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London, England, 1844-10-07 00:00:00

3. Admitted that
iMr. Gibbs never aban-
doned his scheme by
Cambridge.
4. Denied that this The City article of
advertisement related the " Morning Post"
to the above project of of the 12th of April,
Mr. Gibbs. 1844, contains,
The promoters of amongst other re-
the Direct Northern marks on the subject,
Railway, on the 4th the following :
of April, 1844, pub- " The formation of
lished and extensively a direct railway from
circulated the prosper. London to York, by
tug and plan of their way of Lincoln, for
present line, having its the purpose of con_
London terminus at necting the North of
King's .cross,and going England and Scotland
direct to York ; and with the metropolis,
,as a subject of public has been decided on.
importance and inte. Prospectuses have
rest, it was noticed by been issued, togetheria.
tory of
ently of any the press, with maps exp an
the Mode of proceeding intended. It appears that the pro.
poeed line is t
idPnd
the other ° cornmence near King's.cross, in the New road, and,
portant towns, Hert
ford, 13 other line, to take its course through
and
the iior,
edf°rd, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Sleaford, an
the
to Lincoln and York; the distance by
be travelledn °r this line being less by nearly 40 miles than it can
executio bjh 4'l existing railway. The capital required for the
length ofn °f
--c
work is
estimated at or under 4,000,0001., the
line
bethe 180 mil - The work will be placed under the
.superintendence , eL
W'lliam Gravatt,
Civil Enginee °. Sir John Rennie and Mr. i
And the 411L's
4 • f°--°wint '
extracted from the "Times" city article,
Pril 15, 1844 is
A Direct '
Lavin i Northern Railway from London to York by Lincoln,
land t 4, Yiew the connexion of the North of England and Scot.
rm.•
• Y lork and Lincoln, with the metropolis, is also another
crosjees t recentl7 started. The line is to commence from King's-
HUn;inPass through Chipping Barnet, Biggleswade, St. Neots,
borati hgd, and Peterborough, to Lincoln, and thence by Gains-
ls 4 ootn'nTlmrne, Snaith, and Selby to York. The capital required
atm' "'OOl 1001. shares. Among the advantages which it is
4ed this rout will possess, are—that the distance between Lon.
don and York will be 39 miles less than by the existing railways;
that it will reduce the distance between London and Edinburgh 39
Mile.
.and that it will be the nearest way to Leeds, Selby, Hull, Hali
"X, ,
Bradford. Hiiderstield, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Sheffield
tesn. The advertise. •5. There have been Publication of the
i
d went
gives " the most many schemes for con- Plan and Prospectus
rect and unqualified nesting London with of the Direct Northern
contradiction" to the York by railway;but Railway, on the 4th
Scheme that the Sir John
scheme of a n • ' Rennie and of
way to conn ew raiL this Committee do eel'. above.
ect Lon. tainly claim to have
hdzat with York, ors- originated and first
ed with, and was projected the c
first prc. onner.
Projected by, Sir tion with these cities,
John Rennie and Co. as well as the North
of England and Scot.
land with London, by
a Direct Main Trunk
Railway.
Further, the Messrs.
Rennie, in 1827,
about the time they
were engaged in car-
rying the Liverpool
and Manchester Rail.
way Bill through Par.
liament, laid down a
plan of a direct line
from London to York
lby Lincoln, and have
'never abandoned tha
project,

Maps in Messrs.
Rennie's office, pro.
duced to this Com-
mittee.

6. The advertise-
pent states " that the
difference in distance
isetween the two pro-
Jested lines from Lon.
don to York, instead
of being 20 miles, is
not more than 5i
tiles" (iti favour of
31r John Rennie's
lint); and also that
the line of the London
and York Company is
in reality upon the
hne, as finally laid
down, 185} miles.
" The trunk line was, In round numbers 200 miles, and its
tarnitications would be still more extensive." 'This report is sub-
lel:went in date to an advertisement of the London and York Rail-
Ray Company, in the " Railway Times" of the 27th of July, 1844,
nieh contains these words:—" The precise line throughout has
"th determined on in a manner satisfactory to the landed and
ether interests, and in a few days the Proprietors will receive a
of the line with particulars, from the Engineer's (Mr.
Ze's) Report..
Pply to the above a common process in arithmetic :

6. This can only,
have been accom-
Iplished, as this Com.
triittee are advised, by
a further appropria-
tion of Sir John Ren.
nie's line, and a fur-
ther abandonment of
131 r. Gibbs's line of
11836, 1840,and 1641.

In the "Stamford
Mercury" of the 50th
of August, 1844, is a
report of a public
meeting held at Stam-
ford, containing the
following as part of a
speech by Mr. Francis
Mowatt, Tice-Chair-
man of the London
and York Railway

Lebtgete Miles.
h of line, as sd by Mr,
" of air Johntate Rennie's line

--
The r
9.0
The c . estilt in favour of the latter is .
of v ational
itcenesor t°l:rnalyttee Wish to assert their confident belief, that from. the
a .ertisein t under comment, it cannot have received
ohstent"!tion Of
the noblemen and gentlemen whose
..names are so
Y Paraded in connexion with it,
too.dootoriety, (lo
of the
not now form the Provisional Committee
and who, it is a matter
rnittee c
' this Corn.
0 and Yilway Company. In conclusion, .
he line
&domed • .
annot but call attention to the announced fact, that t
London and York Company are not indebted for their line,
as fittially laid down, either to Mr. Walker, the distinguished Engi.lo
railway
to the first line, viz., the Cambridge and York via Lincoto
4..allwaY ; or to Mr. Locke, who has just resigned his office; nr
to
tAhlr. Cubitt, who is at present advertised as the Engineer.ln.Chief
e Corn but to Mr. Gibbs, whose name has not previously
IN'pelared CS professionally connected with the London and York
Rai way CornpanY.---By order of the Committee,
WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway ofilee, 64:M e-
street, London oorgat
Oct. 3, 1844.

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