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

AP;ZIL 26, M-:6

the contiguous Mineral DistriCts would then be situated about
midway on the great thoroughfare water communication be-
tweet' 'London and Liverpool, and London and Manchester,
?,BS, and, as Vessels would be passing incessantly in each direction.
•h of the increased facility and despatch could not but be productive
E W of the highest advantages. The saving in distance by the pro-
posed route will be thirty-six miles, and the Locks will be reduced
from one hundred and seventy-two to flirty-eight.
the One great feature of the proposed undertaking is the opening
lie of a cheap Comniunication between the Metropolis and the
t's Great Coal Fields of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. In the
de attainment of this object every Inhabitant of London ought to
d. feel himself interested, experience every day furnishing addl..
et tional proofs that nothing .but effective competition, from the
interior of the kingdom can insure to the Householders of Lon-
e don a regular and steady supply of Coal at moderate prices;
perhaps it is scarcely possible for the most sanguine mind to
I form an adequate conception of the benefits that would result
from enabling the Midland Coal Proprietor to compete with the
Northern Proprietor in supplying London with Coal. Mono-
poly would be rendered impossible, combination frustrated, and
free and active competition completely secured. By the pre-
posed route Staffordshire Coal can be delivered in -the City
Basin at prices, varying in quality, from 15s. to 20s. per Ton.
With a view to render this concern as extensively useful as
possible, the Rates of Tonnage will be low, and thus command
that great mass of business which invariably follows moderate
charges.
Manure and Road Materials will be permitted to pass at low
rates. Wharfs will be provided where the Canal will intersect
main thoroughfares, and every encouragement be afforded to
the free developement of the energies of the Districts through
which the Canal will pass.
. . - The proposed• Navigation will possess all the improvements
of the best modern Canals; where tunnelling is necessary, two
tunnels, with a towing path under each, will be made; the sides
of the Canal will be walled; and the greatest of all modern im-
provements, the double towing path, will be carried throughout
the whole Line.
Confident is the superior cheapness and convenience of Wa-
ter COnyeyance. (particularly as
_regards law materials and
heavy commodities,) the promoters of this undertaking have no,
hesitation in submitting. their plan to the public, in the face of
the numerous Railways now in course of formation, even, day
in their judgment furnishing further and satisfactory proof that,
though Railway Conveyance may be preferred for passengers,
and light goods that require despatch, and will bear high rates
of transist, the great bulk of the trade of the country will still.
he carried on through the medium of cheap navigible com-
munications.
The calculat;ons as to the revenue being founded on indispu-
table data, the promoters of the measure have no hesitation in
stating that the prospect of remuneration is in the highest de-
gree encouraging; and that if due consideration be given to
the merits of the proposed Line, to the great extent and sim-
plicity of its levels, to the supeoiority it will possess in respect to:
distance and lockage, to the well-ascertained fact that a full sup-
ply of water can be provided, the conclusion will be fully war-
ranted, that in a short time after its completion this really grand
internal communication will yield such a return as will entitle
it jip be classed amongst the most productive and successful un-
deTtakings of the kind in the kingdom. According to a mode-
rate estimate, full Ten per Cent. will be realized. By the'
proposed routes Goods will be delivered in London in thirty-two
hours, instead of seventy by the existing route. The saving in
Freight 2'Js. per Ton.
Applications for Shares to be made to the Solicitors, and to
Mr. GEORGE PALMER. 2, North Piazza, Royal Exchange, Lon-
don, according to the Form underneath, and no Shares will be
secured until the Deposit is paid.
London and Birmingham Canal.
Gentlemen,-1 request that you will reserve and secure to me,
--- Shares in this Company; and in consideration thereof
agree to take the said Shares, and to pay the Deposit of £2, as
mentioned in the Prospectus.