The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS OF THE
GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY,
Via PAISLEY, JOHNSTONE, KILMARNOCK, AYR, CUM-
NOCK, SANQUHAR, DUMFRIES, and ANNAN.

CAPITAL, £1,300,000 ; SHARES, £25 EACH.
Deposit, £1 ss. No Subscriber liable beyond the amount
of his Subscription.

GOVERNOR.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglintoun and Winton.

DEPUTY GOVERNOR.
The Right Hon. Lord James Stuart.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Leadbetter,Esq., Chairman.

The Right Hon. the Earl of
Orkney,
John Learmouth, Esq.,
Chairman of the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Rail-
way Company,
The Provost of Dumfries,
The Provost of Paisley,
Sir James Campbell,
James Monteath, Esq., of
Stonebyres,
J. Henderson, Esq., of Park,
Thomas D. Douglas, Esq.,
John Miller, Esq., of My
shiels,

John. Wilson, Esq., of Dun-
dyvan,
John Fleming, Esq., of
Claremont,
James Douglas, Esq.,
The Provost of Ayr,
The Provost of Kilmarnock,
Archibald Smith, Esq.,
Robert Dykes, Esq.,
William etas, Esq.,
Andre 'George, Esq.,
Ge e Stirling, Esq.,
n Ross, Jun., Esq.,
lexander Brown, Esq.,

ANKERs.
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Glasgow : Union Bajneof Scotland -and, Western: Bank
of Scotland.
Edinburgh : Ditto, Ditto.
Manchester: James Lloyd and Company.

ENGINEER.
John Miller, C.E., Edinburgh.
SOLICITORS.
Glasgow: Messrs. Bannatynes and Kirkwood, 16, Gor-
don-street, Glasgow.
London: Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall,
London.
INTERIM SECRETARY.
William Logie, 76, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow.

THIS Line is intended to connect London, Birming-
ham, Manchester, and Liverpool with Glasgow and
the populous manufacturing and commercial towns and
seaports of the West of Scotland. The route is the most
favourable for the purpose proposed. Avoiding the high
and sterile district of country lying on the Scottish bor-
der, it passes up the fertile and picturesque valley of the
Nitb, and enters the rich county of Ayr, where it joins
the line of Railway which already connects with each other
the thriving towns and seaports of Glasgow, Paisley,
Greenock, Port Glasgow, Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Ar-
drossan, Troon, and Ayr.
The length of new Line to be made, in continuation of
the Western English trunk Lines terminating at Carlisle,
is ninety-two miles. From the surveys taken some years
ago, Mr. Miller, thee Engineer of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, has assured the Provisional Committee
that the engineering facilities are great, and that, looking
to the economical system recently adopted on such works,
and the diminished price of materials, not more than
£13,000 per mile will be required for its construction.
The Landowners on the Line are, so far as yet applied
to, very favourable to its execution.
From estimates of traffic laid before the Parliamentary
Commissioners in 1841, the nett revenue may be expected
to yield 8 per cent. on the proposed capital of £1,300,000.
Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be
allowed on Calls, after the Act of Parliament is obtained,
from the date of their
,beirig, paid till the Line is opened,
per cent., or £2 10s. per Share, is 'h
twojeb' it is expected, will be within a period not exceed-
ing years from the passing of the Act.
A Deposit of 10
re-
quired by the standing orders of the House of Commons,
one-half of which must be paid on the Shares being allot-
ted, and the other half at such time as shall be fixed by
the Provisional Committee. Subscribers will also require
to sign the usual Parliamentary Contract when required.
Applications for Shares may be made in Liverpool to
MATTHEW NV OTHERSPOON,rOr SAMUEL WOODS, JO",
Sharebrokers, there, from whom also copies of the Plo-
spectus, containing full details, may be got.
Glasgow, 15th March, 1844.