The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

To interest.
To ~ deductions and allowance
To balance due to bankers

Expenditure- -
Expenditure from Dec. 1040.
to Dec. 1840. to June, 1841.

'RU.
June 30

By law charges, &c...
By engineering, &c...
By linid and compensa.

14041 2 7
16891 e si

By works.

63575 , 3 4i.. 5445

By rails and chairs
By expanses of Julie
By direction
By expenses of direction 1873 16 6a
By secretary's travelling

1239 16 ,5
p 631 14 0

expenses
By expenses of deputa

165 16 4

By advertising
By pri ng & stationery
By salaries
By office expenses
By petty charges
By bank commission
By the Manchester
Royal Infirmary sub-
scription _ _ _

2691 6 0.. 164 13 0.. 285
73 11 61.. 10
11 4 .. 25

993 15 4
215 6 2
312 11 10 .. 114 18 6.. 427 10 4

By calls on shares held
for landowners

By balance brought clown, due to bankers
(Signed) THO. PEET, Accountant.—

5104 3

Aug. 14th, 1841

J. PARKER, Chairman

To the Directors of
_the Sheffield, Ashlon-ender-Lyne, at

.Manchester Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—lt again becomes my duty, for the inform.
tion of the shareholders, to lay before you a report of tin
progress of the works since the last general meeting of the
proprietory

No. 1, OR. ARDWICK CONTRACT.—The principal work
here is the embankment; 118,000 cubic yards of earth have
been put in during the last six months, and it requires now
about 20,000 cubic yards to complete it. The permanent
road is laid 20 chains east of the junction with the Manches-
ter and Birmingham Railway, for a distance of two miles
and 30 chains. The masonry on this contract is nearly
finished, the two last bridges being in hand, and the re-
mainder completed with the exception of a few parapets.
The spoil cutting at " Trail Dogs" will be finished in a short
time—only a few thousand cubic yards are now remaining,
which will speedily be put out by the large force at present
employed there. The favourable nature of the strata in this
cutting has proved highly advantageous in the working a bed
of sand and gravel, suitable for ballast, running nearly the
whole length in the bottom, so that the permanent road will
be laid upon it so soon as the superstratum of marl shall
have been removed.

No. 2, OR NEWTON CONTRACT.—A considerable length
of the pertnanent road has been laid on this contract, amount-
ing altogether to nearly two miles, so that only 1+ miles re-
main to be completed. The whole of the masonry, including
the viaduct over the river Tame, is completed, a few of the
parapets only excepted, which will soon be placed out of
hand. About 10,000 cubic yards of earth is required to com-
plete the Tame Valley embankment, which quantity will
bring it home to the viaduct. The material is being sup-
plied from the Newton Wood cutting.
No. 3, OR HATTERSLEY CONTRACT.—The whole of the
masonry, with the exception of the tunnel at Hattersley,
and the Harewood viaduct, is finished, and the earthwork in
a very forward state. Owing to a quantity of water being met
with at Hattersley, the tunnel there has not progressed very
rapidly : the contractor, however, has proposed to extend
the open cutting, and thus to shorten the tunnel, a proposi-
tiou to which there seems no reason to object. The retaining
walls opposite to Harewood Lodge are finished, and the via-
duct there has been commenced.
No. 4, Olt ETHEROW VIADUCT.—The difficulties thrown
in our way by the lessee of the land are now surmounted,
and the matter settled. The viaduct, consisting of stone
piers and timber arches—the centre one being 150 feet span—
has been let to Messrs. Smith and Hattersley, who will lose
no time in carrying the work actively into execution.
No. 5, OR GAMESLEY CONTRACT.—The two embank-
ments at each end are steadily progressing, and there now
remain about 100,000 cubic yards in the cutting. The bridge
for carrying the railway over the Botany Road is finished,
and that for carrying the Ganaesley Turnpike Road over the
railway is in hand ; the piers being all up to the springing
level; and the arches in the course of erection.
SUMMIT TuNNaL.—The driftways at the western face are
now 600 yards from the entrance ; and those at the eastern
face, about 380 yards. The total depth of all the shafts was
855 yards, of which 626 have been completed, leaving 229
still to sink. The quantity of water, at one period of the
year, rendered it advisable to increase the size of the boilers
at three of the shafts. A. sufficient amount of additional
power has thus been obtained, which will enable the shafts
to be carried down to the bottom without delay.
In conclusion, I have to observe, that as it is your wish to
open the line from Manchester to the Mottram and Hyde
Road as soon as possible, I think it may be accomplished in
October next, should favourable weather prevail. We have
certainly been delayed more than a month with this portion
of the works, by the late wet season, and the unfortunate
disagreements between the different classes of men employed
on the line, which, at one time brought the works to a
stand ; but 1 am happy to state that we are now steadily
progressing.

Arrangements are making to prepare accommodation at
the different passenger stations, for the amount of traffic
that may be expected upon the line.-1 am, gentlemen, your
obedient servant,