The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EXETER AND CREDITON.
ExrrEn, THIIRSDAY.—This Company held their first meeting yes-
terday, at their offices, Exeter. Mr. Henry Hooper' Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Directors, in the absence of the President, took the
chair.
The Sreurrsat read the report of the Directors, which stated that
notwithstanding the report of the Board of Trade recommending the
postponement of the measure, as well as private opposition, the Act
receiveti the royal assent last July ; that since then the Directors
had not had time to do more than accept certain contracts from
parties for the supply of rails, &c ; that the necessary purchase of
land would be completed with all dispatch consistent with economy;
that the terms upon which it wan proposed to lease the line to the
Bristol and Exeter Company were, that the latter were to take a
lease of the line in perpetuity, they paying a rent of 3,0001. per annum,
and one-third the gross receipts above 7,0001. per annum, which they
may reserve ; that the project which bad been laid before the Board of
Trade by another company for making a line to Barnstaple and
Bideford, via Colebrook, and the vale of the Taw, and to be connected
with this line at Credition, had been postponed on the recommenda-
tion of the Board of Trade, and its promoters had since united with
the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Com-
panies, in order to assist in carrying out a more comprehensive

icheine, which would have the effect of bringing on to the Exeter

and CI edition Erie, not only the traffic from Barnstaple, Bedford,
and the north, but also that of central Devonshire, and a consider-
able portion of Cornwall. But the directors proposed to allow four
per cent. upon the deposits already made, and upon all future deposits,

but not upon thture arrears. That the expense of the company up
to the obtainment of their Act amounted to 2,5281. 10s.,which left an
available balance in hand of 9611. 10s., and that the prospects cf the
company had improved since the commencement, &c. Mr. Th.bert
Dymond, the engineer, stated in his report that since he
received orders to proceed with the works, he had com-
pleted the marking . out of the line, and hoped soon
to complete arrangements for the purchase of the necessary quantity

- of land from oppotihig landowners; that he had made sometrifling de-
viations from the precise line originally marked out, but the effect
- would be to reduce the expense of the line, while less injury would be
done to private property. That tenders had been advertised for, for
- completing the works of the line, except about thirty chains of that
part of it which joined the Bristol and exeter line, the formation of
which the engineer intended to defer until after the ensuing winter.
The reports were then unanimously adopted, after which the atuli-
- tors were appointed at a salary of 51. ss. each. A salary of 1001. per
3%- annum was fixed as the secretary's remuneration.

THAMES, SOUTHEND, AND NORTHERN AND EASTERN

JUNCTION,

COGGESHALL, THURSDAY EVENING.—This afternoon, at One O'CIOCk,
a respectable and influential meeting of the inhabitants of this town
was held at the White Hart Hotel, with a view of affording the pro-
moters of the above scheme an opportunity of stating the merits of
the undcrtating.
Mr. BANKS, an extensive merchant in the town, was called to the

chair, and in opening the proceedings, observed that, for the well-
-6 doing of the town, some more ready and cheaper communication than
Dl4 the present was extremely necessary. According to the chart of the
project he did not see that their town would be benefited more than
any other on the line, and therefore he was sure that a feeling of ice-
- lousy would not be imputed to them however they decided. There
were a number of projects brought forward, professing to confer
considerable advantages upon the county, but most of them fell far
short of interesting Coggeshall.
Mr. J. TAPPING, of the Middle Temple, said the promoters were
" desirous of supplying the county of Essex with a railway of its own,
an 1 running a complete angle across the county from the south-
- eastern coast to the extreme north-west point ; thereby affording a
ready and cheap communication by rail to the many towns in the
district that were at present ensupplied. The line was intended
be formed from the commodious seaport of Southend by Itochford to
Chelmsford, and then crossing the Eastern Counties proceed tosrars
the north-west to Dunmow, and form a junction with the Northern
and Eastern at or near Saffron Walden, with branches from Roch-
ford to Burnham, from 3141d0n to Great Baddow, Dunmow to Brain-
- tree and Cogg,eshall, to join the Eastern Counties' Railway at Marks
Tey or Ferring, end from Dunmow to Bishops Stortfonl, thereby not
only opening a communication with and connecting all the most po-
pulons market towns of Essex, but by its junction with the Northern
and Eastern Railway at Saffron Walden, provide the cheaper and
more direct means of transit from the manufacturing, commer-
cial, and agricultural provinces of the kingdom to the river
Thames, and thereby avoiding the present expensive and circuitous
5...711 route through" the metropolis. As regarded the branch across the
Rochford Hundred, the promoter feared from the peculiar description
of the land, that it would cost a considerable stun in constructing,
and not realist a sufficient return for the capital expended upon it.
The enginez es, however, of the project were at present actively em-
ployed in snaking a full survey of the property, and according to
their decision the promoters would be guided. The branch contem-
plated to rota from Bishops Stortford on the Northern and Eastern line,
by Dunmow, Braintree, &c., to the Eastern Counties, would, from the
extensive manufactures in that town, much benefit the district. In
the town a great quantity of coal was consumed, and the promoters
intended to supply either the sea borne fuel or that from the Stafford-
- shire collieries, at a much cheaper rate than was at present. The
county was principally supplied from Maldon, and the meeting would
know that there was a navigation up to Chelmsford ; but it was so
serious a monopoly that all of them ruffered by it. The present ave.
rage cost of conveying coal from Mahlon was at the rate of 3s. Cd. per
ton. Now the promoters undertook to say that they could furnish
that cospmodlty at the reduced price of Is. per ton. The promoters
intended to form at Saffron Walden, Braintree, Chelmsford, and

Southend, depots for the storage of coals, which would be
:Zs brought by rail direct, via Lyme Regis, Ely, thence on to the Nor-
''s them and Eastern, and which would afford a more regular supply
with a great reduction front the present price. A direct line of rail-
- way from Coggeshal to Bishops Stortford would be productive of the
most beneficial results to both towns, in conveying their corn at once
up to the London markets, instead of housing it fur the want of A
suitale and reasonable conveyance. They were aware that the for-
- motion of a railway produced traffic, and when a cheap and ready
mode of transit was afforded to the fashionable watering-places
of Southend, Walton-upon-the-Naze, and others on the Essex
coast, they might rest assured that a large number of persons resid-
ing at Braintree, Bishops Stortford, and Saffron Walden, would flock
to theta places. Southend also offered so many facilities in the ship-
- ping and Continental interest, and the promoters had sanguine hopes
that in the course of time it would become an important port for
foreign packet boats. Lord Maynard, one of the principal land pro-
- priet-rs in the county, had inspected their surveys and had approved
of them on certain conditions, and those of a very Witting character.
The total length of the line would be eighty- miles.
After some discussion, a resolution, approving of the undertaking,
proposed bylir. Unwin, supported by Mr. Hall, was carried unani-
mously, a local committee being appointed to co-operate with the pro-
- visional one in London.

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RAILWAY TO POOLE.
_
_ On Thursday a public meeting of the inhabitants was held at the
_ Guildhall, pursuant to notice, to take into consideration the proposed
railway from Manchester, via Cheltenham, to Southampton and
_
_ Poole, through Salisbury. The meeting was most numerously and
respectably attended, and a deputation of gentlemen from Manchester
_
_ ant Southampton was present. The Sheriff, W. Pearce, Esq., having
_ taken the chair, opened the business of the meeting, and called on
G. L. Parrott, Esq., who stated that he had recently returned from
_
Manchester, and that it was the wish of all the leading and influen-
_ _
tial and mercantile men with whom he conversed in that place, that
- there should be a direct l'ne to the southern ports, and that the line
being already formed to Cheltenham, it would commence from that
_ place.
_ JAMES IVALKINSTIAW, Esq. (the deputy chairman of the Company),
- next addressed the meeting, stating the reasons why the merchants
_ in the north were anxious to have a direct line—a delay often occur-
- ring by tha detention of letters in London, by which they were placed
_ in a disadvantageous position: adding, that the line had received
_ such assurances of snpport as would insure its being carried through
_ the next session of Parliament.
_ The first resolution was proposed by the Mayor, and various (pee-
_ Bons were put by the advocates of what is called Mr. Lacy's Tine, as to
_ who first proposed the line from Salisbury to Poole, when it seemed
_ evident that the Sa7isbury and Yeovil Company had not till very
_ lately entertained any Idea of going to the north of Salisbury. Now,
-
however, it was stated that they would bring a line from Marl-
borough to Poole, through Salisbury. A long discussion took place
_
94 between the advocates of the respective lines, as to which would be
the shortest roue to Salisbury—whether from Marlborough or from
-
- Ludgershall.
- GaAs LEDGARD, Esq., proposed an amendment, that a delay of a
- fortnight should take place, which, being seconded, called up several
gentlemen, some of whom were for delay, and others against it. In
the midst of the discussion,
_
Mr. STEBBING of Southampton, replied to the remarks of many of
_
the speakers, and in a powerful speech ur„ed a decision in favour of
-
- the Company he represented, pledging himself that they would meet
the wishes of the inhabitants, by adopting the best line, and bringing
the line in'o the north-cast side of the town
Mr. Le:l:tar:,l,ap3sllarpn-
Before the amentitnent could be put from the chair, a great deal of
_ en-es-firing took place.
- Mr. NEWBURY, from Manchester (one of the deputation), ad-
_ dressed the audience.
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—A meeting of the Directors of the
GREAT NORTHERN COALITION
...ne by the Grand
Grand Junction and Manchester.a d
f the north and
Liver-
pool and Bury Railways, took Placea ait-tds, North Union, and Liver-
the final arrangement of leasing the North Union
Yesterday, at which
Junction and the Manchester and Leeds Coljn--n l
the Grand Junction to have the uninterruptTelaunel ---e was agreed to,
south line from Parkside to Preston, and the Manchester
of the east and west trade trout Bolton to Preston ;e:heurs and
Lgeethd:
Grand Junction a line from Birmingham to Carlisle withZtini, -e-
-tcrvenilig interest, and the Manchester and Leeds a line fromaGotele
In Preston east and west; and the same day the terms of agree-
ment between the Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool and Bury
were ratified. It now merges into Manchester and Leeds stock, thus
giving them a direct line from Leeds to Liverpool, passing through
the important towns of Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Halifax, and
Bradford, to Leeds, and from Leeds on to Hull by the shortest route ;
and with the exception of 17 miles of the West Riding Union, the
whole line is already either made or in the course of construction ;
indeed, this Pie wW_Ltow embrace the chief towns and ports of tlr
gnat cordtla of Ra azia LAnouter, itrotettalq from the St. CieorM