The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

LoNnoN, PROSPECTUS OF THE
CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT
RAILWAY.

CAPIT'AL, £1,500,000,
In 30,000 Shares of £so.—Deposit £3 per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
fir Brooke William Bridges, Bart., Goodnestone, Kent.
Joseph Bailey jun., Esq., M.P., Belgrave-square.
J, C. Coleiho'un, Esq , M.P., Putney-heath.
Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.8.,
G.C.M.G., M.P. Green-street.
Frederick Mildred, Esq , Nicholas-lane.
eWilliam C. Mylne, Esq., New River-head.
J. D. Possess, Esq., New Bank-buildings.
.T. Prinsep, Esq., Hyde-park Gardens.
Joshua Walker, Es q.s , Abchurch-lane.
George Whitmore, Eq., Austin-friars.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER.
Charles v•gnoes 1, Esq.. F• R.A.S., M.R.I.A.
i
Fr e" •111 COUNSELl•Goldsmid,Esq., Stone-.
buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
SOLICITOR.
Willianl Stephens, Esq., 30, Bedford-row.
BANKERS.
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4°44°ll—Messr§, Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Mas-
•ll°6lio-- terman and Co.
tiver-a ess. Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co'
Pool—MThers Liverpool Banking Company.
ancNester—Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. and Co.
THIS Railwa •
roPted line OYf is
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poised, as a direct and uninter-
proun
ca
ion from London-bridge to
Voolwich, Gravesceonir Chatham, Ramsgate, and Mar-
tiagrte.ic'hPdaissstitotegtt,hirnotiumghattehiye populous part of
t at Present altogether North Kent=
bit
amdation.connecteddd withwi,h rtahielwmseytraonpnonm.
unprovi e
. Several incomplete plans for railways in this direction
11!ere of late been brought before the public. The
presentbut
,e, as far as Chatham, was surveyed four years ago ;
ielintre bees, Considered that,'
in the present advanced state
one eer""waY system, a complete communication through. the see"
---e's Populous districts of the country best
of the G
g piacmeseet the wants an wis e
Loncr
wate • overn
ite
d • h sof the public and
otent—bringing not only all the favourite
of North Kent within a close proximity to
im °°, but embracing in its course some of the most
Port ionili• . -`arY and naval arsenals of the empire.
bridge railway" is intended to commence at London-
ge, and pass b the London and Greenwich line to
Deptford ; then to proceed outside of Greenwich-park, by
Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Plumstead, Wickham,reet
Bezley-heath, Crayford, Dartford, Stone, and No. tahrtl_
p k) to
tO Gravesend ,• from thence (north, C
Frindsoury and Strood, and crossing the Medway by a
Chatham. and
kerinanent bridge, through R h
tirompton ; then by Rainham, Sittingbourne, and Milton
(within a very short distance of Sheerness), to Ospringe
and Faversham, continuing to near Whitstable, (inter-
secting the railway already made from that port to Can-
terbury,) and along the north coast of Kent by Herne-bay
and Reculver to the Isle of Thanet, and
either falling into
the South-eastern branch from Ashford to Margate,
Broadstairs, and Ramsgate, or continuing the proposed
railway to those places ; thus coming within a short dis-
tance of Sandwich and only ten miles from Deal.
The length of railway to be made will be about 60 miles
in the first case, or little more than 70 miles in the latter
Alternative.
The mode of passing by Greenwich-park and Woolwich-
common will be the same as was required by the Govern-
ment authorities for the projected London and Chatham
MRailway, the plans and sections whereof were prepared by
r. Vignoles, and lodged for Parliament in the session of
40,
at
It be designed as part of this plan, to connect the station
tLondon terminus, with a steam-boat wharf, by a
direct and uninterrupted passage between the railway and
r r_lli.er; which passage may be conveniently obtained.
parts of London
The °Lady increasing communication between the extreme
boats, h becomey means of the numerous small steam-
' -as as necessary for the convenience of the
visitors and inhabitants of tha metropolis, as the public
cnnveyances along the rinci al streets. All these boats
will facilitate the accesspof passengersp to the railway.
..oThe Project of course will be subject to any modifica-
t_4 nsowhich may be considered advisable by the Commit-
teener be.required by the Government.
earefulfstienates in the engineering department have been
in emelt PrePared ; and fro te experience now gained
very fa—ructing and furnishing railways, as well as the
line tray
e ,
.vourable character of the country through which it
has chiefly to pass,
proposed
the Engineer states that the
.c..
„rider - be c°
pass,
mpleted for working, at a cost averaging
renter „2-5,u00 per mile, including land purchases, par la-
ebne expenses, and management ; these latter items,the
1,4 Shat so susceptible of rigorous calculation asn _ a
larg iie had liberal amounts assigned to them,. d
a The
Cornmewance has been added for contingencies.
pared . tee have every confidence in the estimates pre-
prop° by their Engineer, and do not apprehend that the
The capital of £1,500,000 will be exceeded..
resident
very
short dis Population on the line, or withinay
isy
~,,_ ~ tance, (exclusive of London and Greenwich,) .
'eueuelderably above 300,000. If the traffic be estimated
aetyheeserxtent of steamboat movement only, throughout
from eive_il ears that in 1843, this boat traffic, to and
2,000,err wich, Was ascertained to have been more than
daily,--es, of Passen
being upwards of 6000
eithou h gers annually,
to and
from that town ill 1840, the whole passenger traffic
___
daily, 1840 in 11, by land and wafer, averaged only 3833
Loudon
- , the daily movement of passengers between
and
Gat Gravesend b the steam-boats, was 1900. in ee - was oearl double that t viz., 1/ million
ont., s Y amoun , .
ll the
inere to that • rs to be sti on
e year ; anit appea .
number ' avthg been tat d sin-li-officially, that the
la d of passen •
Londonll end enale gers in the month of June of this year,
stea arked at the Gravesend piers from
the
aegreentati re- a-as 331,739. A corresponding
and horn °,e° Goats,
aken place in the numbers travelling to
steel , leoehester Chatham Maidstone,&c. The
niot tr ffi ,
is also of t.,. . t° Herne By, Margate,and Ramsgate,
less to sea, exte e a.
. an lee en,. o , and by moderate computation
Places, Ail ,tvu persons pass annually to and from those
aloe
e la is indepe d f the ordinary transit
through Lici, from n ent o
tO a "t the no sb s
r the numerous populous places
d. ny other dish'
,‘„, Part
, of Kent, which is at least equa
istance from th -`' °' simil.extent, within the same
ar
It
is
not n e Metropolis.
putation of ecessary here s ' OM..
pay Comthe extent to go Into any very closT even
pete with that ° which a railway communicar
or the purposes of tl t by siearn-boats. It is sufficient
dertaking, to re estimates connected with this un
one.bof of assumet that the railway will obtain about Whole of that ue existing traffic by steam-boats, with the
ne
not to mentiony the present modes of land conveyance—
'which in ii the undoubted increase of intercourse,
blishiat a cases has been found to result from the este-
, ent o,
a raiiw
and of which this
gene
is iar 1 •ay communication, .
ge 31 "Isceptibl For the longer distances pro-
thejected by tie " . e.
' phis line, and especially during those times of
eo Year, and of the da which are unfavourable to'water
Intnunication, the increasedy, speed, facility, and safety
give
of oby railway travellin must operate largely in favour
the latter. With apopulation of 2,000,000 in the me-
130lis having to Gravesend in little more than
hai, , .
ss '1 an hour ; to Chatham in about an hour; to Herne
e'aY in less than two hours; and to Margate and Rams-
gale in two hours and a half, at moderate fares , with con-
Ri
ant opportunities, to and fro, at every hour n the day,
late and early, such an increase of the existing traffic may
reasonably be expected as will give ample occupation toooChmeans of conveyance. It is impossible to contem-
Plate section ofcountry connected with the metropolis
any
and continually
affording greater scope for an extended.
ted.
ioereasin traffic to an amount not easily estimated.
tad g 'of thegreat existing passenger traffic,
!pendently
ther
t to London of fish,
f •eis an almost incessant transpor
soot' vegetables, hops, and other produce, parcels, van-
", andmerchandise,besides the returns from the
van-
metro'
also
e in„°tAls, for local consumption. This railway will .
between Peculiar advantage of a direct communication
Correaween the railway terminus at London-bridge and both
13 filetlise
, river, all the way up to Westminster, Nine
The eoreea; and still further.
stations ef 'qion, of the important military and naval
and the Ti oolwich and Chatham, direct with London
hone Nieel,iries, and also by the South-Western Railway
oot ord "" ..c•irea, vvith Portsmouth and Southampton, is
comma} object of great national importance, but mur t
hoe Po a certain continuous trade. But no returns
from treo calculated • hestimates of traffic,
la 18 uridoubt upon, in te es
rail la line ha
~ ed source of revenue.
waY ace, 8 We Peculiar advantage of thus supplying
Kent, w —4lloothe districts of North
bei • tho,t intention to populous
.1
tr "Iging to rfering with any of the traffic nature! y
averses sh the South E (D ver) Railway, which
the tie e tnore - astern 0
Nor are
toe ',vantages of southern parts of the county.
by th.c„nfitted to le London, Chatham, and North Kent
for T' usteod ers
travellers in England. The passeng .th -1 this diret:ejcets will naturally come to Ramsgate ,_
seven Sea Voyage rivets
of railway, and the shortening. of
haab4urs aPa'rt°stend and
andon will only be six or
tieetiee ezPected , thus seeiee
g three hours at least : hence
lande•e°4 this n a great increase of travelling to the con-
-111)0;1 at RemsLw, oute, especially as passengers may be.
Presentit itenessi7oiwe•Pir at all times of the tide. This
ti
_s estimated e'er, has not been brought into the
Put ?ger mated fay return,.
. for • üble circumstances oable tram with „late cumstances., the annexed is
ro-
of a,,,_ C,
.6,_ , Bence as a low estimate of the p .
apondicral emstinna there is subjoined a table of statistics
tilsrarthiZenbreads floc raeilways, with estimates under corre-
-°,l of 1,- Iletiewit• Le Proposed London, Chatham, and
Profit ;se P as , h.,
. astiLla? D;' WaY of comparison and illustra-
the resolts Of tn) auovv-sl,4,enger movement, revenue, and
To those a pia °w
4' these estimates are founded on
rkailways, the cecsutislcienedert Perience in other cases.
throweek, en this tad grose:_n_sider the traffic returir...23
taaeli so active a 'he, eztfeenctf.ipts averaging only -E465
1 0 miles
Wiest
aPPear extre Population s=tem
upwards? North Kent,
aud ' after dedu • laelY roode as
that of' low esti-
ft)t• toll to eting So Per rate .and on this
resnit 1,0 the lines
co for working expenses
Posed ea,,,w, 8 a clea, nnected with this railway, the
. nr.....
Zonetal of
.zi 5,,,,1L ef full 8 per cent. on the pro-
", Jut ' uu,ooo.
V 18, 1844.
The pre,e ESTimAii----
stea„,.L tram, D TRAFFIC.
at °Oats to and from Woolwich by
, pearly „ , and ear .
be re, 141 o,ii nage by land, is estimated
„„ . ceehr. eons annuall
eePied e., by Of con., Y. As there will
Chap , ” going to w •eYance, and the time 0e-
e.004- 9tiarter of 001P7iCh Will be little more
feter:!l-hridges it an hour by railway, from
hatcobeeeeirocreese of Persons be
assumed heat the
able as opns conveyed will be so
senger" Present
number gt - to the railway at least
(from 8 ye, , , say lt million pas_
I , ley ,_, ..
Tees-„,each, ,„!;',, 2d, and ;:lucti at an averrge fare
ke"11, Produce - class Passengers) of 9ed.
e 9
l'tiodosnent sodainerrne ''' **
traffic************** £49,41
short ' places bey
Wtoaola'd from
°f Gravesend Woolwich, and
as deduced, and all adtajacent
horn observations ken atdistricts, Black