The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-23 00:00:00

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Thii railway hav•
• to 0
tested, both as having now been fairly•
clutaiiility, and also with
.respect to the traffic experieoe't
Ilium it, it is fairly due to our townsmen who projected Oa,-
line, end also to the able engineers who executed it, to besl,.°l.,',
upon them such a meed of praise as they are unquestionau,:‘,
all entitled to; particularly as it is universally admitted, L'L
all who have travelled upon it lately, to be freer rival any
unpleasant motion than any other railway in the country•ra,
The Grand Junction' Railway, after having been in ol'e
twit twelvemonths, afrpaying*ten per cent. to its pror•icte .ear, •
for that period, is beginning to'develope, in the second )iooi
an increase of traffic, *hicir.warrants the higheA expectat.oer
ever formed of it ; and althotlgh the traffic from Maneinhe
and BirminehaM, up te the present time, does not lust;':i.,ont
results anticipated 11.4 n-that riortion of it, yet the traffic foe
Liverpool to Birmingham, for the first three months %Jr,
present year, being full fifty per cent. above the former to
fairly promises, before the exphation of the second ye'_,l by
exceed' the most sanguine calculations-ever entertain„ are
the projectors of this line. And the arrangements whiel.o,
:oit
now in progress, both for expediting and faciliating the tr:o
of passengers and goods direct from Liverpool and the
chester to London, under the' cordial co-operation
Directors of the Grand Junction and too London
Ingham Companies; are such as will not only give satisrl‘ose
to the ouhlic, but must also tend very materially to inlet:lca
the traffic upon those lines, by securing to them a Pret
over every other mode of conveyance. • e• winter
It is confidently expected, that, after the ensuot,
oior
is over, and the embankments on the London and 13:_r!oreelt-
ham line are well settled down, first class trains 1",,,0ra
Liverpool and Manchester and London will not occollishedt
than nine hours in the journey. This being acconlV, 000
what further improvements could be desired betiseen.;,:ed hY,
and Lancashire? The. advantages that will be del6.orded
every branch et the community, from the means ttle
them of an increased intercourse so cheap and so rat
quite incalculable. „,,,err`
To the -merchant, whose communications with thc'''
polis ore so frequent, it must prove invaluable. btaiti et!
To the tradesinan, who is constantly obliged to
supplies -from London, to suit •the continually varltide;
of his customers, the convenience will he inestimi,
„ri,ctirir
the consumer will find his advantage in being able l'citor3
in a few hours, from the grand Mart of luxury, at a
Lively small expense, every article he may desire.,
,L,se two
• Liverp M
00l and anchester ear, by means ojf "us, of
lines of railway, be brought within taw dizr'
Paris.
-0 hours
Edinburgh will be brought within a journey of thii
from Dublin. ouroL
London may bt reached in twenty four hours from
Such are the facilities which the public will en3"Yr2 and
0;„..
which had their primary origin in Liverpool, by foly
tors of the Grand Junction Railway, which has subsegneLand
been follower.' up by the London and Birmingham to
when this great aster of communication, from 110-h
ad..
south, is brought to -
maturity, to which it is now rapidly •u.„
wincing., no doubt can possibly exist but that, by We •tal
dicions management of the Directors of the Grand J 0 net
and London and Birmingham Railway, these great lines In`Y,
be made so advantageous to the public, and so perfect.ali.
fromtherelves, as to defy all rivalry or opposition, fro
ever quarter it may be threatened. And our towns•mer;‘T
and
projected the first, may justly feel proud of their worhr
their fame must be handed down to posterity. •
ho

The Earl of flar.lowby and Lord ,and LaclyW .antlon -tine
been on a visit to Lord Francis Ege.rtLn at or-4
171`" qY 9
near Manchester. ' -