The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

(Provisionally Registered.)
THE VALE OF NEATH RAlLWAY-
connecting Swansea and Neath with the town of Merthyr
Tydvil. Length. 22 miles.
Capital. 500,1•+ in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 11. 10s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl
The of Jersey
Neath
Henry John Grant, Eeq., Gnoll,
Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, Esq., Rheola, Neath
Bodwigiad, Merthyr Tydvil
Morgan Morgan, Esq.,
Henry Thomas, Esq., Preswlfa, Neath, Vice-Chairman of the Quarter
Sessions for the county of Glamorgan
James Wittit Lyon, Esq., Miserden Park, Cirencester and Neat!).
Wm. Meyrick, Esq., Gwallod-y-Garth, Merthyr Tydvil
David Evans, Esq.banker, Merthyr Tydvil
Rev. Thomas Gronow, Court Herbert, Neath
James Sheppard, jun., Esq., of Ynisarwed Colliery
John Whitlock Nichol' Carne, Esq., D.C.L., Dimlands House, Cow-
bridge
Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Merthyr TydVil
Robert Place Ley'ion, Esq., Neath
Henry Jones, Esq,, Heathfield House, Cardiff
Robert Evans, Esq., merchant, Neath
Herbert,dward Evans, Dig., Eagles-bush, Neath
Frederick Green, Esq., Forchdwm and Tonmawr collieries, Neath
Wm. Weston Young, Esq., merchant, Neath
Wm. Llewellyn Powell, Esq., merchant, Talbaeh
Wm. Thomas, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil
William Gossage, Esq., Birmingham and Neath
William Price, Esq., Glantwrch, Swansea
Mr. William Whittington, Neath
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq. Directors of the Great Western
Robert Frederick Gower, Esq. j Railway Company
The Viscount Villiers, M.P.
Louis Vigurs, Esq. Directors of the South Wales
.D. A. Saunders Davies, Esq., M.P. Railway Company
Archibald F. Paull, Esq.,
With power to add to their number.
Etnamuza—J. K. Brunel, Esq.
SOLICITORS—MCSSTS. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London ;
H. S. Coke, Esq., Neath.
This line is the natural result of opening out, by an Iniportant
main trunk like the South Wales Railway, a country rich in
minerals, with a large and rapidly Increasing population, both
of which have hitherto been but imperfectly supplied with the means
of transit.
The numerous mines,. collieries, iron, copper', tin plate, fire brick,
chemical, and other works, already in operation and in course of
being. opened, in the interior of South Wales, especially in the country
through which this line will pass, and which are now being exten-
sively multiplied there, seek a more speedy and ready access to
the main line than existing modes supply, and hence the necessity
for affording to the important valley between Neath and Merthyr
Tydvil the most perfect means of communication, not only with the
South Wales Railway, but with the ports of Neath and Swansea, the
natural and legitimate outlets for the produce of the valley ; whence
the supply of flour and other provisions from Ireland can be cheaply
and expeditiously conveyed into the heart of the country.
The proposed line will commence at* Neath by a junction with the
South Wales. Railway, will continue up the Valley to near Pont
Walby, thence to Merthyr Tydvil, passing within a short distance of
the extensive iron works lying in that district.
The advantage of the natural fall of country, being from Merthyr
to Neath, calls forth a strong opinion in the following extract from
the report of the Board of Trade. on Railways in South Wales :
"By the proposed line (the South Wales) the principal towns and
commercial emporiums, which are situated along the coast at the
bottom of the valleys, are placed upon the main line, to which the
traffic from the interior will descend—a consideration which is very
important when we recollect that a great part of this traffic will
consist of heavy minerals."
The Vale of Neath intersects the great coal and iron fields of South
Wales, and possesses anthracite, as well as bituminous coal, in great
abundance. In addition to the collieries and iron works, there are
also tin works adjoining the proposed line, and valuable timber, to
the extent of 4,000 acres.
It is unnecessary to give a detailed estimate of the probable re-
venue that will arise from the Vale of Neath Railway; it is sufficient
to say, that, in the districts between and through which it will pass,
the population numbers above 80,000, depending chiefly on the sup-
plies now transmitted to the interior through Swansea and Neath ;
that the intercourse between the above towns is such as to bear out
a most favourable estimate of passenger traffic ; and that 200,000 tons
of coal, exclusive Of other minerals, are exported annually from the
Vale of Neath, finding a ready market in France, Ireland, Somerset-
shire, Devonshire, Cornwall, London, and other places. From these
mere outlines it is evident that the increased facility of transit which
this Railway will afford over the present modes of conveyance, con-
nected as it will be with Swansea and lititon Ferry (the port of
Neath) by means of the South Wales Railway, will produce a cor-
responding increase of rroductlon and traffic. Under the latter head,
as regards passengers, . may be taken into consideration the large
numbers that resort to Swansea from the interior for sea bathing, and
the strikingly picturesque and richly varied beauty of the Vale of
Neath, with its famed waterfalls, will be a, source of never-falling
attraction to tourists and parties of pleasure.
The most favourable opinion is entertained of the Vale of Neath
Railway by almost all the lauded proprietors along the line, the
majority of whom are members of the Provisional Committee, the
lessees of collieries, and parties engaged in shipping ; and Its im-
portance as a profitable investment may be judged from the fact that
the Neath Canal, which now traverses only half the distance of the
proposed line, and affords, even to that limited
large extent, but imperfect
the
accommodation, has for many years paid a dividend to
proprietary, and the original 1001. shares are now marketable at
3401.
aes may be had, and applications for shares may be ad-
Prospectudressed, in the form annexed, to the Secretary, at the offices of the
Company, 440, West Strand, London, and to the Solicitors in Lon-
don, or N(Wh. pany, a preference will be
In the allotment of the sharesof the Corp
given to parties locally Interested, and to the Proprietors of Pares in
the Settth Wales Railway Company.
The usual power will be taken by the Act, to allow interest at
4 per cent. per annum on the amount of subscriptions paid up ; and
no subscriber will be answerable f more than tbe amount of his de-
f 1/ l'Os• per share, until theor Act is obtained,
,and then not be-
pos., p •
yond the vapunt of his subscription.
London, July*, 1845.
VOLT OF, .APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Cppomipte of the Vale of Neath Railway.
Geut)ersteHp—l request t4e.i Tic% pilot toe shares of
Twenty Patin& eech, thelaropoacd Waie death Railway Com-
pany, on the terms and conditions of the rcospecins, and I 1411_44::
take to pay the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds when requirg.a.
Dated the day of 184 b•
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