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London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

BANKERS.

The Western Bank of Scotland in Glasgow, Airdrie and Edinburgh
The London and Westminster Bank, London
The Union Bank of Manchester, and
The Royal Bank of Liverpool
SEcarrAßT—J. F. Galbraith, Esq., W. 8., 48, Queen-street, Glasgow
Somaxi:um—Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, 40, George-square,

Glasgow

PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—G. H. Lang, Esq., 37, Great George-street,

Westminster.

This Railway will commence at a suitable point of the Edinburgh
branch of the Caledonian Rnilway, at or near Mid-Calder, and pro-
ceed westwards, by easy and convenient gradients, accommodating
the populous towns and villages of Livingstone, Bathgate, Blackburn,
Whitburn, and Clarkstone, to the Airdrie District, where it will form
a junction with the existing and projected lines to Glasgow and the
West of Scotland.
The populous district traversed by this Railway is one of the rich-
est in Scotland. It abounds in ironstone, coal, limestone, and other
minerals ; and it only requires the advantages of railway accom-
modation to develop its resources.
The revenue, as a Mineral line alone, should suffice to yield the
largest return legally exigible by railway praptietors ; and when it
is considered that, by the junctions already referred to, this line will
form a direct, short, and uninterrupted route between the cities of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and connect East, West, and Mid Lothian,
and the whole of the eastern counties of Scotland, not merely with
Glasgow, but with the counties of Renfrew, Ayr, Wigton, and Kirk-
cudbright, and their Important seaports; It would be diftleult to o. er-
value the present line as a great national undertaking. .
To those acquainted with the district, it is unnecessary to point
out the imrfiense local importance of this line and its dependencies ;
and to the inhabitants of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, and all
the other towns is the east and west of Scotland, it would be super-
fluous to mention the advantages of such a line, whether as respects
safety and comfort, or economy and expelitlen ; bat, for the benefit
of those at a distance, it may be well to state that, while it avoids
objectionable tunnels, viaducts, and other heavy works, it is also
shorter, by at least one-sixth of the whole distance, than any other
line between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and will further
be the means of conveying, without transhipment, passengers and
goods from the east to the west coast. _ .

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Applications for Shares in the form annexed may be made to the
following brokers :—Messrs. Jackson and M'Cowan, Foulds and
Cockburn, T. G. Buchanan, and A. W. Forbes, Glasgow; Alexander
G lloway,banker, Airdrie ; Robert Allan, and Robertson and CO..
Edinburgh ; Thomas Forsyth, and Massie and Robertson, Liverpool ;
George Harris, Manchester; B. and M. Boyd, 1, Bank Buildings,
and J. Shewell and Son. Tokeuhouse-yard, London.
Glasgow, Bth Se,A., 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Lanarkshire and Lothians Di-
rect Railway.
Gentlemen,—l hereby apply for Shares of the Stock of
this Company, and bind myself to pay the Deposit of at on this, or
any smaller number of Shares that may be allotted to ne, and to
Sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscriber3' Deed of Agree-
ment.
I ana, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
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