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London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

WREXHAM, NANTWICII, and CREWE
JUNCIION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 450,0001., in 22,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. 6d. per Share.
TEMPORARY OFFlCES—HellblaS.Bbrel, Wrexham.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Tovnshend Mainwaring, Esq., Marchwiel Hall, M.P. for the Den-
bighshire Boroughs
Sir Ralph Pendlebury, Knight, Mersey Bank, Heaton Norris,
Stockport, Director of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway
The Worshipful the Mayor of Macclesfield
R. Humphreys Jones, Esq., Willow-house, Wrexham, Recorder of
Holt, Denbighshire
Bullock, Joseph, Esq., Congleton, Cheshire
Byrom, William, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Liverpool and
Preston, and North Union Railways
Dicker, J. Campbell, Esq., New Hall, Neston, Cheshire, Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
D ancan, James, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Preston, and North
Union Junction, and the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct Railways
Ltlgworth, Thomas, Esq., Wrexham Fechan, Wrexham
Foulkes, John, Esq., Ashfield, Wrexham, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation, and the Manchester arid Birkenhead Con-
tinuation, and Holyhead Junction Railway's
Gillham, Joseph, Esq., Hargreaves -house, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holy head Junction, and the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Gough, Richard, Esq., South S:a Colliery, Wrexham, and
Pepper-street, Chester
Kenrick, Samuel, Esq., banker, Wrexham, Director of the Man.
chester and Birkenhead Continuation, and Mole, Ruabon, and
North Wales Railways
Kyrkc, James, Glas•coed, Wrexham
Lewis, George, Esq., Wrexham, Director of the Manchester and
L.rkenhead Continuation, and Mold, Ruabon, and North Wales
McDermott, George Augustus, Esq., Chesterton-hall, Stafford-
shire, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and
Manchester Direct Railways
Motte, W. R. Standish, Ezq , Lincoln's-Inn-thlds, London
Overend, J., Esq., Bentham, Lancashire, Director of the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Preston, the North
Union Junction, and the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct Railways
Perrott, Samuel, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction Railways
Poyser, Charles, Esq., Summer-hill, Wrexham
Redish, Joseph, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Staffordshire Pot.
teries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Seed, Joseph, Esq., Lancaster, Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
teries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Thompson, John, Esq., Frwd Works, near Wrexham, and Wigan,
Lancashire, Director of the Bolton and Wigan, the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the
Liverpool and Preston, and the North Union Junction Railways
Thompson, Richard, Esq , Stansty Hall, Wrexham, Director of the
Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Watts, Thomas Itchenor, Esq., Macclesfield, Cheshire, late Di.
rector of the Churnet Valley Railway, and Director of the South
Union or Manchester, Potteries, and London Railway
Williamson, J. S., Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Lawton, Cheshire
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Gandell and Brunton.
BANKERS.
London—Sir J, W. Lubbock, Bart., and Co.
Liverpool—The North and South Wales Bank.
Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.
Wrexham—Samuel Kenrick, Esq.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
William Jones, Esq.
Wrexham.
John Dcvsreux Pugh, Esq.
LONDON AGENTS.
Mecum Raimondi and Gooday, 14, South.square, Gray's Inn.
Mews. Evans, and Barnes, 6, South-square, Gray's Inn.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Edleston and Edleston, Nantwich.
SECRETARY, pro tem—John Devereux Pugh, Esq.
This line is intended to be made from Wrexham, through Holt
and Nantwich to Crewe. Its length will be about 23 miles, and it
will be a direct communication between the most populous
district of North Wales, and one of the most valuable
mirreral fields in the kingdom ; and Crewe and the
manufacturing districts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Stafford•
shire, and Yorkshire, being a nearer route than any now
existing or contemplated, by upwards of 12 miles. It is satisfac-
torily proved by the evidence of persons best qualified to give a
correct opinion oq the subject, that the district of Wrexham (even
exclusive of what may be called the Ruabon district) possesses in
exhaustible supplies of coal, ironstone, lime, and lead, of the best
quality; the extent of the coal-field is about eight miles long by
two broad, and the limestone is of much greater extent ; the ver-
tical section of coal presents 14 successive strata of coal, of which
10 are workable; these strata give 40 feet 6 inches of solid coal,
sup posing there to be 15 cwt. of coal to the cubic yard, and deduct-
ing one.tenth for old workings, and one.third for waste, faults,
&c., there remains 18,517,920 tons of coal in a square mile.—(See
Evidence given before Parliament on the North Wales Mineral
Railway Bill.)
The valise of the ironstone in the whole area of 16 miles is esti-
mated at 35,400,9941. The importance of connecting this wealthy
district with the towns before named is too obvious to require a
moment's comment. By means of the cheap and expeditious transit
provided by this line, the coke manufactured in the neighbeurhcod
of Wrexham (which is proved to be superior to any other, see evi-
dence before mentioned) will be conveyed to Crewe, for the supply
of the numerous railways centering at that place, at one-third the
present price; the revenue to be derived from this source must be
immense. The whole district through which this line will pass is
now supplied with coal, coke, lime, and slates from the mines and
quarries in the neighbourhood of Wrexham at a very high price, in
consequence of the carriage being so expensive. The average
prices (per ton) of coal, coke, and lime, at Nantwlch and Crewe,
exclusive of carriage, are as follows :
At Nantwich, Coal .. Os. 2d.
Coke
90 Lime ... l6 0
At Crewe, Coal •••• • 00000000 ••• 9 0

Coke
„ Lime
This railway will afford the means of supplying coal, lime, and
coke at one-third the above prices.
Among the multifarious railway schemes now before the public,
the most legitimate and also.the most likely to yield a fair remu-
nerative return on the outlay, are the traverse railways projected
with the object of supplying the existing want of railway transit
across the country.
The line will not interfere with any parks or property of an or-
namental character, and will be constructed at much less than the
average cost.
The Provisional Directors have no reason to expect any effectual
oppo,ition to a measure so obviously beneficial both to the public
and the landed proprietors, and so: powerfully supported by those
best qualified to form an opinion of its merits.
With respect to engineering, the line presents no difficulty
whatever, the gradients are very easy, and the earthwork light.
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, on the deposits as well
as upon all future calls from the date of the passing of the Act
until the opening of the railway, and no shareholder will be liable
beyond the amount of his subscription.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given, to a oertain
extent, to the proprietors of land through which the line will pass,
and to shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham, the Man.
Chester and Birmingham Continuation, the North Wales Mineral,
and the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railways.
Applications for shares must be made in the annexed form to
the solicitors, or to the following sharebrokers —Mr. Langton, Ex-
change-court, Exchange-street East, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cameron,
Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool; Mr. Thomas Moxon, jun., 69
Old BroadZstreet, London ; Mr. W. G. Seed, 15, St. Ann's-square,
Manchester ; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, Birmingham ; and Messrs.
Standish and Bleckett, Leeds; of whom prospectuses and maps of
the line may be obtained.
Applicants for shares, who are personally known to the Pro.
visional Directors, are requested to refer to one of such Directors;
all other applicants will be required to give a refence to some
banker, or other person of known respectability.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Wrexham, Nantwich, and
Crewe Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,-1 hereby request that you will allot me Shares
of 20/. each, in the above proposed railway, and I hereby under-
take to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. 6d. per Share thereon, or any
lesser number of Shares which may be allotted to me; and I also
undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract, and the Sub
scribers' Agreement when required.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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THE SHEFFIELD, woRTLEy, SILK_
STON, AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 500,0001. in t.,0,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2.1. 12s. Bd. per Share.
?ROTISIONAL DIRECTORS.
3. W. R. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway
William Alexander, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct, and the Midland and Thirak Railways
.`aaseph Austin, Esq., Headingley Hill, Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and York Railways
W. P. Bradshaw, Esq., Woodthorpe Hall, Sandal Magna, Wakefield
Char'es Bamford, Jun, Esq., Hull, Director of the Direct Western

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Railway
William Broadhurst, Esq., 'Westfield-terrace, Sheffield
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Ilull, Director of the Liverpool and

Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Alexander Brown, Esq., Headingley, Leeds
Isaac Burkill, FAT, Highfield-cortage, Beeston, Leeds
"Win. Clifford, Esq., Hull, Directer of the Lincolnshire and Eastern

Counties Railway
Mobt. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York

Hallway
OoFeph Clarke, Esq., Sherburn, Ferrybridge
jam Priston Cutts, Esq., Sheffield
John 11. Coates, Esq., Wakefield
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Habergham Eaves, Burnley, Director
of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Wm. Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Lynn, Wisbeach, and Boston Railway
hn Egginton, Esq., a Magistrate of the Borough of Hull
'somas England, Esq., Headingley, Leeds, Director of the West

Junction and the Leeds and York Railways
ll'bert John Ellershaw, Esq., Leeds
Ephraim Elsworth, Esq., Sandford.house, Kirkatall, near Leeds
I;ccrg,-, Earle, Esq , Hull
hn Vt,cett, E4q., Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the Wake-
field and llarrogate Junction, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
and the Direct Western Railways
'V m. Gresham, Esq., Alderman of the City of Lincoln
iigustus G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,

and Manchester Railway
Js Feph Gill, Esq., Potter Newton, near Leeds
ilerick Hattersley, Esq., West House, Bradford
t, Lest Herries, Esq., Leeds
illiarn Wilkes Hill, Esq., Beeston, near Leeds
Jelin Wall, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Hutchinson, Esq , Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the
Great Grimsby, Sheffield, the Potteries, and Grand Juncticn
Railway
Iflinry rant Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Wake.
field and Harrogate Junction, and the Direct Western Railways
J. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Martin house, near Skipton, a Magis-
trate of the West Riding
Jelin Heard, Esq , Alderman of Nottingham, Director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Themes Herbert, Esq., Alderman of Nottingham
Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull, Disector of the Dlrcet Western
Railway
John Jackson, Esq., Alderman of Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and York Railways
77 omas Jeesop, Esq., Claremont place, Sheffield
dney Jessop, Esq., Manchester
Loeke, Esq., Sbapethorpe-house, Wakefield, Director of
!he Wakefield and Harrogate Junction Railway
JA:nes Martin, Esq., Wakefield
James Joseph Wiwiney, Esq., Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Director
or the Wakefield and Harrogate Junction, the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester, and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
&beet Mitchell., Nag, the Mount, Sheffield