The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

nishannon, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, Timoleague, Ross. •
carberry, Bally dehob, Skull, Castletownsend , Crookhaven,
Bantry, Castletown, Berehaven, Dunmanway, &c., which,
with the extensive districts in their respective vicinities,
embracing an area of upwards of 400 square miles, contain
a population of upwards of 250,000. This immense dis-
trict is well known for its great mineral and agricultural
wealth, the former consisting of Copper, Manganese,
Iron, Lead, and Silver; the latter, at present very rich in
Corn, Butter, Pigs, and Cattle, is capable of being
largely increased, and needs but the stimulus and facilities
derivable from easy and quick communication to insure.
the rapid developement of its great natural resources.
The formation of this Railway will also have the effect
of rendering the communication between the unrivalled
harbours of Berehaven, Glengariff, Bantry, Crookhaven,
and Cork, more easy and more effectual.
From the position of the range of bills and mountains
running East and West, and bounding the above district
on the North, Bandon must always form the natural focus
upon which its various streams of traffic and intercourse
concentrate; and, therefore, whilst the construction of a
Railroad from Bandon to Cork would be productive of a
certain profit to its proprietors, it could not fail to confer
very great advantages upon Bandon, Cork, and the West
Riding of the County generally.
It will also have the effect of facilitating the communi-
cation from Bandon and the Western towns of the County
of Cork to Dublin, Belfast, and the North of Ireland, by
means of the proposed Great Southern and Western
Railway from Cork to Limerick and Cashel, whence a
line is in progress to Dublin, and there will join with the
proposed lines to Belfast and the other northern towns.
According to the Commissioners' Report, the trade of
Cork amounted, in 1836, to 400,000 tons annually. The
Bandon line forms the chief of four great lines of traffic
to and from Cork, and the Passenger intercourse from
Bandon is far greater than on any of the other lines.
There are no circumstances connected with the Line
presenting any engineering difficulty ; no inclined planes
exceeding the ordinary gradients for locomotive power;
no tunnel, nor any excavations of magnitude. The line
is one of easy construction, adhering, for the most part,
to the natural surface of the country.
As far as Landholders have been consulted, they have
declared their assent to the measure, and signified their
readiness to afford it their warmest support.
Power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of
Four per Cent. per annum on a►l deposits and calls to be
computed from the date of each payment.
The liability of the Subscribers will be limited by the
Act of Parliament to the Amount of their respective
Sbares.

The ex sting Passenger intercourse between Cork and
Bindon appears, from carefully prepared estimates, to be
at least 130 per day in one direction, or 260 per day in
both directions. This includes the average number tra-
velling by public and private vehicles, the former num-
bering six coaches in the day each way. But the effect
of the facilities of Railway communication between
Towns has always been found to, at least, double the
previously existing intercourse, and very frequently tho
increase is three fold, and often even more.

Taking the smaller increase in the case of
Bandon and Cork, the daily intercourse of
Passengers by Railway will he 260 in one

direction, or 520 in both directions, per
day, which, at an average of 2s. per head,
gives a gross receipt of £52 per day, or,
per year, for Passengers. £18,980 0 0

The merchandise traffic carried on through
Bindon, between the Western parts of the
County and Cork, according to carefully -
ascertained data, corrected and checked

by the returns of the Irish Railway Com-
missioners and other correct sources,

appears to be at least 60,000 tons, of

various articles, such as Corn, Flour,

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Timber, Groceries, Hardware, &c., and,
without assuming any increase of quantity
for the facilities of Railway transit, the

above tonnnge, at a charge of 2d. per ton
per mile,* gives a gross receipt for Mer
cbandise of.

* The above charge for transit by Rail-
way between Cork and Bandon will be
but 3s. 4d. per ton, whilst the present

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charge, by common road, is 6th per cwt.,
or 10s. per ton.
The number of Pigs annually purchased in
Bandon for the Cork market, together

with those passed through Bandon from
the western towns of Timoleague, Clo-
nakilty, Roscarbery, Skibbereen, Bally-
dehob, Skull, Crookhaven, Bantry, Cas-
tletown, Dutnanvvay, &c. are estimated,
from authentic sources, as not being less
than 80,000, which, at 6d. each, gives.. £2,000 0 0
Horned Cattle and Sheep . .
Carriage of Mails and Parcels ... ,... 1,000 0 0

Gross Receipts. ..
Deduct 40 per cent. for work expenses 13,300 0 0

Annual Profit.

. £20,180 0 0

Or 10 per cent. on a Capital of 200,000.
Supposing one-third of the capital to be borrowed at
5 per cent., the above would afford 121 per cent. on the
paid-up capital.
In the above estimate no account is t iken for the con-
veyance of Troops and Baggage, nor for private Carriages.
Neither is .any account taken of the intercourse with
Kinsale, the value of the Fish Trade alone being upwarOS
of £30,000 a year, and the traffic with which must fall
into this line,-12 miles from Cork.
Prospectuses may be had, and application for Shares be
made to Mr. BILLING, the Secretary, at the Company's
Temporary Offices, No. 4, Manchester. buildings, Parlia-
ment-street, Westminster, London; Mr. T. K. SULLI-
VAN, Bandon; Mr. JOHN WILLS, Stock and Share
Broker, Royal Bank-buildings, Sweeting-street, Liver-
pool Messrs. POTTER and Co., Stock and Share
Brokers, Leeds; Messrs. COLLISON and FLINT, Stock
and Share Brokers, Hull; Mr. HENRY LANAUZE,
Stock Broker, College-green, Dublin.
Mr. JOHN M`DONNELL, 12, Academy-street, Agent

at Cork:

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Cotamittee of the Cork and Bandon
Railway.

GENTLEMEN,—I hereby request you will apportion me
Shares in the above proposed Railway, and I engage
to pay the deposit of £2 103. per Share upon such allot-
ment as you may be pleased to make, and to sign the
Subscription Contract required by Parliament, and also
the Subscriber's Agreement.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name -
Profession, Trade, or calling
Residence
Date of Application

BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON

RAIL WAY.
CAPITAL £250,000, in SHARES of £25 each.
DEPOSIT, £2 per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Fowden Hindle, Esq., Woodfold Park, High
Sheriff of the County of Lancaster.
John Hornby, Esq., M.P. for Blackburn.
John Ashworth, Esq., Birtenshaw.
Thomas Appleton, Esq., Turton.
Stephen Blair, Esq., Bolton.
John Brandwood, sq., Darwe
James Brandwood, Esq., Dar en.
Robert Burton, Esq., Bolt .
Charles Edmonston, Esq. arwen.
James Greenway, Esq., amen Bank.
Peter Richard Hoare, sq., Turton.
William Henry Hor y, Esq., Blackburn.
Robert Hopwood, sq., Blackburn.
William Ford Hul on, Esq., Hutton Park, Bolton.
James Kay, Esq., Turton Tower.
Charles Potter, sq., Darwen.
Harold Potter, Esq., Darwen.
Adam Roxburgh, Esq., Eutwisle.
Thomas Scowcroft, Esq., Bradshaw.
Eccles Shorrock, Esq., Darwen.
E. H. Sumner, Esq., Bolton.
William Wilson, Esq., Preston.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.
The Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Com-

pany.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.

ACTING ENGINEER..
Mr. John Watson.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Robinson and Holton, Blackburn.

THIS projected Line is intended to connect the large
1. manufacturing town of Blackburn. and the populous
and increasing townships of Lower Darwen, Over Dar-
wen, and Turton, with the important town of Bolton,
and at the latter Terminus to form a Junction with the
Manchester and Bolton Railway, by which a continuous
and unbroken Railway communication will be established
between Blackburn and Manchester.

It is proposed that the Line, commencing at the Joint
Station of the Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, and
the Blackburn and Preston Railways, at Blackburn,
shall pass through the several townships of Blackburn,
Lower Darwen, Over Darwen, Entwisle, Turton, Tonge-
with-Haulgh, and Little Bolton, comprising, with the
town of Great Bolton, according to the last Parliamentary
Census taken in 1841, a population of 105,550 persons.
To individuals acquainted with the town of Blackburn,
in the Cotton Manutactories of which it is estimated that
1,800 horse-power is employed,—with the large manufac-
turing districts of Lower Darwen and Over Darwen, em-
ploying upwards of 850 horse-power, and the extensive
Coal Fields and Slate and Flag Quarries in those districts,
—and with the Stone Quarries and Printing and Bleach-
ing Establishments in Edgeworth and Turton, it is un-
necessary to point out the great importance of the pro-
jected Line, considered in reference to the advantages
which must result to the public from a direct communi-
cation by Railway, 23 miles in length, with the town of
Manchester. The importance of the Undertaking is
much increased when it is remembered that the construc-
tion of a Railway between the towns of Bolton and Li-
verpool is in contemplation, and that by a Junction of
this with the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, a
direct route, 40 miles in length, will be formed between
Blackburn and the town of Liverpool.
The Line now projected will be 13 miles long, the cost
of which, including the expense of Engines and Carriages,
and every possible contingent outlay, has been estimated
by men of talent and experience at £243,600.
The Traffic has been carefully taken under the super-
intendence of a competent Agent employed for the pur-
pose, by whom the following Summary, in the accuracy
of which the Committee repose every confidence, has
been furnished, chewing that a net return of upwards of

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