The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-16 00:00:00

CHESTER AND CREWE RAILWAY

(From the Chester Gazette.)

The annual meeting of the Directors of this Company
was held at the I{oval. Hotel, in this city, yesterday. The
ch'airman, J. Uniacke, Esq., was unable to attend in conse-
quence of indisposition, and Win. Wardell, Esq. was called
to the chair. Among the ff:P ntlemen present we observed

E. D. Davenport, Esq., of Calvclev, Thomas Dixon; Esq.,
Capt. Cleminson, Win. Cross, Esq., Thos. Sutli.otth, ESq.,
E. White, Esq., J. Rogers, Esq., Rev. James Folliot, ➢lr.
Thos.-Frost:Mr. Whittinghatn, &c. &c.

Mr. Wardell, in opening; the business nf the meeting, said
he deeply regretted the absence of their esteemed chairman
Ile observed to it he seas glad to meet all present under such
favourable csiTctii-i7TaliTet—Eliery friincr Mime-met uith the

progress of the line was truly encouraging, as they would see
from the statements which would be relit! ; and if ant• gentle
man present wished any further information, he would ►nos
•gladly communicate all in his power
ILK

sail, Esq., cle:k of the company, read the follow
ing report, which is so important that we give it at ful

lellgth

RI POI:T.

The Directors have great sattsfaction in meeting the prc

e:ors on this occasion, both on account of the estimation
underi.aking is now justly held in hy the public, and also
to the satisfactory progress of the works, which will be
n by a reference to the report of the engineer. The two
:taut contracts, viz. the Waverton and the Crewe,
taken by Mr. Brasses, whose works on other lines
satisfaction.

The r2maining contracts contain light mai:. only, and will
e advertised early next year; and the Direct,rs calculate
t the Lue ~viii be completed by the first of March, 18-1(}.
In the purchase of land f,,r the undertaking, the Directors

crl on all occasions to come to an amicable

in a feu, they have had recourse to the
and the result has proved the necessity of

The Directors have purchased a field adiniealily situate('
' the Station and Workshops, and the building or the lat.
• be comiaencod inkulodiately.

ctors have now in their employment a number of
a constracting'iCar:iages, Sze., limier the direction of
a cuaChinaher who has been ten years in the employ of the
I, Manchester and Liverpool Compaov, and who . gives them
' entire satisfaction, The requisite number of Engines are or--
-I
deied and being made for tine use of the company.
The Directors lucre considered that it would be highly
' advantageous to the company to extend the fine to the river
Dee; and tor this purl-use the requisite l'otiLe will be
• iveu for an application• to •Parliament to male such ex-
, ten,:ion.

Tae

e Directors think that they cre justified in assertini:
the present pysition and ;attire pro.,pecis of the Chester

and Uun‘e tialiway Company, are •.ocii as to give the pro.
prietors and the public the finlest confidence in the bucce:4l
I oi:the uwlectalitng.

The Di: ectors cannot conclude their repoil, without refer-
ence to the company which has been formed for the extension
of the Crewe Railway to the Potteries, by a junction With
the Manchestei and BirMinghain Railway at the ilarecastle
Tt:nuel. Tl-11; they have reason to believe, is the best line
that could have been formed in this directihn, as the Hare-
caste Tunnel pihVe-s the rising ground which they believe
would be, a serious objection to the formation of any other
line.
This undertaking has received the warm and unanimous
co-operation of the bankers, manufacturers, and others,
iu-
terested in the trade of the Potteriei. Two surveys have
been made by the company's engineer, Mr. Stephenson—
one before the company was formed, and one within a very
shun peliod. In adopting the first line it was thought judi-
chat; to include blanches to two coal fields laying several

wiles wide of the line. It was considered that these branches
(which would have consisted of only a pair of rails) would
have amply repaid the expense of constructing them; it was
fur this reason that the estimate given in the prospectus was
%.er . amount than would have been
toe Further consideration has led
to another survey; and by that Mr. Stephenson has selected
another line, time estimate for which, including a branch to
the Grand Junction Ii Its £1 10.'

taken f;,:• a much I

amour,
It might, perhaps, have been better that an explanation,
- the reason that so large an estimatii was required,
had accompanied the prospectus.
The Directors think it unnecessary to point out to the
Shareholders the great importance this natural extension of
their line will be to the Chester. and Crewe Rail Way.

shewing

The Directors have the satisfaction to say, that they have
;owl grounds for !miring that line of Railway will be adopted
rum Chester to Holyhead, a measure so imperiously called

lip. to facilitate the iniercorin;ebetwe,it l ctgland and irel,n4.
Several infittential Landov.ners in North Wales have taken
up the matter warnily, acid will meet with the active co-ope-
ration of the inhabitauts of Chester and the lli:ecters of this

The accounts-of the CornFanyto :the `29th September are
placed on the table' fur the inspection of the Shareholders,,
aild will he pubiilied with this report if approved atid adopted.
J. U. 1.1 I ACKE Chairman:

The rePert Alorr.iy Gladxtone,E,gy, the actinv.en,ineer,
ivas next real. Vie make the following extract t Gtn i;
IThe, We vuttou Contract, let to Alr. Thotwts Evils:4,y, al
1:563W, embraces a distaixe of si..x tales and four-fi!'ih,: it
comprises 302.,5t10 cube yards or excavation, an aquAuet,
three turnpike into bridge f:, three_pubhe road bridg. anci

seven occupation road Oticl,tes. The Buil-Airy Contract is
live miles and 3;) chains, and ,includes 260,0 W yards of earth-
work, one turnpike road bridge, four public road bridges, and
one bridge crossinir the canal. The length .)f t 6. Wardle Con-
t ract is [Our mi:es 61 chains : it contains 204,600 yards of ex-
cavation, one trtrt pike; and three public road iii-idgcs, awl
one bridge over die Midillewich Branch Canal. The Crewe
Quilt tact, let to. M.i• T.Biassey,.at :036,973, is four miles two
chains long, requires 292,50.0 cline yar:ls of eartli.tu be mi;ved,
one turnpike and three public road bridges, fyur pectiplition.
road bridr,Tes,•apit one bridge+,vec the river iv eaver. in the
coach-builain: trtment !I, utmost activity is sh,wn, and
several b4:lic - carriages :ire in hawi.
Mr. the Con.;;:tnv, re;tdit state-
ment of the ac• ,•unts, fn>ol which it appears that the receipts
and :as of the company, up to •i'.:ept. 29, 18338,
were—

CE IPTS

untysceived on account of calls ...

£31,240 0 0

"share'.

ers ;Ind bankers • £233 9 8
on, 4g. ..t2.9 5 11

iLess Coaitu

204 3 9

Parliamentary'3 zigents' counsel
, Parliantentary.fees, witnegses,
Solicitors obtaining

PAYMENTS

£31,444 3 9

:C2559 16 11
1221 7 0
.2028 8 6
1239 8 0
225 10 5
559 10 0
554 8 6
20 14 9
95 9 .0
74-12 19 ,0
146 11 • 5
212 6 7
41 12 -1

the knii

Surveying
st,o,ionery, adv,rtising•
Travelling expeost.s, deputations

Rent

Coach buildin;.;
Petty cash, cartiag, i;,::cels, postage, &c

Cash in banker's hauls

. • 16,3-18 2 5
15,M6 1 4

£31,444 3 9
Mr. White moved the adoption of tine report, and that it
be printed.

E. D. Davenport, Esq., asked what were the gradients
,)etwecn Crew aid the Manchester and Birmingham Rail-
.

vay?
Att. Glad tone r.l;lied, th.ey,were about one.in two bun-
drectfor the g!,, r art or the distance, and-oba in a hundred
.nearer the
.j::1• ,s: d't he i'.lanchcster and Birmingham.
whetter the dOLplty cuutd be over-

come
. • . I thoreWlF, no' difficulty—the line
was an e% e.. • N touch worse inclinations
ititilw..ky, wltich paid seven per

Mr. Wei-dell obse.rved that he thought it devolved upon
hint- teintotioe:alfeir woopet:ls. The, litie,front Crpwe
Harecasde would open to them ,411 ,Y-teusive Geld of corn-
mereial in!ei course in the great.niauufacturing districts Of
he Potteries and elsewhere; and this project has received
the sanction and suimort of the must influential individuals
in Stailord,iiity, and in the district throm;ll which it passed.
The contemplated short, line (not a.nitle in length) from the
COMpany's station through the city to the :iver, was of east
importance, especially in the inhabitants of Chester, as it
would commercial prosperit) of the
city, as vessels Could. fliiiclarge-ths:ir lading, which might
.then immediafely on waggons, aunt :it Once proceed
to their clestination. A mdher project which the directors
bore in nniuit was the formation of a Railway from Chaste
through Nort n Wales, to. Holyhead;—thus at once making
this city the medium of transit oetween Engtand and Ireland
~vhich goods and Passengers from. 13u•-
in Manebt,:ter, and all the mercantile districts, would
tithe Sister Kingdom: 'From. thisltetnonstratious made
invotif!„-" atil3%ing.'nr, itml.by.the ninst in-
!.l • in"Neirtli•Wat /ales, it ,w as nuts: probable,
rffiaot,?,--ia't•d• ,:lieiMinediately. taken Alp ; and
the lineightibid:tiags- close by the Great
,;:E 7 In. conekri,in,
'init-1,14(;'1lit:0::tor of fire-. Chester and
.iliOnat merely paid attention
• , the public; and he
• if44;on. which had
•1 ir,4.! • •

SPCR G IN/FBLLIGEACE.

MANCHESTER-TuE,DAv EVENING.

Dent3Y.---The leading favourites mainnlin pretty
urinlY their posi:i4th ~Tlaere are takers of any thing -above
lil to 1 on Lorfli-Jersey's- colt : That figure was, however,
offered to-day. I.Vestobiati has been backed for a trifle at
16 to 1, and „Lord Lichfield's colt bY Sir Hercules, out of
Inare,.at 25 to 1. 'There has been an inquiry after Flam-
beau within site last. lay or two, but parties do not seem dis-
posed to lay the odds-18 to 1. It 'would 'appear that they
billow suit with tine-Newmarket gentry; and book him the
finest horse there. S,, indeed, in his day was Prince Paul ;
but he did not Win the Derby Stakes. Ilderiut, by Emithis
or Ishmael, Out of Filagree, seems, since Saturday, to have
been more fancied than auy other. About a rouleau has
been laid out is pretty good quarters at 20 to 1; Mr. Allen's
(of Mahon) br e Fitzatubo, by The Saddler or Tramp, goes
to Mr. 'Mars.on's stables-at Newmarket; like many others, he
now bears a high nine tor size, point, &c.; he seems to be
barked more freely at Tattersall's, which may fetch him up
hem to 2i to 1. Algiers' and Acceleratorare within two
points or so of the seine figure. Epidaurus (backed in the
Heaton Park Races at 22 to 1) is Offered agaitist freely at
25 to 1, take five points More. We'd° not hear Bloomsbury
named, and severol others at' present- lack friends. This, •
however, may be expected, as even the- Londoners 'are not
always disposed to cue out.