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

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
2IANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CON-
TINUATION AND WELSH JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.
• highly-respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the
borough of Aberystielth was held on Monday afternoon, at
the Town Hail, for the purpose of having laid before them the
report of the Directors of the above projected railway, as to the
present position of the Company, and the merits and advan-
tages of the line itself. The meeting was convened by the
Mayor. The object of this project is to put the port of
Aberystwith in railway communication with the manufac-
turing districts of Staffordshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire;
or, in the terms of the prospectus, "to connect South and
North Wales, the improving and important poi t and
fashionable watering-place of Aberystwith, Shropshire and
_Cheshire, &c., with Manchester, Lancashire, Staffordshire,
the Potteries, Derbyshire, and the north-east of England."
The Company originally intended to carry out the whole of
file line from Crewe to Aberystwith, bat an arrangement has
been entered into between them and the Birmingham and
Manchester Company, under which she latter will complete
the portion of the works between Crewe and Whitchureh.
From Whitchurch the line takes its course to Ellesmere and
Oswesay, through a country presenting no engineering diffi-
culties. Between Oswestry and Welshpool it strikes the valley
of the Severn, which it follows some miles beyond Llanidloes,
where, by a tennel of about a mile and half, apparently the
only heavy work throughout the a hole course of the line, it
reaches the valley of the Rheidol, down a inch it proceeds, al-
most on a level, to the port of Aberystwith. We thus noth e
the lime, because, ifs our journey to Aberystwith, we passed
over the greater portion of it, and were struck with the re-
markable facilities which the valleys of the Severn and the
Rheidol present for the construction of a railroad into the most
mountainous recesses of the principality.
It appears that a meeting of the inhabitants of Aberystwith
was held in May last, at which they pledged themselves to sup-
port the projected line, and the meeting of Monday was con-
vened in order that the project might again come before them
in a more matured shape. The gentlemen who attended the
meeting as a deputation were Sir John E. de Beauvoir, Mr.
David Waddington (Deputy Chairman of the Manchester and
Birmingham Company), Mr. R. Watkins, one of the Direc-
tors of the Brighton and Chichester Company ; Mr. W. B.
Prichard, the engineer; and Mr. J. Bethel!, the Solicitor of the
Company. Mr. Evans (the Mayor) was in the chair.
The advertisement by which the meeting had been convened
having been read,
TheeMegoa said—Gentlemen would bear in mind that a
meeting of the inhabitants was held in May last, at which the
projected railway was unanimously approved as a project likely
to confer great benefits upon the inhabitants of Aberystwith.
—( Hear.) He would, in now bringing the subject before
them, merely state that, firmly believing a railway from the
manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Stafford-
shire would be of the greatest possible advantage to the
borough, he was sure every attention would be paid to the gen-
tlemen who had done the inhabitants the honour to attend for
the purpose of laying before them the merits of the projected
undertaking.—( Hear.) He would, without further taking up
their time, introduce to them Mr. Waddington, the Deputy-
Chairman of the :Manchester and Birmingham Railway.
Mr. WADDINGTON said—Gentlemen, when the promoters
of The Manchester and Birmingham and Welsh Junction
Railway received an official communication from yourself (the
Mayor), announcing that at a meeting held in this borough on
the sth of May you pledged yourselves to support a railway
to run from Crewe to Aberystwith, those gentlemen placed
themselves in communication with the Directors of the Man-
chester and Birmingham Railway, whose line they proposed to
join at Crewe. I, aseleputy-chairman of that Company, had
the honour of receiving a deputation from the promoters of the
intended railway ; and having conferred with them upon the
proposed junction with our line at Crewe, I made inquiries
as to the possibility of the project, and, as far as I pos-
sibly could, I endeavoured to ascertain whether it was likely
to prove a remunerative line to is promoters, and was such
a one es the Birmingham and Manchester Company could
legitimately and, to themselves, advantageously assist. The
result of that investigation—and it was a careful and searching
investigation—was that the Birmingham and Manchester Corn •
patty entered heartily into the scheme, and four of their board
joined, as you will see by the prospectus, the directory of the
new company, and I now appear before
.you in a double capa-
city—as deputy chairman of the Birmingham Company, and
as a director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation
and Welsh Junction Railway. I think it right to state this, as I
eonfess we should not have supported the line, if we had not felt
that it had the hearty support of the inhabitants of this dis-
trict, and that it was calculated to develop the resources, and
as it were, create a traffic along its entire course. The im-
portance of the arrangement which has been effected be-
tween the new coral any and the Birmingham and Manches-
ter Company, is so evident, that were I speaking to gentle-
men conversant with railway matters, it would be altog,ether
unnecessary for me to:say a word upon the subject ; but as the
subject of railways can, I should presume, scarcely have been
so much discussed, or can be so well understood by you as by
these who are living in the midst of them, enjoying their con-
venienre and accommodation, and, of course, understanding
their various operations, perhaps it may not be out of place if
I detail to you the advantages accruing to a projected line
from its junction with another railway possessing a good ter-
minus. You might carry out the railway from Crewe to
Aberystwith, and develop, as I believe will be developed, a
good and paying traffic, but having done so, the next step
would be to avail yourself oa reasonable terms of the advantages
of a railway having a good terminus in the heart of the
districts with which it was your object to place yourselves in
communication.—( Hear, hear.) Now, the arrangements
entered into between the promoters of the projected
line anti the Birmingham and Manchester Company
afford these advantages, and they afford them on the most rea-
sonable and liberal terms.—( Hear.) In truth, gentlemen, the
Birinhigham and Manchester Company are treating with the
promoters of the new project upon the most liberal terms.--
( Cheers.) They are supporting its formation, and will be
happy, when it is formed, to enter upon that equitable co-
operation which they have already determined upon carrying
into effect.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have said that I made
every possible inquiry into the merits of the proposed line
before I consented to give it my support. The result of that
Inquiry, and the information I have since obtained, con-
vince me that not only will it, by its connexion with the Bir-
mingham and Manchester Railway, place the whole of those
great manufacturing districts in communication with Wales,
but that it will, when the lines now being applied for
shell have been completed, place also Huddersfield, Leeds,
and the whole of Yorkshire, in communication
with a large portion of the principality.—( Hear, hear.)
In short it will place the whole of the district through which
it passes in railway communication with Edinburgh to the
north, and London and Portsmouth to the south. lam sure,
gentlemen, you will consider these are important points to bear
in mind considering the project now before you. And, gen-
tlemen, in reflecting upon these facts you must not view them
as relating only to the commercial intercourse which the prre-
jected line will facilitate between Wales and the great menu-
factuqing districts of the north : you are not to forget that
Allieelystwith, though greatly admired as a watering-place, and
justly celebrated for the beauty of its surrounding scenery, is
yet so out of the way, as well from the difficulty of getting
across the country to it as from its distance, that compa-
ratively few persons come down amongst you. The
place is very beautiful, that we all admit, and we of the
manufactdring districts I speak of Lancashire, York-
mire, Birmingham, Staffordshire, and other places—
would be very happy to get down here if we had time,
and perhaps some of us might say, if the expense of getting
down here were not so great, I know of no place that the
inhabitant of the district I have spoken of could prefer as
a summer residence for his family ; but if he were willing to
incur the trouble and expense of sending four or five children
and his domestics down, he would, I am sure, be quite tin-
wining to separate himself from his family—for a separation
it would certainly be with the present mode of conveyance
—(Hear)—inacmuch as it would occupy the greater part of
the week in taavelling tee and fro between Manchester or
Birmingham and Aberystwith.—( Hear.) If a railway were
carried between this town and Crewe, such is the favour-
able nature of the gradients, that the Manchester merchant
or the Birmingham iron-master might leave his counting-
house at one o'clock on Saturday, and reach his family ^at
Aberystwith at five o'clock the same afternoon.--( Hear,
hear. s He might remain here the whole of Sunday, leave
by an early train—say at six o'clock on the Monday morning,
and reach his office in Manchester or Birmingham at teen'
o'clock.—( Hear.) We now go from Manchester to Crewe
by the express train in 40 minutes, the distance is 31 miles,
and as the distance between Manchester and Aberystwith
will be about 130 miles, you will perceive that at the same
rate of speed the journey between those places could be made
in something less than four hours.—( Hear, hear.) It may be
said, it has been 'said, that " You have seaports nearer than
Aberystwith." It is true we have a sea coast which commands
and will continue to command, its thousands ofevisitants, but we
have nothing of that which renders Aberystwith so delightful
to all those who have the means and time to tint it, nor have
we the delightful scenery through which the proposed line
passes in its course.—( Hear.) We know that gentlemen from
the manufacturing districts, when they visit a watering-place,
are overtaken, like all other gentlemen, by ennui, and
that a sea beach alone will not at, all times serve
to relieve the mind or offer sufficient attractions to
intisoe a lengthened or renewed visit ; but here you have,
as I 'have already noticed, a delightful country, where new
and striking objects meet the eye in every direction, a country
which, if I may be permitted to judge from what I have my-
*lf felt, has only to be visited to be admired. And I may
hse mention that this line, joining as it does the Birmingham
and Manchester Railway at Crewe, has an advantage which no
other scheme for accommodating Aberystwith could possibly
afford—l mean that of being in direct communication with the
immense wealth of the manufacturing districts of Lancashire
awl Yorkshire, and Birmingham and Staffordshire. As to the
Worcester and Cheltenham districts, you have at present sense
portion thereof, but the completion of the project will, as I
have said, throw open the whole of Birmingham and its neigh-
bourhood to you, so that you will have a communication with
that densely populated portion of the country, in addition to
what I consider belongs essentially to you—viz., the direct, the
only line of railway communication with the manufacturing dis-
tricts of the north, so that it will possess great and most superior
merits over any other line that can be projected. I repeat that
it combines the advantage of opening a railway route to the
manufactures of the north, with the advantage of communica-
ting equally with the south. The port of Aberystwith is, too, I
am informed, thirty miles nearer London than Fishguard ; this
is an important point in reference to our trade with the south
of Ireland, and is well worthy of our consideration. There
can be no doubt, therefore, that Aberystwith is the port from
which the manufactures of the north of England could be most
speedily and most economically shipped for Wexford, and that
in connexion with the projected line from the latter place to
Bantry Bay, the proposed railway through Crewe and Aberyst-
with, would become an important channel of communication
between Lancashire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, and the cur-
' rounding districts with America. But it may be said that
fromtbe :ysttlith cannot accommodate such a traffic ; that there is
efficient water for vessels of heavy tonnage. Now, I find
the able report of yourhe harbour-master, that at a very
• moderate cost your port can made to be second to none on
the coast; ark] that, a harbour of refuge,. it presents strong
claims, might have sufficientsi water, eight hours out of twelve,
to admit steamers largeof enough to carry the whole of the Irish
traffic. In speaking
master ease i--« the projected railroad,. the harbour-
eaArs that
.a direct communication
It a
by steam is open fro"
Ireland —vis, by Wexfomrd ow, and Wicklow, and direct
.Izustwith to the east coast of
through to
more
and oxford,
America. This appears
to be a more direct line from toeor,irden than Porthinllaen,
s or Milford. Holyhead, Fishguard
g haeht;udti distance nc
miles,ac across the
tradete
bay and St. Geowe's Channel, being
iesarsrpe:king, gentle-
with Ireland would be obtained "
to Aberyt-
men, in reference to the railroad being
with—" And many families, would embrace ietheonoplit7tunity
of coming to Aberytswith from Ireland; and, e other
band, those resident in Herefordshire, shrop, •
hire, and
otter places adjacent, would be able to visit that country. At
present it is almost an impossibility to visit any of those placer.
The railroad would not only afford great accommodation to
those who desired to travel through the country, but open the
markets both of Ireland and Wales.' —( Hear, hear.) Tee.
harbour-master goes on to say, " The harbour once com-
pleted, Aberystwith will become one of the most important
sea-ports in
Wales. Vessels with cargoes, instead of being
wind-bound for weeks in the Channel, as they now frequently
are, 'maid then put in to Aberystwith, and discharge their car-
goes, which could be carried direct to Birmingham, Manches-
ter, or elsewhere by railway, and thus the cargo might be
saved aid the town benefited. "—( Hear.) Your port, it is said,
has not suffieient water for large vessels, Gentlemen, lam

sere to-day to tender you the assistance of the Company to
make Aberystwith what it ought to be. We have not entered
into this project without calculating our resources, and
looking to the natural advantages of your port. Ido not hesi-
tate to say that yott shall have our cordial and hearty co-opera-
tion, and that support which is best known by the term of
breeches-pocket support, for making Aberystwith a port for
the accommodation of the traffic which the projected railway
is calculated to bring into it.—( Hear, hear.) An important
point to which I would refer is, that of the mineral resources of
the district.—( Hear, hear.) Throughout the whole course of
the proposed railway the price of that necessary article in the
working of mines—l mean coal—is exceedingly high.—( Hear,
hear.) The cost at which coal is carried per ton per mile by
railway is generally calculated at a penny ; but, when carried
over a considerable portion of a line, perhaps three farthings
per ton per mile would be a remunerative charge, but taking it
at ld. per ton per mile, we should then be able to supply this
article to the towns of Welshpool,New town, Llanidloes, Aberyst-
with, and the other places through which we purpose passing, at a
much lower rate than they now obtain it—for instance, we
shall enable Welshpool to obtain coal at Bs. per ton ; New-
town, 9s. per ton ; Llanidloes, 10s. per ton ; and Aberystwith,
at I Is. 6d. per ton.—(Loud cheers.) And gentlemen will
bear in mind that the railway will afford a plentiful supply of
coal at all tines at a chap rate—(Hear, hear)—and I say this
because I understand this port has not always enjoyed the ad-
vantage of a regular supply of that necessary article of domestic
ec ,norny.—( Hear.) 1 am informed there are mines in this
district which cannot he worked, because the price of the coal
by the time it reaches them is so high as to prevent the working
of them at a profit.—( Hear, hear.) Now the line we have
marked out will amply accommodate the mining industry of the
districts through which it passes, and what we propose is this,
that we in the north will not only send you cheap coal to
enable you to work your mines at a profit, but we will enable
you at the same time to carry your minerals to a good market.—
( Hear.) So ta, as to the capabilities of the line, and now as
to the position we at present occupy. The line, as I have
stated, was commenced with the hearty concurrence of the
Birmingham and Manchester Railway Company : the deposits
have been paid with the greatest alacrity, and the elements of
prosperity are so tangible that I have no hesitation in giving it
my hearty support.—( Hear, hear.) Filling the position Ido
in the railway world, and taking a prorrinent and most active
part in the management of the Birmingham and Man-
chester Company, and having a pretty extensive knowledge
of railway matters, I think 1 may without presumption say
that my position as well as my own interest must have
induced me to look closely, and, perhaps I may be per-
mitted to say, clearly into he new project before I joined
it. At least I assure you I endeavoured to do so. The
board also proceeded with due care and consideration, for
they refused to allot the shares till they had a report
from their engineer as to the cost of the line. That report,
I am happy to state, was most satisfactory, for I should
observe that although they never for a moment doubted the
line would develop a large traffic, they yet had some mis-
giving as to the cost of the line: This was not to be wondered
at when the nature of the country between Crewe and Aberyst-
with is considered. Many have treated the project of a rail-
way between the two places as an imaginary scheme, and some
have said we might as well propose a railway to the moon;
we therefore were the more anxious to obtain a full report
f:om the engineer as to the cost of the works. That report
has satisfied us that the line, so far from being a difficult and
consequently an expensive one, will be one without any en-
gineering difficulties, and cost a comparatively small sum per
m.le. In saying this Ido not merely repeat what our engi-
neer has reported to us, I have gone over the line myself, and
find there will be scarcely any embankments or cuttings, so
favourable is the country through which it passes, and that
there is but one tunnel, arid that of about a mile
and a half in length, throughout the whole course.—
( Hear, hear.) I may conclude by stating that the pro-
posed line will facilitate the carriage of agricultural
produce from Wales to the manufacturing districts, and the re-
turn to the principality of manufactured goods; it will open a
new and lovely sea-bathing place to Birmingham, the Potte-
ries, Manchester, Liverpool, and the manufacturing districts;
it will afford, by means of the port, the shortest route to the
south of Ireland for the transmission of the staple commodities
of the districts I have alluded to, and the return to those places
of the agricultural produce of the sister kingdom ; it will also
afford the shortest route to America, through Bantry or Va-
lentia, from the greatest part of England, and perhaps from
London, and will, by bringing down the coal from Rhuabon,
greatly improve the working of your mines. And now, before
I sit down, let me remind you of this well-known fact, that
every railway proceeding from a manufacturing district to a
port has been a remunerating undertaking. Gentlemen, I
have had great pleasure in submitting these details to you, and
if I have not done so as clearly as you could wish, I can only
say I have been most anxious to do so.—(Cheers.)
Mr. DAVIS asked for information as to the course the line
took out of Aberystwith.
Mr. PRICHARD said that from Aberystwith it would pro-
ceed up the valley of the Rheidul, and passing through a tunnel
at Banc Nant Rhuys, come out at Llangurig.
An inquiry was made as to the population along the line,
and as to engineering character.
Mr. PRICHARD said the line, after leaving Whitchurch, to
which place from Crewe the railway would be made by the
Birmingham and Manchester Company, proceeded to Wrix-
hall Moss and Welshampton to Ellesmere, serving a popula•
tion of 12,000. From this town a branch would las carried
to the Rhuabon coal-fields, which, with the neighbourhood,
comprised a population of 3,000; the main line continuing
on to Oswestry, where, with its neighbourhood, a popula-
tion of 12,000 was accommodated. Here the line followed
the course of the Severn to Welshpool (which, with its
neighbourhood, had a population of 6,000) and kept the
valley to Newtown and Llanidloes. In this district a popu-
lation of 12,000 would have the benefit of the railroad. The
line continued to follow the course of the Severn as far as
Llangurig, a distance of 80 miles from Crewe; and the whole
of this portion of the line was remarkably easyo running in-
deed almost on the surface of the ground throughont. From
Llangurig they had for a short distance some heavy works,
the only one of which deserving notice was the tunnel under
Banc Nant Rhuys. By this tunnel they were enabled to reach
the valley of the Rheidol, down which they proceeded to
Aberystwith. There was not a single engineering difficulty
throughout the line, and responsible contractors were prepared
to execute the whole of the line at 13,0001. per mile. Mr.
Pritchard then went into a very comprehensive statement of
the benefits which it is anticipated will be derived by the ma-
nufacturing districts of Lancashire, Yorkshiro, and Stafford.
shire, as well as by the principality itself, from the completion
of the projected railroad, and expressed his desire to afford any
information the meeting might require respecting the project.
A question was put to Mr. Pritchard as to the branches
which might be thrown out from the main line.
Mr. PRICHARD said he had received instructions from the
Directors to survey a branch from Llangarne by the valley of
the Wye to Rhayader, and by the way of Builth to Brecon.
This would bring them into communication with Newport.
Monmouth, Cardiff, Abergaveuny, Merthyr Tydvil, Neath,
&c. He had also received instructions to survey an extension
from Aberystwith to Llanafar, Tregaron, Lampeter, Newcastle;
Emlyn, Newport, to Fishguard.
Mr. WanniNaroN said those lines were of course not be-
fore the meeting.
Mr. PRICHARD said, that with respect to the harbour of
Aberystwith, he had received the instructions of the Directors
to examine and report. upon its capabilities, with a view to as-
certain what improvement could be made. He had made in-
quiries into the matter, and he pledged his character to the
statement—that the port could at an expense of 10,0001. be
made fit for the reception of steamers at every state of the
tide.—( Hear.)
Mr. WADDINGTON—I have pleasure in stating there will
be no difficulty whatever in raising that sum.—( Cheers. )
PRICHARD, in answer to some further questions stated,
that from Crewe to Llangurig, eighty miles, the line would
run almost on the surface of the ground, and that there was
not on that portion a single cutting or embankment of more
than twenty feet. The earth at Banc Nant Rhuys was very
good, and the tunnel there would not want lining.
Mr. J. HUGHES said the more the subject was discussed, the
more he was satisfied that the projected railroad would be
beneficial to Aberystwith and the principality, he, therefore,
had great pleasure in moving, " That this meeting, having
heard the report of the Directors, are much pleased with
the same, and will give the railway their cordial support."
Mr. J. TEALE seconded the motion, which was earned
unanimously.

A vote of thanks was then given to the deputation who had
attended, and the customary compliment having been passed
to the Chairman, the meeting broke up.

EVON AND CORNWALL RAILWAYS.

A Correspondent from Tavistock writes:—" We have lately
had a spirited deputation from the Bideford and Tavistock
Railway Company, visiting the towns on their line, and carry-
ing all a'ong with them. Since the deputation left the county
a report has got abroad that the plans of the Company have
become more extensive than they were, and that instead of the
Company confining itself to a three-armed junction between
Bide:ord on the north, Tavistock (and so on to Plymouth) on
the south, ancl Crediton (and so On to Exeter) on the east, it is
said that the Company intend to run a line from Tavistock
westward to Liskeard, where a junction would be
effected with the South Cornwall line, which will
run from Plymouth to Falmouth. It is also reported
that the Bideford and Tavistock Company intend to
carry a line from Tavistock southward to Devonport, and that
a course has been found which will allow the use of locomotive
engines, and thus supersede the atmospheric line which is now
before Parliament, but which stands adjourned on account of
the severity of its gradients, and of its being an atmospheric
line, to the next session, in order to see whether a better line
could not be found. Whether what I have stated expresses
the real intentions of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Company, I cannot say ; I mention the report as I hear it.
One thing is clear, their engineers are now surveying the lines 1
have mentioned. If the Directors would listen to the advice of
a party on the spot, they would not hesitate to carry out what re-
port says of them. By making a line from Tavistock to Liskeard
they would cut the South Devon line out of the great through
traffic from Falmouth to London, for on measuring distances,
and allowing half an hour for the passage of Hamoaze, I find
that an hour would be saved by travelling on the Bideford and
Tavistock due (with the extension from Tavistock to Lis-
keard), from Exeter to Liskeard, as compared with the time
required by travelling over the South Devon line. I also find
on measuring that the route of the Bideford and Tavistock
line, from Exeter. to Devonport, would only exceed the dis-
tance bet Ween Exeter and Plymouth, by the South Devon line,
by three miles, and if allowance is made for the delays and casual
obstruction on the atmospheric principle adopted by the South
Devon line, it maybe concluded that the public will soon prefer
the locomotive course uf the Bideford and avistock line between
Exeter and Devonport. lam particularly anxious to learn, if
possible what course the Bideford and Tavistock Company in-
tend to pursue, as, if they adopt the plan which report assigns
to them, they will make Tavistock the centre of four lines,
which would be the best thing that could be done for our
borough, and what the Duke of Bedford, our patrols, would de-
sire and promote."
: It is understood that the above queries may be answered in the
affirmative, and that while the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
will form the most comprehensive scheme in that part of the
kingdom, by affording the greatest accommodation to the
counties of Devon and Cornwall, beyond Exeter, and thereby
acquire additional importance, both as regards the interest of
the country through which it passes, and the advantage of the
shareholders.

ILLNESS OF SIR WILLIAX FottErr.—The answer to in-
quiries at the residence of Mr. Pennell, in Cumberland-ter-
race, Regent's Park, where the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
is now staying, was, at one o'clock this day, that he was de-
cidedly worse, having passed a very bad and restless night.
Dr. Bright was then, and has continued in constant at-
tendance upon him, having in fact taken up his abode
in Air. Pennell's house, so that he may be called at any
moment of danger. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duke
of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and the whole of the
members of the Government, as also the principal members
of the nobility and gentry, have sent daily and repeated in-
quiries as to the state of his health.
BAunoitcu, JUNE 21.—The King of Prussia ar-
rived off Copenhagen at eight in the morning of the 19th, on board
the Royal Prussian steam .boat the Konigin Elizabeth, which was
closely followed by the A.egir and the Gejsir Danish steamers. Royal
salutes were fired from the Galathea and the Oernen, which were in
the roads, as well as from the citadel and the new dockyard. His
Danish Majesty proceeded in the royal barge to meet the King of
Prussia, and to convey him ashore. Their Majesties, amidst the
shouts of the assembled crowds, proceeded to the Amalienburg palace.
Philip Bennet, jun., Esq , has issued his address
to the electors of the West Division of the county of Suffolk, solicit-
ing their suffrages for the representive seat in Parliament, vacant by
the death of Colonal Itashbrosko. Mr. Bonnet La a COnsenative.