The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-15 00:00:00

(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
PROSPECTUS OF THE
KENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY,
connecting the Southern Coast of Essex with Dover and the
Continent, via Sheerness, Faversham, and Canterbury, w;th a Juno-
tion Line to Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal.
Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 25.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMBNT.
With power to add to their number.
John trough, Esq., Herne Bay
George Burge, Esq., Herne Bay
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the
London and Manchester Railway
Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Bay, and Alderman of Bristol
Edward B. Davis, Esq., Rochester
Lewis Levy, Esq., Tavistock-square
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission
The Hon. Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York
and Lancaster Railway
Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton
Edward Sherman, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand.
ENGINEER--William Tierney Clark, Esq., F.R.S.
SURVEYOR—J. M. Davey, Esq.
BANKERS—Union Hank of London, Princes-street and Pall-mall East.
SOLICITORS.
Gnrge Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square
William Rogers, Esq., 1, Moorgate, London
James White, Esq., Canterbury.
Temporary Offices of the Coinpar, 34, Coleman•street.
This railway will commence at Sheerness in conjunction with a
short steam-ferry communication from a point at or near to South-
end, on the opposite Essex coast, and will proceed from Sheerness
by Queknborough to Faversham, where it will form a junction with
one of the proposed lines from London by that town to Canterbury
I and Dover.
The integral line will be continued from Faversham to or near to
Herne Bay, and from thence to the South-Eastern Extensicn
Railway (now being made), at it point near Sarr, and will then pi o-
eeed on that line direct to Ramsgate eastwards, and direct to Peal
south-eastwards. From a point between Herne Bay and Sarr the
line will also be carried by a short extension to Margate.
By this project Margate will be placed within 75 miles of the me-
tropolis, instead of more than 100, as at present, and the', too, by a
direct line through Faversham, at which place it will meet the Lon-
don lines.
The important town of Ramsgate, now so extensively connected
with continental communication, will also be thus afforded a much
nearer overland route to London ; and I)eal, Ramsgate, Margate,
Herne Bay, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Woolwich,
Greenwich, and London, will all be placed in immediate or easy con-
nexion upon one continuous line of railway.
By means also of this undertaking, in conjunction with the exist-
ing and projected railways proceeding to the south coast of Essex,
the whole of the passengers and traffic from Liverpool, Manchester,
Leeds, Hull, York, and the Northern, the 'Midland, and the
Eastern Counties, will be conveyed to Dover and the Conti-
nent via Sheerness, in preference to a lengthened and cir-
cuitous route through the (metropolis, whereby the journey will be
shortened more than 50 miles, travelling expenses will be curtailed,
and the serious inconvenience and delay of transhipment and con-
veyance from one part of London to another wholly avoided.
A glance at the map also will show the immense advantage which
the metropolis itself will enjoy by its being thus afforded other routes
to the coast of Kent. The millions who annually seek pleasure in
excursions to Gravesend, Sheerness, Southend, Herne Bay, Margate,
Ramsgate, Deal, and Dover, will have a choice of different routes.
They may proceed by railway, ou the Essex side of the Thames, to
the Thames Haven, Tilbury Fort, or Southend—pass over to Sheer-
ness by water, and thence proceed direct by this railway—or they
may reach Sheerness wholly by water, and then avoid the sea—or,
may pass at once from London, on the Surrey side of the Thames,
to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by railway in a
direct line, consuming only about two hours in the journey, and may
vary their pleasure by going in one direction and returning by
another..
Independently of the vast multitudes who will thus seek health
and recreation, the importance, as a national object, of connecting all
the above-mentioned towns, !and giving a direct line from Sheerness to
Dover, together w itli the immense existing traffic in the direction of
the undertaking, and the great increase which the improved and
enlarged modes of communication throughout Kent will occasion,
must be too apparent to need further observation; and the Commit-
tee, from careful inquiry, feel confidence in stating that no scheme of
railway has yet been offered to public attention combining greater
public and private advantages.
About thirty-six miles of new railway only will embrace all the
above important objects—viz., from Sheerness to Faversham
about ..... •• • . ..... •• • ....... •• • . 12 miles.
Faversham to Herne Bay . lO
Thence to Sarr •
The extension to Margate • • • • .. • 9

The country has already been preliminary surveyed, and found to
be exceedingly favourable. Indeed, it is almost a dead flat from
Faversham to Margate.
The landed proprietors are not only willing but desirous that the
undertaking should be accomplished, and it is at the request of many
of them that the promoters have determined on prosecuting it.
The Committee reserve the power of making branches to Canter-
bury and to Deal, if circumstances shouts hereafter render it ad-
visable.

The liability of the shareholders will be restricted to the amount
of their subscriptions, and power will be applied for in the Bill to
allow interest, at 4 per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing
of the Act until the opening of 11w Ihw.
Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to
the solicitors or secretary, at the temporary offices, 34, Coleman-
street, or at No. 2, llercules-passage, City ; and the following share-
brok ers :
Mr. Miles, Worcester -
Mr. Thomas henry Wheeler, Worcester
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Messrs. Cameron and Co. Liverpool
Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool
Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield
Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oaatler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn
Mr. George Clark, Bradford
Mr. Nl'm. Mason, Bradford
Mr. Wm. Cronhelm, Halifax
Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York
Mr. E. 11. Armitage, Wakefield
Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham
Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter
Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter
Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry
Marrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. 11. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Wewherbunt, jun., Huddersfield
:Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester
Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Du' lln
Mr. James Ross, Perth.
To the Provisional Committee of the Kent and Essex Union Railway.
I request you will allot me shares in the proposed Kent
and Essex Union Railway, and I agree to take all such shares, or SO
many as may be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and
to execute the rarliamontary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
when required so to do.

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