The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-02 00:00:00

DRAYTON AND GOOLE RAILWAY.

The Committee on this line met to-day at 12 o'clock, Mr.
Pakington, chairman ; Lord Seymour, the Hon. Mr. Maxwell, Mr.
Bouverie, and Mr. Whitmore present.
The examination of the merits of the proposed line was then
continued, and
Mr. Fletcher, whose evidence was partly heard on Saturday,
proceeded to state that 2,500 tons of stone were yearly sent from
the quarries in the neighbourhood of Leeds, and exported from
Goole. A line was at present being constructed near the quarries,
which would greatly increase the facilities of exportation. Some
of the docks and bridges at London have been built with the stone
from this district. The proposed line would greatly increase this
trade. The chief market for the stone was London. Woodhouse stone
was an excellent stone for common purposes. Coals at present
came on the Leeds and Selby line. Thought that coal would
come from the collieries in the West Riding by the proposed line
to Goole. From his opinion of the comparative merits of Goole
and Selby, as ports for the exportation of the coal of the district,
a great portion of the coal which now went to the latter place, would
if this line were formed, go to Goole. About 50,000 tons of mer-
chandise (sugar, wool, indigo, soap, spirits, fuller's-earth, &c.) came
from London to Goole in the year 1844. This quantity all went
to the Bradford and Leeds district. A great proportion of
this quantity would go by this line. Keeps two steam-
boats for passengers, one plying between Goole and
York, and the other between Hull and York. There was another
party who had a vessel plying between Hull and York. Received
2501. per week as his gross receiptslfor the Goole boat, and rather
more for goods. The receipts of the other boat he should say
were more. The receipts of the Hull boate from Goole to York were
about the same as the Goole boat, but from Hull double that amount.
In his opinion the whole of this traffic now shipped at Selby would
be transferred to Goole. It would be very injurious to himself.
The feeling at Goole was very much in favour of the proposed line.
In his opinion the corn from the eastern district would continue
to be conveyed by water from Goole inland, in preference to any
railway.

MST SITTING.)

GROUP X.
LONDON AND ironic LINE.

The Committee at this day at twelve o'clock, In Committee.
room No. S. _ . . __

Mr. S. C. DENISON announced that be appeared on behalf of
Lord Scarborough.
Mr. Sergeant WRANCHAM— IS it to the preamble of the Bill?

CHAIRMAN—Yes.

Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM mid he understood that the petitions
of laxdowners were confined to Sir William Milner, he being the
only one who appeared at the time.
Mr. DuNisow said that this was the first time he appeared before
the Committee, and did so sow, because he had been led to under.
stand that the power of Lord Scarborough to appear at any time
during the investigation had been reserved to Lord Scarborough.
The CHAIRMAN mid that that was his impression.
Mr. M. Sstrril then proceeded to cross-examine Mr. Cubitt, but
the noise in the room rendered the questions and answers fur a
few minutes inaudible. The witness was understood to say that
it was in September, 1844, he was appointed engineer to the line. The
line proposed to go about three miles through Lord Salisbury's
property ; did not hear that the Company were abpUt to abandon
that, The number and names of all the stations on the line had
not been st all fixed. The stations on such a line formed a vary
important item in the estimate. There were to be stations at Lon-
don and York, besides ten other stations of the first class, ten nr
the second, and twenty of the third class. lie all,-- •
for all the stations—that was
stations; on the loop —.ea 350,0001.
London, 50,000(i tan 150,000/. for the
the
thYork, and 150,0004 for all
the other
7,000/, 140 Patitrialad the ten main ptheere was to be one station at every
ten miles at an average i for
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quantity of land required for each
gams ram depended upon local cir;cum.
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