The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

• PROVISIONAL DIRtCTORS.
he Right lion. Lord Belhaven, Chairman of the Caledonian Railway
Company
The Right Hon. Lord Polwarth
'Thhe. Moss, Esq., Chairman of the Grand Junction Railway Company
Lieu-Colouel Graham, Deputy Chairman of the Caledonian Railway
Company-
John Wakefield, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Lancaster and Car-
.
l lisle Railway Company
aaohn James Holie Johnstone, Esq., M.P. fbr the county of Dumfries
vatrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., .P., Chairman of the London and
a Westminster Banking Company
Vila Hodgson !Enda, Esq., M.P. for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Rich Hodson, Esq., MP. for Berwick
Lockhart, Esq., M.P. for the county of Lanark
ne llon. J. Luraaden, Lord Provost of Glasgow
John Gibson E. Provost of Lanark
Masterm' si—n;jun., Esq., London
i‘L. Paterson, Esq., London
C B Macdonald, Esq., of Powderhail, Edinburgh
,
arstow, Esq., Edinburgh
Rouldsworth, Esq., Glasgow
Esq., Glaskossqv"
„ ai.unteith, Esq, of Carstairs, near Lanark
....Dickson Es/ of Bartree, near Lanark
Sir av •
j, C. Anstnither, Bart., of Westraw
J. Burnett, Esq.. of Gailgerth, near Ayr,
Johnstone Douglas, Eso of Lockerby
John
Hamilton olfe 3urrayalk,
Esqq Ls., of Crinaqetie, near Peebles
Cr, ~ of A.rbigland
John Esq of Westsidewood
*
Greenshields, Esq., of Ken%
Lsq., of Birkwood
Rica' titi'•lhea 21., of Culterallers
W. Mackenzie, Esq., of Do]piugton, Edinburgh
w Alston, .Esq., of Stockbriggs.
• With power to add to their number.
John .fcssrs. Hope and Oliphant, agents, Edinburgh.
a Marr, Esq., agent and interim secretary, Lanark.
're'sepl; Locke, Esq., F.R.S.
J. i. Errington, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
Alasterrnan, Peters, Mildred, Masterman, and Co.. London.
'The Commercial Bank of Scotland.
att Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank.
44112NTARY AGENTS.—Messrs. Archibald Graham Moncrieff
The caiaa and Weems,
xraa, °Wan Railway has been recommended by the Board of
aonaci,,B7, ;the best trunk communication through Scotlsnd,eand may
Dres,„7' 'Y be expected to receive the sanction of Parham nt in the
abe''' session.
Caleclor °Pceea Extensions arc as follows—first, from a point on the
Taaea n Railway, near Lanark, eastward, along the -valley of t e
been ", GY Peebles, Galashiels, and alelroEe, to Kelso,' where it has
'with Itrraaanged with Mr. Hudson that a joint station will be formed
ICeweastie and itarwiek Company ; and secondly, west-
as di2.lluirkirk to Aar and Minimum,.
the •n'it comaninication, northwards thoseouw bnteans of
aexPedienlibe, will thus he secured to important districts, the
.or the full
which has been pointed out by the Board of Trade,
ia'Xicle-ros.'al'ereloPment of the Caledonian system.
'''iDorta '4 and influential meetings have been already held in those
(tartea' eve nt districts, loudly calling for railway accommodation, and
ry • .
The faeihty and support.
larta asz.elislon to the east will accommodate the richest agriucutelr-
reintra.L tacts in Scotland with timber, slate, coal, lime, and,
do
ti.
cute ; aaa' In sal which articles they are in themselves wholly es
ii,'"le the Western Extension of the Caledonian, as well as 02
`weer, ae. intersect tracts of country remarkable for their miner
east, fos, but requiring a supply of agricultural produce from the
Whear the
Immense populatiou engaged in manufactures and mines.
4els,
_en Telford made a survey of a line from. Glasgow tto
nti,4l., Berwick, in 1810, being the first projected railway in,Sco
!bat ara,el)crted that "it might be easily and cheaply made,'
of auro-
'see, aa",,,,stricts can be better calculated for an interchange p
Ire fn a`' for Promoting each othei's prosperity."
isthe4atertril:r re arks that " The whole distance from Berwick to
ev7.s;dera-liaTyllti bent 77% miles and the total rise 753 feet (which
',her gthan the st'immit now proposed to be passed
." I age inclination is under 10 feet in a mile, or 1 in 528.
lattire'insotevreerZ
both
(tillable over such extensive districts of country
lysy means of railway to be carried on in
eta; ections at a comparatively small expense, and it wal appeeoar
a,,,re Perfect when it is considered that the hea,y articles of The are all to be passed downwards."
al
Co ,'stern estern Extension will form the shortest and most
towns
ut Ayr naleation from Edinburgh to Kilmarnock and the seaport o
The Zijci Trecii, and thence to Ireland.
asgesv, b
Dumfries and Carlise scheme, which haa been re-
ta, g ains t the
Board of Trade, proposed partially to open up
aaara -`a of .Ayrshire, but afforded no access from. thence to
Silan Extension
Edhiburgh, or to Kelso, and Berwick, yi-.hilst. the Cale-
-4%04 aatteasion Railway, in fulfilment of the anticipations of the
lime afford seal,', will accomplish all these objects, and at the same
qully good route southwards.
•itte length COST AND SURVEY.
notaap",rn of Railway which it is necessary to construct for the
aba' 'senient of the whole important objects above specified will
ut
ma'''. by 1/°‘,l, miles ; and, from surveys already made and an estimate
Locke, the Committee are assured that the Capital of
will be sufficient to cover the whole expense.
The a. TRAFFIC.
of
will embrace-Ist. on the Eastern portion, the carriage
bleis 'Thole Minerals required for the extensive manufacturing dis-
aalbt_aroand
_ Galashiels ilawick, Melrose,. and Selkirk, consisting of
them fa' 'ate, coal lead, and iron which must be conveyed to
4istia;ll tills Railway • lime,whilst their vast: woollen manufactures, con-
taa, ° tweedS, blanketting, shawls, plaidings, &c. &c. as well as
sterietTaterial, must pass in return ; and 2d, the conveya.nce of
Seotua rat Produce from the highly-cultivated South-eastern districts
chlaa'and and Northumberland to the dense population and
basal' and manufacturing districts of the West. Upon a calculation,
11'ssex:.,Peti 3lr. Telforl's estimate, It can be shown that, at the
non day, a return of upwards of five per cent. may be reckoued
salan`Zeni those sources alone, after deducting forty per cent. for
, Oa
eisge Lae Western portion of the line to Ayr and Kilmarnock, a very
Eiat,Llmeral and goods traffic may be relied on, independent of the
p.`rn Extension
lts.,:eeena the very highly important districts which those lines in-
°Sly ,t; 4 very large passenger-traffic may be calculated upon, not
tai Ja local, but of a general nature.
ain these sources the Committee feel themselves justified in cal-
lating on an ample return for the capital required.
~lil" Subscribers' agreement will contain powers to the Provisional
- ,Q,!tOrS to be thereby appointed to fix the precise extent and course
line, and the position of the termini, as circumstances may
to der desirable, and powers will be takau in the Act of Parliament
ant a lease of the works to the Caledonian Railway Company at
.11ai of four per cent. and one half of the surplus profits.
Itt4Dileatioll for shares to be made to Messrs. Foster and Bra itthe
1, -
e'r ,Broad-street, London Brokers, 64, with whom copies of the
22 'enis and maps of the line will be lodged on and after 16th inst.
'Wien:tent-street, Westminster, April 1845.
To the FORM OF APPLICATION.
,aentTrO., visional Committee of. the Caledonian Extension Railway.
I,‘'es ,i4nen—l request yoU will allot me Shares of 251. each, in
.4414n-ertaking and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller
ber niftt to a tha deposit thereon, and
rs— the p—,,!flay be allotted to me, p y
'gaited. '""ainentary Contract aad Subscribers Agreement when