The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-26 00:00:00

_• : . FIFE. JUNCTION RAILWAY,
rIONNECTi NG the County of FIFE with the ounties on
k.._./ the North side oft he TAY, on the one ham and those on
the South side of the FORTH on the other, tus foi ming a
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link of union between the Ferries on the Fo i and the Tay,
by connecting the Dundee and Newtyle tailway, with its
branches to Cupar and Glamnais, the Du re, Forfar, and Ar-
broath Railways, presently heroic Pa • ment, and their in-
*tided extension of them to Kirriemuir, rechin and Montrose,
as well as the proposed Railway from Dundee to Perth, with the
-great Railways on the south of the Forth, particularly the Edin-
burgh and Glasgowliailway— the Edinburgh, Iladdington, and
Dunbar Railway—the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Rail-
'way, and the Edinburgh, Dalkeith, sad Leith. Railway; and
Tieing a branch from the great Trunk Railway proposed to be
-e :tended from London by York to the Scottish metropolis.
The advantages of a railway connecting together districts of
the country so very populous and advancing, and passing
through a highly cultivated line, fertile in its agricultural, and
abounding in its-mineral 'productions, are too apparent to re-
quire to he commented on.
• Indeed it is difficult•to select a-portion of country of equal v.-
tent in toe kingdom, which presents so many facilities and ad-
vantages for a railway communication as the country betwixtthe. Fife and Tay ferries. 'The intercourse between Fife and
the Lothians on the south, and Forfarshire on the 'north, is even
at present very great; and some idea of the extent of the. in-.
creased communication may be formed, when it is considered
that during the year 18.35 there were-upwards or 75,0 v ii-,isen-
,gers between Newhaven and Burnt island,. Petiyeur, and 'Kirk-
ably, and upwards of 31,000 between Newhave-n, Dundee, and
Ab'ettleen, &c.
The quantify of goods which would be carried along a railway
connecting the two ferries would be very considerable. The
manufactures of Dundee and of the otherl6 - i 'on the lines of
the railway on the north, would be brougho Ilie markets tip
the south in a cheap and speedy manner;'4 311`e ailleres Of
commerce sent from the south being carried at la comparatively
. cheap rate, would find a ready market in the populous and flag,
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'fishing towns of Dundee and Perth.
Lookingat,the intetnal resources of the county Or Fife alone,
abounding as it does in coal and limestone, a very considerable
traffic might.fairly be expected, when the want otthese articles
on the north of the Tay is considered. There are at present
imom ted into Dundee about 300,000 tons of Scotch coals an-
nually. If a cheap and speedy cemn-tunication liy a railway
through the coal district of-Fife was formed. the greater part of
This large quantity might be fail ly calculated upon as part of the
yaliwav traffic. There are likewise upward of 100,000 bolls of
line imported into the ports of Perth and Dundee, besides im-
portations into the intermediate ports.
Impressed with a consideration of the great advantages to the
conuiry at large, which the formation of a railway between the
Fife and lay ferries would produce, it has been resolved by a
number of gentlemen to endeavour to carry it into effect, and
that as promptly, economically, and beneficially for the share-
holders and the public as its great accessibilities will admit.
• 0 Tns LINE.
The two termini of the line are proposed to be Port on Craig
Or Newport on the north, and Burntisland, or wherever the
proposed low water pier shall be-erected, on the smith. In re-
gard to its iateratedutte direction, the line which shall be ascer-
tained to be, nost advantageous, on the report of eminent eng
neers, will be adopted.

THE EXPENSE.
The &stance between the extremities of the line will be about
thirty-two miles, and when respect is paid to the recent great
improvements in the fwmation of Railways, it is expected that
the cost will be less than £lo,oooa mile, bin it has been deemed
expedient to have a capital to the extent of this rate, being
,X 320,0130, by which means a steady and sure progression and
completion of the work may be relied on.

THE PROFIT.
Considering that the county of Forfar is internally destitute
of, and that Fife abounds in coal, and considering the facilities
which would be given to the ports Of Kit kaldy or Dundee fur
exporting the agricultural, and mineral, and manufactuting
.productions of the county of Fife, a very great source of teve-
nue would be thence derived:. • .•
)n passengers, however, the greatest reliance for a revenue
may be placed. Toe number of passengers at present is up-
wards 01'90,000 annually, exclusive of those travelling farther
north, and who would-also avail themselves of the railway
through Fife. But say that the increase of passengers was only
to the extent of one half of Ibis gross number, or 135,000
throughout the line, and nearly as many for intermediate dis-
tances, but say altogether 250,000 passengers for various dis-
tances, this would yield veariv.
R 35,250 0 o
Goods, consisting of coal, lime, grain, flax yarn,
&c. &c., carried along the railway, at least lB,OOO 0 0

£53,250 0 0

Deduct expense of maintenance, and manage-
ment, conveyance, &c .....

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Yielding a profit of upwards of 11 per cent. annuallyall ono the
capital stock.
1. Tile capital Stock of the Company shall be £3'20,000, di-
vided into Shares of £5O each; a sum not exceeding £3 per
Share of deposit shalt be paid upon subscription, and no farther
call shall be made until an Act is obtained, and this Act shall
ppovide that not more than £5 per Share shall be called up at
one time. The deposits to be payabk.at the Western Bank of
Scotland, and to Messrs. Jones. Loyd and Co., Loudon.
• The undertaking shall be under the management of a
Committee of fifteen Subscribers, to be nominated by the Part-
ners
at a General Meeting to be called for that purpose, to be
held in Edinburgh, and the sederunts of the Committee shall be
held in Edinburgh.
3. The Company shall be held as constituted as soon as one
half of the Capital shall have been subscribed, and a General
Meeting of the Subscribers shad then be called, for the purpose
of appointing the Committee; and another General Meeting
shall be held so soon as the Surveys are completed, and the
Engineers' Report obtained.
Applications for Stock to he made by letter to Messrs. Ro-
BER'I SON and Co., 15, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh ; Mr. JAs.
WATsoN. South Frederick-street, Glasgow; Messrs. SH TEL and
SmA LI., Writers, Dundee;, 111 r. RICHARD DAWSON, Exchange-
alley, Li4rpool and also to WI LLIAM DUNCAN, Wi S. and
J. J. DuNiAN, 29, Windsor-street, the interim Clerks, in the
annexed form.
• • Edinburgh, 12th April, 1836.

FOIIM OF APPLICATION:
Messrs. W. Duncan, W. S. and J. J. Duncan,
29, Windsor-street, Edinburgh. (Date.)
GENTLEMEN,
I request that I May be enrolled as a Subscriber for •
Shares of the Capital Stock of the Fifeshire Junction Ilailwov,
on the terms stated in the Prospectus, dated 12th April, 1836.
I am. Sic.
(Name and residence of Applicant.)