The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

62, HANOVER-STREET,
Three Doors from Bold-street and corner of Wood-street.

MEET IN Tan ADJOURNED MEETIN of COAL
Ia.PRO-
PRIETORS and COAL ME CHANTS, held in
Liverpool on the 14th in-taut, iy as unanimously Re-
solved, that, in order to meet arli- dvance in the wages of
the Working Colliers, the PRICES of COAL be AD-
VANCED, on the 16th instant, to the Rates undermen-
tioned : namely,
Orrel and King Coal,lss. 6d. per Ton, delivered within
• the Municipal Borough of Liverpool.
Best Common Coal for House Fire, Ils. Bd. per Ton,
ditto.
Best Common Coal for House Fire, 108. 10d. per Ton,
in the Yard.

WILLIAM PEACE, Chairman

AB RIDGED PROSPECTUS

EDINBURGH AND NEWHAV RAILWAY
BRANCH LINES '
WET DOCKS AT LEITH, AND TO
GRANTON PIER.

CAPITAL, £lOO,OOOO, IN SHARES OF £2O EACH

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEES.

The Directors of the Edinburgh and Newhaven Railway.

FOR EDINBURGH :
John Richardson, Eq., Senior Magistrate, Edinburgh
John_Urquhart,EN.;Aagistrate, Edinburgh.

D. M'Faibin, Co'aii.cillor, Edinbnruri
Henry Banks, Esq., Councillor, Edinburgh.

J. G. Thomson, Esq. Treasurer, Edinburgh.
Thomas Greig, Esq., Esq.,
of the Merchant Company,
Edinburgh.
Archibald Thomson, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce, Edinburgh.
Richard Hunter, Esq., Edinburgh.

_
FOR LEITH :
James Reoch, Esq., Provost of Leith.
William Muir, Esq., Councillor, and Merchant, Leith.
John Smith, Esq., Master of the Trinity House, Leith.
Robert Laurie, Esq., Master of the Merchant Company,
Leith.
Robert Mowbray, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce, Leith.
George Berry, Eyq., Deputy-Chairman Ditto, Leith.
James Duncan, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
John Raimes, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
William Moodie, Esq., Merchant, Leith.

THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY
COMPANY having now determined to extend their
Line to the North Bridge, and a company being'in course
of formation from that point to Berwick-on-Tweed, both
of which Lines will thus be connecte.: with tyadinburgh,
Leith, and Newhaven Railway, 11/4has been resolved to
carry on the branches to Leith and,Or /ion Pier. The
Main Line of this Railway, from ..tland-street to
Trinity, has been completed and i' . ce'essful operation
all this season. The Drift-way t igh the Tunnel, by
means of which it will be carried nto the centre of the
city, is nearly finished, and the Tunnel itself may be com-
pleted within 18 months.
The Branch to Leith securas the great trade of that
port. More than 40,000 tons of Goods pass yearly be-
tween Edinburgh and Glasgow, by way of the Railway and
the two Canals ; and upwards of 200,000 tons, exclusive
of coals, between Edinburgh and Leith, which the greatly
reduced cost of carriage, as compared with the rates of
cartage, insures to the Railway.
The number of passengers between Edinburgh and
Leith, by coach, exceeds 400,000 yearly.
The passenger-traffic between Edinburgh Grin on,
and Newhaven, also exceeds 400,000, and the NewhavT,V
Railway is besides conveying at the rate of 150,000
yearly.
In consequence of the extension of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, its junction with this Line, and the
reduced cost of carriage, all Goods coming from, and to,
the West of Scotland, will unquestionably pass along this
Rilway and Branches. The necessary consequence will
be a large increase of traffic, particularly in Iron and Coals
in the Leith export trade; and Leith would add at least
50,000 tons yearly to this trade in these branches alone.

The length of the branch to Leith is 1; mile, and the
estimated cost is £43,441; the Branch to Granton would
be one mile long, and the estimated cost is £49,470,—
and after allowing for expenses of Bill and all other con-
tingencies, the new capital required may be stated at
£lOO,OOO.

In estimating the amount of revenue, the average re-
turn from the carriage of goods, along the whole line is
assumed at ls• per ton, and the average of passengers at
4d. each, and the anticipated revenue may then be stated
thus:-- .

PASSENGERS.
1. Passengers on the main Line to Trinity,
150,000 yearly .
2. Grantors and Newhaven Steam-boat pas.
sengers, 400,000 yearly 6,666
3. Leith Coach and Carriage passengers,
400,000 yearly, but assume only one-half 3,333

£12,499
Add for anticipated increase, only one-third. 4,166

Total for passengers
GOODS.
1. Between Edinburgh and Leith, 200,000
tons of Goods yearly ; assume only one-
fourth
2. Between Leith and Granton and Glasgow,
(upwards of) 40,000
3. Anticipated increase between Glasgow and
the mineral districts in the west, and Leith,
50,000 tons

£23,665

Deduct one-third for working and manage-
ment

Free revenue

... £15,777

Or 74 per cent. on the Capital

Applications for Shares may be made at the Company's
Office, 35, Scotland-street, Edinburgh ; to RICHARD
DAwsori, Esq., 10, Exchange-alley, Liverpool ' • Mr. A.
' Ross, 27, Tokenhouse Yard, London • Messrs. SERBOHM
and HOYLAND, Manchester; Messrs.MERCER, STEVEN-
SON and Co., Glasgow; or to the Stock and Share Bro-
kers in town, from all of whom copies of the detailed
Prospectus may be obtained.
9th October, 1813.

AT a MEETING within the Council Chambers, Leith,
of the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the
BRANCH LINE of the EDINBU fl and NEW-
HAVEN RAILWAY to LEITH ,GRANTON, on
the 9th day of October, 1843,
THE HONOURABLE THE PROV • in the Chair,
The following resolution was moved by ROBERT Mop-
BRAY, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce,
seconded by ROBERT LAURIE, gsq., Master of the Mer-
chant Company, and thereafter carried unanimously,
" That this meeting having met and conferred with the
Directors of the Edinburgh and Newhaven Railway, re-
gard with feelings of great gratification the renewed pro-
posal of these Directors to extend a Branch Line to Leith ;
believing, as they do, that the connection so to be afforded
by an unbroken chain of Railway to Edinburgh and Glas-
gow will he productive of uncalculable benefit to the trade
and prosperity of Leith, for the reasons and in the manner
detailed in the Prospectus of the Branch Lines which has
been issued ;—Recommend that Meetings of the different
Public Bodies in Leith should be immediately held to
take th,.. matter into consideration ; and earnestly advise
their fellow citizens to give all the support and counten-
ance to the undertaking in their power."
JAMES REOCH.