The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-31 00:00:00

BOLTON AND PRESTOT
Capital £300,000, in 6,1
PROVISION Al

N RAILWAI COMPANY.
,000 Shares of £SU each.
L COMMITTEE.

Richard Barrow, Jun., Esq.,
Manchester
Edward Bolling, Esq., Bolton
Stephen Blair, Esq., Bolton
Jas. Brancker. Esq., Liverpool
Samuel Brookes, Esq., Man-
chester
Benjamin Dohs. 41, Esq., Bolton
Fearenside, Esq,; Lancaster
James II ardcastle, Esq., Brad-
shaw Hall
John Hargreaves, Esq., Hart
Common

John Hargre
Bolton
Wm. ilea Hutchinson, Esq
Liverp 1
Benjami Hick, Esq., Bolton
John L rd, Esq., Wigan
Thoi Ridgway, Esq., Wail-
so es
Peter Sinclair, Esq., Bolton
Ilichd. Smethurst, Esq. Cliorley
!James Thorn pson. Esq.. Wigan
John Wilkinson, Esq,Ctiorley
Leond. Willan, Esq. Lancaster

•es, Jun., Esq

BANK ERS—Hardcastle, Cross, and Co., Bolton.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—J. U. liastrick, Esq.
SoLimon—Mr. Woodhouse, Bolton.

r HIS Railway is intended to commence at or near the ter-
minus of the Manchester and Bolton Railway, at Bolton,
and proceed thence along the Valley past Red Moss and Chor-
ley, and forward to Preston in such direction as may appear
most adapted for securing the general interests of the proprie-
tary, and accommodating in the best manner the traffic of the
district. The Line of Road crosses the various strata of Coal,
Cannel, Stone, and Flags, with which this part of the country
abounds. A Line of Railway from Blackburn is contemplated,
to join the Bolton and Preston Line north of Chorley, and
though the. Line to Blackburn will not at present form part of
this undertaking, it will, when completed, add considerably to
its business. The Provisional Committee, in deciding upon the
terminus, will keep in view the facility and propriety of con-
necting this Railway with the North 'Union, the Preston and
Lancaster, and the Preston and Wyre Railways, and the Lan-
caster Canal, and will proceed to Parliament for powers to
construct an independent Line to Preston, or to branch into the
North Union Railway, or both, as may hereafter appear most
conducive to the interests of the Company, and the general ac-
commodation of the public.
The Provisional Committee have communicated with Mr.
Rastrick, the Engineer, whosurveyed this Line in 1831, and, with
a view to the possession of the Plans, Survey, and Estimates made
on that occasion, they have invited the Subscribers thereto to
incorporate themselves with this undertaking upon the follow-
ing terms:—
That the holder of a Share for £lOO in the old Company shall
be privileged to claim a £5O Share in the new Company in lieu
thereof. That this privilege be confined to such of the old
Subscribers as have paid up their Calls of £3 per Share, and
such payment shall remain to their credit with the present
Company.
The Shares claimed in pursuance of this Resolution are 1699,
and the total number intended to be issued, founded upon Mr.
Rastrick's calculation fer a Line complete from Bolton to Pres-
ton, will be 6,000 of £5O each, leaving 4,301 to be awarded to
new Subscribers.

--The Provisional Committee will not receive any applications
for Shares after the 6th day of June next, such applications to
be addressed (post-paid) to Mr. WOODHouss, Solicitor, Bolton,
endorsed "Bolton and Preston Railway."
Balton, 25th May, 1836.