - - • nd to the
secretary, at t
1 Solicitore, Bueelembitrs , a
preTpCrett'torri7ll'n•y•
ince and I en's. •
• den And Whitehead, Thread-
-sfei„"lrs r.
brokers : —Messrs.
tiles
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Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs,
;;eeii`i`eiles'Sele,lBrse,ondonli; Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Man-,
chester ; Messrs.
Wreford, Nicholls, at ,
la Co Bristol ; Messrs. Chantrell and Reyes,
eds ; , • •
Co., Aberdeen;
Mesa-s. Wilkinson and Earle, Boll; Messrs. Buchanan.
Labertouche Stallard, Dublin ; and Messrs. Dowling
and Aitken, Glasgow ; Messrs. Oswald, Goorge, anti
Messrs.
and Dowden, Edinburgh.
• • FORM OF NPPLICATION FOB
To the Directors of the Belgian Grand Junction Railway. •
reckitest that you will allot one shares of 201.
1
each in the Belgian Grand Junction Railway Company ; and I a0c.:,.1,,e,
0
,
- to accept such sham, or any smaller number you may
lo
•
and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the deed ofasletttletnee-11.t,
and all other neceSzary. Y•eeds, when requ'red.
•
• Dated tile day of 1845. •
with Christi= Name, at full
• •• 1 tion• • • •
Signature; with
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Reference, With Christian and Surname,
Profession, Trade, or otherDescr p
and Mdretit •• • ..• • • I.