The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LOUDS.

.97ZST 1 X 1 7.-N-G-3TINCS2ZON

IMPORTANT DECISION.

The Select Committee to whom the above railway has been re.
erred re-assembled soon after eleven o'clock this morning, and
.
.44eled their inquiry into the merits of the scheme.
ca•se for
commenced the day's proceedings by replying to the
tise for the opponents. He dispatched the opposition of Miss
walker, the proprietor of Shebden Hall, with a simple offer on the
Part of the promoters of the proposed line to do all that reasonably
eo Uld be required of them to satisfy the wishes and meet the views
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that lady or her committee, and then proceeded to comment
bP°,l what he termed the dog-in-the-manger opposition of Mr.
st rieant Talfourd and his learned coadjutors. He explained
hi Inself by reminding their Lordships that the opponents came
11°,ward, not in the capacity of promoters of a competing scheme, but
.„," Parties who sought for unnecessary delay, with no other apparent
'elect but that of defeating the West Riding Junction line. They did
bot aedgest a better line, nor did they say a line for supplying the
tchistriet with railway communication could follow any other route
.411 that marked out by the promotets of the West Riding June-
men
scheme. He was, therefore, justified in complaining that they
7ould not make the line themselves, nor would they permit others
do it for them. He met the objections urged against the gravity
° the West Riding Junction line by declaring that it would involve
outlay of 123,0001. to obtain more favourable gradients between
Weloor and Bradford, remarking that neither the, anticipated
:tic between the two places, nor the probable saving in respect
in"king expenses, could justify the expenditure. The Learned
0,7"ae1, after pledging his clients to complete immediately the
Propped junction with the Leeds and Bradford Valley line in the
ha'o- of their Lordships sanctioning the scheme before them, con.
tmh
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with a somewhat violent and unhandsome attack upon Mr.
;74ge Parker Bidder, one of the engineers of the alternative line
hlgele evidence he pronounced to be grossly fallacious, if not im.
'Vently untrue, and wound up an address, extending over several
.2re, by calling upon their Lordships to treat the Bill as an un-
Tied measure.
ID "he room was then cleared, and the Committee having remained
deliberation for about ten minutes, strangers were readmitted,
lt12",

„ The Noble CHAIRMAN said, before he informed the parties the
Ult to which the Committee had come, perhaps he might be
clewed to state the extreme difficulty in which the
etrnittee had feund themselves in this important, and,
Might add, lengthened investigation; but he was
tits the parties on both sides would agree with him that through-
otit the investigation the Committee had given their best and
i.n_
• anxious consideration to the whole case. He need hardly
e that the members of a Committee of the House of Lords could
eve no partiality for either party ; but, on the contrary, their
%lifts desire was to do justice to both parties in a manner they
Telftlit would be best conducive to the interest of the public at large.
41cing all these things into consideration, and thinking it extremely
o°rtant that the public should have the best line that could pos-
. ;2▪ 17 be laid down in this part of the country, and considering that
'Me or no injury would result from a postponement, for one year
kilY, of the present measure, the Committee had come to the
4101Ution that the preamble to the Bill was not proved.