The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

RAIL WAY COI`,IIIITTEL
(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP A. Ter
LONDON, CHATUABT, AND NOR
TS Ir-v—
-proTcheeedcerwmitihttteheetenie,gt
ian7l:AirninlagtLet:Wvideel,;ieclreo."clock this morn
and
ivbo
The first witness called was Mr. Crowther, land-surveyors ~.
confirfacilitiesmedwell
oeft
correctnesshteh evidence
cuttings,o ifn Aftiaurv.aovauairgi
,no
bridges,
irtithedesg, superiority of the line,
ii °_,,`
tion intttiheeyt
The cross-examination, which was extended, elicited li°
would take
as to the relative
meritstake otfheticiaasse
order they
AUSTIN then requested the Comsemsuittaitnineedatteloe.vdeeicicrdeTii
lines. as
competing to go
' The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had determined
tided
into
as the case of the landowners first, but they had not yet dc:v_,..,
oouft
ht.hEae
sltaantdposavandertsh,e andc raytahaeac, as
the to the order in which they would take the question as be
c."
Croydon and South-Eastern lines. sted Or
After seine f • uither conversation the Committee deliberated for
a time, and announced their intention to hear out whatever `,,,.
deuce
was to be offered for the North Kent—to go then into tuw
ease of the south-Eastern—and lastly into that of the PO°
Company.
Another conversation then took place as te the tinie ea
counsel adverse to any line should be keard against that Huth Ur-9
which
the Committee (after seine deliberation) resolved to tear a
the evidence to the esti before counsel should be heard. f Ad'
Mr. Sergeant Sues then put in letters from the Boards 0 , ...
miralty and Ordnance, acquiescing (as had been already state('
is
e evidence) with the arrangements of the North Kent ling'
I),uTaing the fortifications, Woolwich-common, and the WOW'
he case for the promoters of the Bill being concluded, . ._. to
t Mr. CociusoßN called the serious attention of the ColornitSritn
thehe fact that Mr. vignolies had not complied satisfactorily laid
bal. order of the House, that the estimate of expenses should b< P,7,,
departure ore te Committee of Standing Orders. He did not think ;;•
was sufficient to require the Committee to °WE 4,14
progress of the Bill. But he submitted that the Matter int.
be again referred to the Committee of 3tanding Orders.
Mr. AUSTIN followed at great length upon the same side.
cold
, I*. Sergeant Waalloitsm replied, and Pointed out to the.
__ll,
tmi,ittee that the alleged alterations in the estimates were WWI cyth,
'gent, and did not substantially or formally depart fr°rla
standing orders. as
said
The CHAIRMAN interrupted the Learned Gentlenian, a
ed 0,
that the Committee was ci opinionhithertothere appeared
that
r.'
objection to the Bill. 0 0
Phis announcement was followed by a very loud .si: op
delight, which •
! gave great umbrage to the CoMnaittee, o.'
immediately checked. the 0 art
°
meAsisrr.s AUSTIN then addressed the Committee on
_,..aroed
, Hale, the powder manufacturers of;Fevershalo, 50° • f the
that th • itl of
works.
railroad would come within dangerous proxinl
works.
The Committee then adjourned to twelve o'clock to.reorl°'

GROUP 88.
its.o'97•l‘l4l'
VITILTETV' OR
D,
D,NvExoszo. WIS,--
DUBLINr gazzivas• COl4°'
The Committee resumed to-day at twelve o'cloelry Sr.
houn in the chair. a the P°-
Mr. Sergeant Was:cc:ram opened the case on behalf , 0 ,bon.
jectors of the line. The Learned Gentleman proceed]; tpuelith
the course the line was intended to take. It star"' 't'h 1001
Ross, to Waterford. Near to'
using the Dublin and KingStOWII
went. From Kingstown it proceeded
bY
Bray,
Wicklow, Arklow, Gorey, gol'et't were to°
there to °tie;
interior. lace
to
facorks, diverginWexford d left ; one into the
114cloanother toi so as to connect the let :i :0' owe ,of
guard in Wales, from whence a line vr es 13.°P°,,,e01e elt ;sot
ter, by Carmarthen, Neath, and Newport. Tbe -we tope ,or
railway to be formed was 150 miles, connectieg the moil
tee °one,
towns and districts in the south of Irelande;oo the
tor
England.
The Learned Gentleman having
..d ~nneeetia„ntri
reviewed the benefit which it would CO*fer u 1 ' - , ois en- go
they the rich .i. teas °' Ireland' at
mineral and manufacturing ers of •""was •-.
with the • fertile agricultural districts of the south
old it
sad
the event of Parliament sanctioning this Bill, hoef •Weelf°,gd;We°_,
to tended to improve the harbour accomrnodationuoation.; st e.
establish regular and efficient steam Ole ftreeleTSJelltie,°;
Ennlinisecossroyafarlon;s
othyee, corts;
that place and Fishguard. Having 000 —,neerini :tyre, '""h
traffic likely to pass over the line, and the etnareble,;gtblett"-5
alreand
WThietnseeess
which Lea he represented as being generally of I '',. at setedoni.4
tyaghersoothgihstloinoedeprrethseenotedozeorf the
the
cCuti°:ticit. .
rim cap
advantages
Gentleman concluded by pointing °°: old r-
reestawreyreofththene
Ccaolmlepdaoony
deposed
....,'ttee'
behalf oft the OP Cote'
110' fi°°
pany, which he stated at 2,000,000 k WO. onne
Mr. Lewis
Lewis Vigors, Chairman of the South - e as e C
oftotbe ..- lit o. ...
ro
pany, gave evidence as to the value of thisl'.o if ere
e,
between Ireland and England. ~ axle` Ddljonintri
Dr. Newland, Dean of d gr. Cl's' f tbe la
Hearne, an o arsb •
examined as to the feeling of the inhabiant. 01 too
rfeoef
through which the line passed, which was genet' oad in ed, greol
Mr. Gibbons, engineer, said that he was elli'arn or-dielcelt
the line, and in making sections of the seine. . one Of colt
severe cuttings and embankments on the line, MI.
..., Detest far*
character. There was a tunnel of 500 yards Wray of 5;00
stown and Bray, and another through the D feet,° throti..looth
The heaviest cutting at this place was 43 aro en3u.-0 I"-
rock. Between Bray and Arklow there were cisdat Ito at
966 and 72 feet high. At Arklow there was
re,..,a be 5, feet'
long and 16 feet high. There was a cutting twit:"
furlooBo ~,,,, gt
the same places, averaging for the extent of
the gior
There was an embankment and viaduct OV a beg
9' cut,
100 feet ' ri9ag tei
feet high, and another viaduct - - was A ,
_Die , 111 ,
Enniscort 1.9 over the river. There the deer',. a OP:,
Ling at New Ross of above two miles lonS,
root sad 05 is.'
which was 54 feet. The Barrow river was e,5 feette°,oo ill
after leaving New Ross, by viaducts of 70 feet, :one e°, aid'
high respeetively. Further on there W 95 a tdaticultte%vioch
length. These were the principal engineering_
at wife'
morrOw
The Committee then adjourned
GROUP DP. ~
imCISI`' ~,,j
000
IMPORTANT m G''lA„ji 'S
THE CAMEIDONLIN li ...
T 4
DE ri712513:&i. - -
E ZIINCTXON•
-A rival 00e AttefOooll
The evidence of Mr. King (continues. alga
Edition of yesterdaY)-- aPo ,61
The second extension was proposed to be Made tOcuiti be et.01;00
Cargill, by which an unfavourable line of railWsl„l Ord eirtli.fa
on the Kirkintilloch liae. The estimated Wens', ,ae, Art P.
was 30,0001. or more, and it was nearly cotarroan slePt
considerable sum, amounting to about 25,00 ben the
.faitig
on the Coltbridge extension for the purpose of obte'"io foroietar.
to be derived from the Wishart and Celtness "oetcollPr°Prtiell'
passengers and minerals to Glasgow. A number o
_woo".
and iron masters had been examined before as
of
eft
~A Ate
and had expressed very favourable opinion§ of t" ,sat 007,00
and eve Age
The expense of the conveyance of pig iron . rearace
materially diminished when the conteroplattd 10P AO
ssitlir of
all completed. of the to b
The Cneremare interrupted the examination
..istot ope
this point, •
and said it was the wish of the Cora' eeled..e to
• of the 011.-
further engineering evidence as to the junction
....ei il
lop
line with the Clydesdale branch to Harnilton.„ ._l7ace at 13000
know whether it would interfere with the Duke ' r tbis °le jell
bat teet
ton. It appeared to them exceedingly desirable
t the to
should be effected, as the intermediate fork
on 'tile
branch would, in that case, be rendered unnecesrel; tore.. die
Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that it Wouleei
fat; jes ion'po,
make a line to Hamilton without it int./00.00.dd t tile
Duke's palace, and also with the town of nal'tasage iC.-
sent' mg some engineering difficulties in the Pe .
.., eb°
Clyde. of gr. Plucte!l'
Mr. CRAWFORD resumed his examination
_e coo ioa.
Proceeded to state, that if the Motherwell brench r. ,rtstli '4OO
the traffic along the Garnkirk Railway would be 01:a toe'
ealoc-
nished ,that scarcely sufficient revenue would b r ,00
ordinary • ' working expenses of the line. line °ld be
-lonia° 00 • I
The CHA I Rif A N said that regarding the Cale- .„,te o
tional scheme, the Committee were desirous that 'fon gars
no obstruction offered in any way to the Glase_ fttn101;000
line, in its connexion with the Wiabart and Conneaut old
Some unimportant discussion baring ensued with Clldo'
decision being come to, tO the
rge
Mr. MAXWELL appeared to resume his opposition_ 0, tee too,
dale Junction Railway on behalf of Sir John
Mel e. eieeetj
ot
trates of Gorbals, and the road trustees and other' coif'
when id pOt be opal
The Ctiermew decided that the
the,
sheti.ki ha
.s
tamed as against the preamble of the Bill, but W°Lieded 00'
for consideration when the clauses were being Prc`ce eyed.
_AO
The preamble was then declared to have been Pr
nd an P' air
The clauses were immediately proceeded With, I,..,aation rod,
clause 26, which gave power to the Clydesdale •'"iarestrl,a tliS
cora...Lobs' lob
nett it with the Polloc and Govan Railway, under
Mr. Mexweee proposed to insert a clause WhiChtre rollae,, til
effect of compelling all the traffic conveyed along
_., tes OP'
where it passed West-street, to be carried either of.' of°
a viaduct or under it by a tunnel. trier ot, DO
the lig° a 0 0
The proposed clause was negatived, and on . 4001 0
Committee a second clause, to the effect that it '. 0119., 1 tos
lawful for the Polloc and Govn Railway to conneqoy 00 7 001
convey any traffic from, the Clydeysdale Junction Itai 41'10 '
consent in writing had been obtained from the Board ' ao
prepared and agreed to. 4 v-00
~ hat';
Several •
. written clauses for regulating Cd tee O
introduced, the remaining clauses were PaiSed' 4113
Pr°er °I
ordered to be reported. e then 40
The clauses of the Caledonian Railway Bill pet t god, ' ,
with, and after a few trivial alterations bad been ins-
0100107,
agreed to. th C Ilr
andMtuhteual congratulations having passed bet Ween „..erbacia.,k4 0,
various counsel the Committee broke UP, Al' i% 00,
assiduously engaged, ' • ding ofer 5 Oa li
during a period extend' hot§ .ae A
the co • nsideration of the important and intricate° „d slin ei P'•
iionythe group which had been referred to them, e'..trartil
involved in the investigation the exaMination of IV
hundred witnesses. ----

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GROUP EE.
....re,ool4' ,
scoTTx3n BeiximAND .11:".,r parivi' „
The Committee sat at twelve o'clock to-dal, i., ,.,,,iP,
man. The examination of witnesses was resurfleu:.,nt of '010;
Mr. Blackadder, surveyor, deposed that the aoo;:and 60'00
quired to be taken for the line was '214 acres, '2 r
oguntfy tilioo
in value, 32,242/. I7s. lud. The district of c the iiito 0
a d
which the railway passed was very favourable, and
gilt in Oi
generally were favourable to it. Couri_ Al
Mr. P. Wallace, a member of the Perth ToWn ,„ betlw
extensive coach-builder, gave evidence as to the tray ve vi
town and Forfar. , I? to 1,11.°0
railsh,l,ra.yJaacsk,faorf
aDsuintkewlde,ntwawsounldextbeexarninc". benePP.elldel
town and district. There were e3corfeirieaet 515e1:erit4c:;.!..:r7°1
n Dunkeld, large portions of which were St P 0,0011,01 Y,
in the direction of Perth. The railway ode '.ll/4,
great tccommodation to this traffic. The whi'l(e/,,en di't' 00
an important one in the district. There were 1.00•66 tope.
it ee 1
that made about 300 gallons weekly, or in weight 1 annuals o iOlio
distilleries consumed about 3,000 tons of coal enill stfrfrhtjtPs•
portion of coal was likewise used in the town andt,o•l4
country.
He had no doubt all these coals would °lie 00,04'4
Derth along the railway to Stanley, and troll' e COrtoiP,
unkeld ; at present they were carted from redb.oel'faoll'ed
now only bring a load once a day ; with the railtvaiweretol4,o°,,,
able to bring two from Stanley. Wool and tirnber ciea t° ti p 1
branches of traffic. The forest of Athol alone Otte:ol,6e; 010,
alickries. The Marquis of Breadalbane and other ititics°, fie,/
,vise large forests, from all of which great clnal., vef'iell i s
were annually sent away. He knew Blairgowr4o‘.o 04,000
There were large markets and fairs held the. et j 00 433
if#
number of fat cattle sent to the south every year "Ili- tit
did 04
.2,000. „lee, '''' si`ie.,f4
Mr. J. Hodson Anderson, corn merchant in Bo" oh Orrcl,:e
well-acquainted with the district of Strathmore. I' oe ert-efi",l
the tine.t district its Scotland for barley and oats.
..,0 4011cli SI
in Cupar Angus and its neighbourhood about 3.3'W 111'1ot 0
nually. lie slid considerable business at Glog° i'a 1."-, 5,1
an excellent market for barley. The 531 g distil care 10
ticle in Glasgow was very great, as the -teat ;tvice, J
Campbeltown and the west of Scotland made o'"hti'
there. Were the railway formed, it would be of g f r
„„or),' le
his business, if the rates were such as the co.-. , 00,
a ~.e,fitl
no doubt, would see it their interest to fix.
Mr. Nicholson, formerly manager of the Dundee tAr:le, rP ' ol'e
Railway, deposed that that line was a very 0110'11e,-j° Ifr,atrdi.j'
been formed upon the principle of the old trans I°'' it
• '', la
present railroads were thought of. IroPerlectiAn l'
tli
1/
and with bad gradients and inclined p-- -,6.0 5
nnuO !mule of it, taking iri Auras! of r-