The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

THE HUDDERSFIELD and LIVERPOOL
DIRECT RAILWAY,
By Roch4ale, Bury, and Bolton, forming the shortest practicable
route from Liverpool to Leeds, Hull, and Goole.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/..25. per Share.
BAN RERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, ‘nd Co.

Huddersfield—The Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com•

pany.
SOLICITORS.

Mr. William Barker, 3 New-street, Huddersfield.
Messrs. Brook and Freeman,
The object of this undertaking is to form a continuous line of rail-
way from Leeds to Liverpool, by extending the lines already made,
or sanctioned by Parliament, from their respective termini at Hud-
dersfield, In Yorkshire, and Bury, in Lancashire, through the inter-
vening country between Huddersfield and Bury, for which extension
a line of railway only 25 miles in length is requisite. The proposed
line will commence at the Huddersfield station, between which place
and Leeds Parliament has already sanctioned the !ormation of rail-
ways, and from Huddersfield the proposed line will proceed by way
of Hillhouse, Birchencliffe, and Lindley, and thence along the valley
between Stainland and Greetland, through Batk!sland, the Vale of
Itipponden, and by Rochdale to Bury, in Lancashire, where it will
join the terminus of the Liverpool and Bury line of railway.
In addition to completing a direct communication from Liverpool
to Leeds, Hull, and Goole by the shortest practicable route, and by a
much smaller outlay of capital than by any other proposed line, it will
provide for a large and important manufacturing population, hitherto
without the advantage of railway accommodation, an outlet to the
south by means of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,
and to Manchester and North awl South Lancashire by tho railways
above mentioned, and by the Leeds and Manchester Railway, by a
proposed junction therewith at Rochdale.
This line when completed will, in addition to the advantages which
it presents as a through line, pass through a succession of valleys
thickly studded with mills and manufactories, consuming a large
quantity of raw materials and coal, all of which are brought from a
distance, and transmitting to other districts the produce of their in-
dustry, for which purposes a line of railway has become absolutely
necessary, and there can be no doubt that an ample return will be
realised for the outlay of capital required.
The distance between Huddersfield and Rochdale by the present
line of railway Is thirty miles, which by the proposed railway will
be reduced to seventeen miles.

The ProvisionalCorsmilieereserve to themselves the right of en-
tering into any arrangements with existing railway companies that
may appear desirable. And power will be taken by the Act of Par-
liament to allow interest to the shareholders at the rate of 41. per
cent. per annum on the amounts paid on their shares from the
respective times of payment to the times of opening the railway.
Applications for shares may be addressed, in the subjoined form, to
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers, viz.—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett
and Hill, Threadneedle-street, London ; Mr. David Kinnear, Edin-
burgh ; Messrs. W. Moore and Co., Messrs. J. Gatliff and Co., Messrs.
Wilson and Hellawell, Mr. Thomas Parratt, Mr. Frederick Turner,
Messrs. John Atkinson and Co., Messrs. Tempest and Co., Messrs.
Mooney and Hickes, Huddersfield ; Messrs. John Young and Co.,
Mr. C. E. Landon, Leeds ; Mr. Hervey, Mr. Charles Clay, Messrs.
Crowther and Brook, Halifax; Mr. John Brooke, Dewsbury ; Messrs.
Cameron, Bagenove, and Tannton, Messrs. Lloyd and Price, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, and Messrs. Lynnill and Berlyn,
Manchester; or to the Solicitors to the Company.
The names of a highly-respectable and influential Provisional
Committee will be published in a few days.
Huddersfield. Oct. 1, 1,45.
FORM OF:APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and Liverpool

Direct Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201.
each in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same or any
less number that you may allot to sae, and to pay the deposit of 21.
2s. per share, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement when required.
Dated the day of , 1845.
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