The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-19 00:00:00

THE KEN TISH AND SOUT
EASTERN RAILWAY•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU/V s,
Stn,—The Report of the Railway Department of the
of Trade on the Kentish and South-Eastern Railway sch !To"
enunciates the general principles which guide the Board le
decisions. of
The first is—" To keep steadily in view the attaiumeet
the reatest aunt of plic advantagoe."
The second-" To give protection t existing ComPa,oie:s
by allowing them to complete the railway cominunieesuare,
of particular districts, where the lines proposed by th
o' fanfe.
in all substantial respects, sound in themselves, arid n '
rite- to those proposed by any other partiss."
Before applying these general principles to the Par _..es of
cases embraced by the report, reference is made to caswitt,
competition between existing and new CoroPaniros"
respect to which the following propositions are laid _table
lat. " That an established Company, which has a v.re eel
property and large available income, independent of,,,L.enti
scheme, can of course offer a guarantee for the fain"' AO
all that it undertakes to accomplish, greatly superior to
of a new Company, however respectable."
This proposition is supported by reference to various
stanees in which new Companies failed to accomplish
objects which they were incorporated. tedwitb
2dly. " That the traffic of a system of Rues, connee
one another, can always be worked more economic!" rode'
conveniently under an uniform management than al
pendent Companies.
3dly. " That an established Company can. .'llLikvl4terifes6°'
disposed, offer guarantees and advantages for a g'""Sssstia
tent of railway than the new Company—viz., for the
as well as the projecteS lines, effe`'" -AO
• h •
4thly. " That whatever guarantees may be st rts weal
existing Companies, possess the double advantagaemieg tot°
pared with similar offers from new Companies, of c poderd
immediate operation, and of being more, certainly!!itself °
effectual. An offer from a new Company to bin otter
charge fares considerably lower than those usual uP"Lcotiag
lines might readily be made in the hope of thereby.,°°o4
eG
their Bill, but the fulfilment of it would depend 1,00 t°
tirely upon the eventual success of the line, audits ,
perform its engagements." ~ tb
From these propositions the conclusion is deduced'. Pit
preference should be given to the schemes of osistile „oc.o
way Companies for supplying their own districts, we',,,siesi
schemes are as good, or better, than those of other troloa
where no special reasons exist to induce the exPeccosaposs
advantage from competition, and where the old 407,
voluntarily offers such guarantees as may be rees,•°•,'oote
quired to protect the public against the abuses eir„ttesr
on such conditions as at once place the public in a r, 03.'' 4
sition than they could hope to obtain from compet"' of the
If we apply the general principles and reasonilo,oo!:
report to the proposed schemes for facilitating the coosloft
cation between London and York, and between Lia, or;
and the north and south, and the manufacturing an
Antes
districts—viz., to the schemes of the existing Cods
on
the one hand, and to that of the London and .11,°: the c", 1;
other, I am at a loss to conceive on what groull"od
fident assertion of the promoters of the London ;Or
line, that their undertaking is to be sanctioned by b •
of the Board of Trade, can be based. t ef P
If we keep steadily in view the greatest araoll: tectri°or
advantage—we cannot disregard the cast of 0-1,50
the London and York line is to cost 6,500,00 a, w-be si„st
tend that the objects which it seeks to attain MaY. ;tog ,'"„"r;
or better, attained by, or in connexion with, es-15-5-0 "eil
panies at a cost of 2,500,000/. ; surely if this be ;Os
can reasonably doubt which of the two schemes is "I
to benefit the public. a
so do
Let any man refer to the map of the Londe° jourfore
line, published by Mr. Herapath, in his RaibellY s the rl‘;
the Ist inst. Starting from London, he will see ,t to .f" to
ern side a continuous line of railway from Lonenociosortti
on the eastern side a line made, or nearly so, fromiteeris,o
Cambridge. The estimated cost of continuing °local w
of Cambridge to York, so as to accommodate tbed
500
of Lincolnshire. and connect it with the north en
the manufacturing districts, is as follows .
From Cambridge to Lincoln ..................•••••••'', ,rtg,
Proposed Branches to Boston, Spalding, and
Stamford .. .......................... ................. 7;50,0
From Lincoln, by Doncaster to Swinton... .........
From Doncaster to the York and North Midland
~,4200
52,470
of state'
Your readers will perceive that this extensien,ternoosi
lines will connect London with York by the erte theifielti
whilst it will at the same time amply acconnswiltb 41'se cot'
wants of Lincolnshire and connect that counts' w• tetw,,hlti
and Wakefield ; in short, that it will do all aver10
within 2,500,00/., which the London and York ec
loop, aims to do at a cost of 6,500,0001. A felPre
d 3" Sid a
In my letters to you of the 27th January wee-
i last I entered into various details to
garded as a means of shortening the disraniellres,
London and the North, or as connecting Lin&
the ports of London, Ipswich, and Harwich', °„ se acv
manufacturing and mineral districts, the Lorla°",ecers,"oo'
prove, that ‘,."e betoi,
scheme was uncalled for and indefensible. Olt, rl°ldeel
the statement which I then made remains to 5.,,s t orl f, 00
questioned, and those statements afford abandi °
that irrespective of the cost of construction, thse„h St all /I,
t in connexion with, the existing Companies, a. 's-;;ios ' 00,
stantial respects, sound in themselves and not tale,cos'
proposed by the London and York. Let us new the P'
tive advantages of the competing schemes by firY
tions which the Board of Trade has laid doves. a coal
First, which offers the best guarantee for the
ment of what it undertakes. osP SPI
A r •
EXISTING COMPANIES. LONDON 0000 CO
The Midland and Easten If the Easteres-',teraije
Counties, with a large avairl- Northern end v tre
• able income independent of panies failed to eS;
: the new lines which will con- jects for which tt'l ise '1; el",
nect them together, offer the corporated, wha•lseld°,,
most unquestionable security petted from the dirtsltik,
, for the accomplishment of York, who 110530 °,050
t what they.undertake; whilst, construction of .o,atto
in connexion with the Cain- railway at an glee
bridge and Lincoln line, from 6,500,000/. ? Pse„ Weehe
: its comparative cheapness, engineers t","bst Ls dr
they will be able to afford if two will seY'cs 01:1(''s
the greatest amount of ad- and its braneeTiositse,
vantage to the public, with made for the
an adequate return on the will assert that ituch
outlay. at least half as 1."..0P,itr ebi;
It is a great mistake to But if the line "t eiP r/I
suppose that the ports of Bos- can it possiblY
ton, Spalding, and Wisbeach public or the g
will be benefited by a coin- must be a c"'-eolra
munication with each other— with that new„te, sisater,
what they want is a commu- the western no y'rej,
the
nication inland from their re- Bawtry to Lens4tat° to vo
spective ports. Nevertheless, be, "ex necej" hae
the existing Companies are third competingossell,e
prepared to make a continu- eastward of it; vei,
ous chain of communication, sooner or later' f
by a double line of rails, along made direct fb";Art °rod;
the eastern coast, as well as through the Feterb ft°
the direct line from Cam- county, to .Die 0,1 oiclet`j
bridge te Lincoln, in case it where it ,dijottes,Ysou'to
slictild be recommended by the Eastern ,
the Board of Trade. The cost the traffic fro,'
eboreap
of the coast lines from Lin- come, via Gaihn vslia
coin by Boston, Spalding, Lincoln, and:l-COO
Wisbeach, and March, to Ely, sent round t"
,end
is estimated at or near ton and Spale"—
„,011
iea
700,000/. d oc.
Secondly—With respect to the economical. all fotl
od so
working of the traffic. A 0 9 lie° Sle
The Midlands. Eastern The Lone° - doe,
Counties, and Cambridge and 'with their 03„. ;,e Aa d
0;
Lincoln Companies have ar- loop, !not g, the 6s,
ranged that their system of staff and S. pith d ni
lines, connected with one not be worke,.lst,fre-,f re 9
another, shall be worked economy ; w",!, ;ley, fro,.
under an uniform manage- only a aiirT,,lo-obsOf ;6°o
ment, so as to ensure economy through -1-"- ttatelY of t"
and expedition. will not adeq
tray
modate the t" •
teesgi On'
county.
Thirdly and fourthly—As to the relatis'e s-ita se
may be offered to the public by established lees.
votirtelo
panics, and the relative value of such guars se caTitils do
The existing Companies A stronger, to ills f ref
may offer such advantages, be imagilleue Dosrddeataoei,
not only in respect of the refusal oft hipoelteg
projected lines, but of their to listen to s'-gritte
existing lines ; they may offer low fares, &c;„heseb.Y., of ,r 4
to lower their rates, and to in the hope 1111,0 thl pavio
afford greater accommodation their Bill, d 'fork' „red coif
on their existing lines, and to London an estiln erg, mo
bring those lines under the regard to t"end the fisg
arrangements now proposed of the line, ri; astrieo owo
for all new railways. of its being pot Wit c l'
It is clear, too, that the offers with one. if " •
reliiti3co silci
of the existing Company will lines, " the olt.ey,
enQ
come sooner into operation, placed en , coslPf ifo
and will be more certainly vency of ttlole pefr it 7'est,
rendered effectual, whilst the its ability :o eic.,.,toe
entire route to the North will gagement-al ist;cote9
be opened much sooner to the can pall as eluding tbis ,/
public by their means than and the colt
tinder riste..,o
by the rival scheme.
e d
e No Act °I. tsolvel' ateg 07pr
compel an
„"s low 'OO r
ofar
pleecrePiiiioar
aarpoparo
trepcot
to carrY a' - le ec' uPoe,
afford as arnr,P,iperoni: to a 00
tion. as :.i.,111-t he_s_b7roa
taking - otlek ,
a nioderate tiSe
bed (iv tO Pr
establis on fore ,ts
be relic' • there sea"
can eitts is .00 „ 0
engage° 00e "j fro-
ferable te tsgeolls the
adven
more so, ea oritheis
new
,10,111:1Pbsoseoprie.,r10. to _ore
In the list of advantages, which , accorc"; be Ttots
public by the London and York Railwalsc,b.
I-, will" cosenbe
published statement, there is notee..w of, and Tao olli.otte
cheaply and as well afforded by 1 nes
,saiene notooslo
with,
supply the f
ceoxailsst itnogC Lincolnshire,o anies.
terborough rtes.
Ought
Lincoln by Boston and Spalding to ?..eiiire requibe bit to
that accommodation which Linco,taose must
boeAtio
tes:ress of not
from Swannington and from Clay !srpe/erbor'?Teoln the
by the Midland and Syston and tbsoug the
Stamford—and by the Cambsiedge hto
sdistributbeue case
butG
line and branches they would
u. ,
not be the yor.peole..
heart of Lincolnshire, which eo
brough,t and
earl PolPol
Again, Coals
London and York line, the b hid'
of the srous . ispsi
to Lincoln would by means
the countyby the the „rt Of 13°9 :otv•
Trade bac'
main line and its branches be dileornSesdnryefka line,
P' 4
would carry them round by t P_,e ofole cdo4. ~ pa
ing, avoiding the most populous istan
that the Boar -force; tot
It has been publicly stated
that ComPancT,stever if:et is
One gentleman connected withsoda, A e determined to report in favour of the bruld°li state thi6
give s' ',oiler" Bann 0
he knows it
.for a fact.
fie that In 11'11ti°
satlS- -d.,..red no per;
raising the price of shares.
statement, and only refer Itoit
de have el
fated
havo
Committee of the Board of Tra___guin, an(
ierri row
of their opinion to transpire. MI"
eceived aril
0° tl,)
sons who have been courteously
r but the} Ca grits lam
wishes, •11 hc• et r" ,tre
been misled by their own ant
its all
matte? to satisfY CO: 11 he ./
it cannot be an easy
the es4,st7, indifci Cool )06:
schemes of, and in connexion
,L 4 the be ,
fact what the decision of the Board wr seliaree Wes
~,
Winn, °r that Tit way r
inferior to it, or that any
pectation of advantage from
d such gaarante e
a.
0,
better
Hies have not voluntarilyoffet e
public against th
sonabey required to protect the
ono
place the
of_ftlitciairos.
poly, on such conditions as atto
obtain c°spli:ol:>----
position than they could hope
Sir, your obedient servant,
sPeecalaml
pereasons er,

Ladbroke,On
berton
On the 4th
bEesqls.a,agfeFde3b97ary,49aPhVis-villa, at Florence, Voberl
Esq., aged 74• oa peg'
inst., at Birmingham, George Ede

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