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London, England, 1845-09-06 00:00:00

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4,1),.4110f.Dev0n • •
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ekrs, Esq., M.P. . - ( •
dolin`pstcather, Esq., Late Colonial, Secretary of Ceylon
11,1tt 41,,14.j?2 Esq., Ncel.House, Kensington •
L. h: Esq,, Director of the CrOydon Railway Company
C 4 .(11,In Esq. M.P., Director of the North Devon Rallwa
t% hop
4,•erott BoY'd' Es'.l"
NelhAllany "
Esq. Director of the Blackwall Railway Company
Cleveland .row, St. James's
Ds?„wring,'LL D M.P. Director of the Blackwall Railway Corn
tsi...,y •
Rir A4,.r(trientlY Chapman; Esq., Leadenhall-street
1, N.',..ener Denman Croft, Bart. • "
rl "ante/41:6g Chairman of the.Blackwall Railway Company
gir`yes Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
116 441e8 4tike, M.P. and Alderman
44,Zrd Elphinston, Esq.,
Esdalle, Esq.e, Director of the London and South Essex Rallwa;
C. . mpany •
Farncomb, Esq., Alderman
Augustus Foster, Bart., New-street, Spring-gardens
Ti''tQLancl4r Duff Gordon,. Bart., Queen-square, Westminster .
i,sq., Deputy Chairman of the Blackwell Railway Company
' ,• Hickson, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Rail-
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aY Cornyiany
eolikn atlian Hopkinson, Esq.
Hope Johnstone, Esq., M.P.
(''-.2l)tajitm Be.slif----. 13Keelly, Director of the Brighton Railway Com-

any . .
Ja Iles Lemn-a, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
acnagla en, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Rail.

way Comp any
fir "William Magnay, Bart. and Alderman
Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.
John Martin; Esq., K.L., Allsop'S-terrace, New-road
James Esq., M.P.
-• . Matheson,•
llWilliam Molesworth,
/44vid OglW3' Esq Director of the London and South Essex Railway
I,laior-Gener4 Sir •James Reyuett,X.C.H. •
2 ler Jelf Sharp
Andrew -•
Jeeii ,sPottiswoode, Esq.
S
airGeorgeart, Esq.', Portman-square
p.,a,,iStrickland, Bart., M.P.
etil", 'Esq., Croydon
w• I': Villiers, M.P.
homasii.nson, Esq., Chairman of the Croydon Railway Company
},se, Esq., M.P. •
• With power to add to their number.
• - PROVISIONAL DIRECTORY.
'l,lllll, - The EARL of DEVON, Chairman.
, A "Mrither, Esti Capt. B. M. Kelly, R.N.
air'Hle •,,rott zoed
M.P. W. E. Hickson, Esq.
Sir William 31agney, Bart.
lie•'w • hati Bart. Major Jelf Sharp v
ale 11, Face The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.
-'lltkinstene, Esq. M.P. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq.
"pat's, Ertel/seem—Thomas Page. Esq. •
leiZls—Messrs Bridges and Mason, Red Lion-square.
,r-rs AND SURVEYORS —M esSTS. Fowler and Austin.
BANRERS.
'he London and Westminster Bank
,tie Union-Bank of Loudon
Tin 1:115 Commercial Bank of London
gh hi •
yoa, !lee PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
-Ph papi ,Itrneron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street
--.‘" Esc; 21 Great George-street
t.ao ' '
••ourreav (pro tem.)-E. W. Williams, Esq.
of This
ill Nib " POSPECTUS.
e T 1 • 1-nY has been fßormed by the Union of the Promoters
with the oils Embankment and Atmospheric Railway Company
meters of the Thames Embankment and City Railway
The'Zl.•
likjt of the united' Company is to carry into effect the re-
-I„`te ietropolitan Improvement Commissioners (7th February,
,".4'sale,'"e,°llt" mending an embankment of the northern. shore of the
!Pfau ' Pot ween Blackfriars and Westminster bridges, and preceding
'reastef lommittees .of the House of Commons in favour of in-
-1,1!,40,fa0 lities of traffic to relieve the narrow and over-crowded
lot e 6'o ,res which form the only existing communications between
T 16t re id west end of the Metropolis.
dleiZigre at public improvement has hitherto been delayed by the
Ivies ti? f providing adequate funds from resources not interfering
At he g eneral taxation of the country ; but it has appeared to the
ot latalra of the present united Company that the object may now
'aDite. one 0, and be rendered a , highly profitable investment for
o:reombining with it the additional advantages of railway
comma •
It is anon.
th,ll4Osed therefore to execate the line of embankment founded
„,,"'Nest;',,,ll of Mr. Page, according to the recomrnentlation
aohfd herto
Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements,
with it a railviray en the atmospheric principle from Hunger-
ang tipet, or its neiidibOurhood; to 'the vicinity of London-bridge
I,lree 1, 'allk, and thence to the Blackwell Railway near Fenchurch-
,"liae,,'',,a? ld also to join the various railways terminating at London
°rid ation •
lie te, , either• by ene of the existing bridges, or by a new
It ja be constructed for the object.
tfie,t • obvious that this great undertaking cannot be carried into
talai„l"rithout the sanction of Government. For the purpose of ob-
thel Mai sanction, proposals have been submitted to the Metropo-
ite"ti-.Onunissioners regarding the execution and management of the
l'iltra-11...nd which the promoters expect will receive afavourable con-
Th on both from that Foard and the City authorities.
sot „
• "levels of the embankment and railway will be so arranged as
Interfere with the 'wharves. The point where the line will
tiett: ie. from the river side, to join the Blackwell Terminus, will be
rp.erLi nee
, by the comparative cost and utility of continuing by the
the I,,alide to London-bridge, or of forming a new street, adapted to
Parallel with the Thames.
Cre " "allies on the Provisional Committee show that the various
,14 P anies whose railwaya the Thames Embankment and Railway
tit,!c ten Com- __y
Pan is Intended to unite, will promote its progress ; and
•Pport of the public at large may be anticipated, for the following
Ist, g; other important reasons. •
toiki• A river-side terrace, equally striking in point of appearance
th
ehl 'tint)", affording a spacious drive and promenade available tot
kithurPoses of health and recreation, will be afforded to the public
thUrn! int resort to the' Corisolidated Fund, while the most crowded
of th ughfares of the City will be at the same time relieved
vast traffic which now obstructs them, and by an improved
"„u •of railway transit, free from noise, smoke, and danger. • . •
e.c7.1 • The improvement of the navigation of the River, and of the Me-
)H 'Titan sewerage, and the removal from the northern shore of the
1(51 and unwho!csome accumulations of mud which now die:.
it.
soatThe connexion of the principal towns and seaports of the
l
At ern and eastern coasts with the centre of the Metropolis.
te,'"O etimate has been formed of the traffic between the projected
iris; but to avoid the appearance of exaggeration, the provisional
ki'rxtors submit only the following general calculation, which shows
xriPle return for the capital invested. Nobody can reasonably
km' '1 this return who considers the multitudes continually passing
t irepassing to and from the City, on foot, in omnibuses and other
lnq 'ages, and in steam-boats, and without reckoning the very largely
used traffic 'that must accrue by the .junction with the above-
ha ationed railways, and their many projected extensions. When it
kr Membered also that the transit will occupy less than five minutes,
411 teed of, as at present, twenty minutes to half an hour, the saving
zau.
PPor of valuable time
te
took
ng. en of business, Sec., must insure a power-
h4 following table exhibits the immense traffic between the City
Iliad the West End : •
teamers averaging 370 trips per day • •
omnibuses ditto 2,120 journies per day • •
Cabs and private carriages, ditto 6,588 • •

16,000 Passkn,gers
20,000 ditto
13,000 ditto

Soot Passengers, ditto

49,000.. ditto
• 76;000 ditto

125,000 l'erioas daily

If -
one-third only of the passengers by
'end and carriages use the railway . • 16,300
. d one eight of the foot passengers .. 9,500
And of those travelling to and fro, from the
different railways connected with the
IllaCkwall and London-bridge termini ..

12,200

~, The aggregate would be • •
8R„ that the improved mode of transit
Will increase the number of passengers
about one-third (the usual caleulatimi being
4Quble) the daily number will be 50,000.
1.. •
• aw average of 3d. would give 6251. per
dap' or .. 228,125 per annum
• •
And deducting for expenses 57 000

38,000

•
• There would remain £171,125
Or above nine per cent. upon the capital. An increase, too, may
"?. reasonably expected from the traffic of the eastern and western
448 of railway crossing the . River for communication with the
,otral terminus, for which a Company has been formed, and with
.blch it is expected that arrangements will be made satisfactory to
.t
Parties interested.
lalleations for Shares may be addressed, in the annexed form, to
,o; l'rovisional Directors, at the temporary office of the Company,
Charing-cross ; -to the Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents ; and
the following Agents and Sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. and W.
r 7; !there and Harrison, Threadneedle-street; Mr. 11. J. Williams, 80,
1 d Broad-street ; Barclay, Allsop, and Mercier, Exchange-buildings ;
assrs. Mackenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill, London ; Messrs.
1,4 )rsyth and Pritchard, Liverpool ; Messrs. Johnstone and Bradley,
knehester ; Mr. James Pearson. Birmingham ; Mr. Luke Arnold,
ostol ; Mr. Thomas Sanford, Exeter; Messrs. Watson and Co.,
eels ; Mr. Robert Allan, and Messrs. John Robertson and • Co.,
.9inburgh ; Mac Ewen and Auld, and Foulds and Cockburn, Glasgow;
en
Prospectuses may be obtained. Such parties as are Share-
dere in the Blackwall, Croydon, and London, South Essex, and
,London
. and Dover Railway Companies, are requested to signify the
4iarne in their letters of application.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
the Provisional 'Directors of the Thames Embankment and

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Railway Junction Company.
Gentlemen,.--I request that you will allot me shares of
. in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept
the tame, or any.lesser number that may be allotted to me, to pay the
4ePosit of 2/. ver Share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agree-
pleat and Parliamentary Contract .when required.
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