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THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE or LEEDS,
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.

(I"royisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthorp, Knt., Hull and Alga-house Scarborough, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
The Sheriff of York - "
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton
Blurton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Railway
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Team and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
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and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction

Railway ,
Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourae, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, ind Worcestershire Junction Railway _
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak• Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttozeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq.,, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct

Railway _
Garle, Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and WorcestershireJunction'Railway
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lel-

tester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Asabourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-
ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Meorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire,:and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq.,, St. John's Wood, Regen'ti Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemason's

Life Assurance, &c.
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfield-haVUttoxeter, Director
of the erbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Janction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Setern

Commission, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
3PMahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Mathew, John Mee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Milner, William, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Marton, Joseph, Esq., Walsall, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John', Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Ryde-park, Di-
rector of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-

way. &c.
Pulteney, Douglas, Rinnaird, Capt., Parliament-street, London, Di-
rector of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, Wakefield
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
smith, Thomas, Esq., More-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Stafford4hire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Teen and Dove

Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcesterehire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the \ East and

. .
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-

siirance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire Railway, &c.
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq., Ashbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Dig., great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, george, Esq:, Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, Szc.
Waller, Major, K.H., St.'James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, &c,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Ruviey
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tear'. Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttexeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttozeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshice, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq , Ashbonrne
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 3.5, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.R.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Annishaw, J., Esq., Ingeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq..-Dudley
Eggitigton, A. Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.
This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a di: ect com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dadley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon. Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermartheu, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystvvith, and with Porthdynllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds
and Southampton.
The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Preatwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourn, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holmtirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal.
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy. and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when. by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourrte, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce,
and great quantities are Introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire ; and the route of this line would fur-
nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, mod Worcestershire. Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There arc large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them Into full work.
The coal is of a superior quality. _ -
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. • The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
index of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a junc-
tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and Gainsiborough and Midland Railways
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest
Benito, Bagots Woods. and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Eel., 35,
Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Ilainbrigge, Esq.,
Lltoxeter; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and
Ev.ms, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, Worcester ; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and CG., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nokls, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
York; Mr. E. H. Arrnitage,•Wakefield ; Mr, James Stokes, Chelten-
ham ; Mr. Joseph Clark. jun., Southampton ; Messrs, Tate and Nash,
Bristol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford. Exeter ; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry ; Messrs, Houghland
and-Lbeac, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ;
Manessd
Sons,
st. Birchall and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
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and Stafford, College-green, Dublin; Mr. Andrew milligan,Birken.
LICATION YOB SHARES.
Birken-
head.
FORM OF. APP'
To the Provisional Committee of the 1... A% Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Dteeetotanway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me • - sheieeof 2Ol. each
in the above Railway, and I undertake to aeeeht the same or .11.
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the ?„..„,..%:=1_
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, ILIA so ..41:=theya
required, the Deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share. .
Dated this day of , 184 .
Nara. in dill •• •
Profession and professional madame .....
Belidence in full. • • . • 1.... .....
Reference...,

SHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
I 3 forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York, and Run, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

(The Depoeit la.inaccorcianei with the Standing Order of the Howie

of Commons.) -
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di-

rector of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stratton
Beamish, Captain, Kenengton-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire lad Manchester
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the

Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cottam, Rey. G., M.A., Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldoni% near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas U. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Chin, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shlffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highflelds Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Jimction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of

the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-

gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesity, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of

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the Chartered— Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, MiMeld Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Slade, the Rev. IL R., D.D., Wolverhampton
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnerth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall
i Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the Now River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Brldgnorth,
Salop 11(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburn and Co.. 4, Whitehall,
London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire tanking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN Cniae--Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Siffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECRETARY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.
The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company
will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand
Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from
thence by Eccleshall, Offley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donningten
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee; Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock-
edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in
the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with
the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway."
The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure
and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire
coal-field, to a depot proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will be convoyed by the " Hereford, Shrews-
bury, aid North Wales Railway." into Montgomeryshire and the
neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to
calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the
direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire
coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown
and Llanidloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference
to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight
with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused
by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water.
A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop-
shire ironmasters, for the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
land and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey
it direct into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense.
By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the "Hereford I
and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct commanica.
tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull. and
Swansea and South Wales.
As a junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail-
ways), A large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
Is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely-
populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural neighbourhood, It will be obvious that a sufficient local
traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of
capital required to be embarked.
The line, which will not interfere with any property of an orna-
mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
will be constructed at much less than the average cost.
Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated or Can be sustained against the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders vral be limited, by the Act, to the
amount of their subscription to the capital stock-; and power will be
Wiled ibr to allow interest at the rate of four per cent. per annual
on the aniount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, 11-om the
date of each payment until the opening of tba line ; and the first
deptisit being paid, a further call will not be raade until the Act of
Parliament shall have been obtained.
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Maps of the line, prospectuses, &c., are to be obtained from the