The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

August 6,

RAILWAY IN TELLIGE IWED

ii- railway from Lynn to Leicester isl announced in
Connection with the proposed Churnet Valley line.
". Meetings have been held in the course of the week in
'four of the London and York Railway at Peterborough,
and in favour of the Eastern Union Railway at Ipswich.
On Friday an influential preliminary meeting was held
at Athlone, for the purpose of taking effective steps to
form a railroad from Dublin to Athlone and Longford.
A prospectus for a new line of railway from Newcastle-
11,1a011.Tyne to Berwick will be issued in the course of a
few days, the object of which is to conduct the route
nearer to the to sof Morpeth, Alnwick, and Belford,
than the line previously announced.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL-
,-Between 11 andl2 o'clock on Sunday night, James
Smith, the driver, was killed near her-bridge, near West
raYtori, where the body now lies. It is supposed that
the unfortunate man was going along the luggage to speak
to the guard.
TuE NEW RAILWAY TO PRESTON.-Sir John Mc.
Neil has been appointed engineer of this intended line.
The present intention of the promoters is to join the
North Union railway at Farington opposite to the junction
'of the Blackburn and Preston line. From Blackburn and
ihe East of Lancashire to Liverpool this will be a saving
distance of fourteen or sixteen miles.
The Leeds and Selby Company have declared their
tisual dividend of £2 103. cent. The York and
North Midland having givener the necessary notice that
they will at the expiration of six months be prepared to
pay the Purchase-money for the Leeds and Selby line, it
is thought there will be only one more meeting prior to a
dissolution of the company taking place.
•
buring two days of last week, the transit of all goods
'whatever from Leeds to Manchester and Liverpool, by
rilWaY, Peat suspended, owing to some misunderstanding
Irwin the North Midland Company and the Leeds and
anehester Comany. One large mercantile establish-
Meat in
who is responsible Leeds has taken legal advice on the matter, as to
hip for the loss sustained by goods missing
I RAILWAY THE BANKS OF THE THAMES. -
.L.,n the House ONof Commons, on Tuesday night, the
'dad of Lincoln brought forward a Bill " to empower
her x
4ajesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests
to form a terrace and embankment, with convenient
Banding places for the public, on the Middlesex shore
'Of the river Thames, between Westminster and Black-
friar's b•n
. dges "
PROJECTED RAILWAY TO SODTHPORT.-There is
mow every prospect of there being shortly constructed a
.railway line commencing at
the Buxton Station, on the
North Union Railway, at its junction with the Bolton
d Preston Line, and passing through or near Eccles-
ton,u Mawdesley, Rufford, and nearly in a straight line to
Southport, being a distance
of about 14/ miles. The
principal landowners appear favourable to the undertaking,
and surveys are now being
~-made.
NORTH UNION RAILWAY
.-We take the following ex-
tract from the report presented at the half-yearly meeting
,on Thursday last :-The gross receipts from the united
railways during the last six months are £38,212 17s. lid.,
and the total expenses am. ount
Out of this sum the to £21.979135. 9d., leaving
a nett profit of £16,233 4s. 2d.
di-
rectors are enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of
£2 12s. 6d. per cent. for the six months on the stock A.,
and of £1 6s. 3d. per cent. on the stock B. ; amounting
1°.„.,„£15,966 18s. 7d., and leaving a small surplus of
''''.°6 55. 7d. to go to the credit of the present half-year.
PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM SHIPLEY TO BLACKBURN.
last, a meeting of gentlemen resident in
BkipatonAl°adaY
was held for the purpose of supporting such a line
of_ the said Railway as would prove most advantageous to
Burnie t•" 11. of Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Collie, and
genrtrey• It appeared to be the unanimous opinion of the
the emen present, that a line to run from Shipley, along
Re valleY of the Aire, via Bingley, Keighley, Cross Hills, e_eudwick, Skipton, Broughton, and thence by Thornton,
:nsltbariolo,kt,o and Foulridge, to Collie, and on to Burnley
and I3!ackburn, with a branch from Accrington to Raw-
join the Manchester and Bury Line, would be
the most desirable.
4!e. 1-tI ELE N S AND RUNCORN GAP RAILWAY,-The
yu Psrdea ors of this line held their annual. meeting on_
Cr:e r last, in the Clarendon-rooms, in this town , P.
their report, Esq, M.P., in the chair. The directors, in
orn regretted to announce a decrease in the in-
peas! for the last twelve months, attributable to the sus-
yearl°ll of the coal trade in the early part of the present
PreeediThe decrease of income, as compared with the
,le7 en_g Year, was £BB9. The expenditure had been
to39t6hei;bsBd. less; and the deficiency for the past year
Four pounds per cent. interest had been paid
however_ondholders. The trade on the line was now,
receipts , recovering, and in a cheering state. The total
cheeeee Of the year were £11,039 3s. lel. ; the total
I.3s.'id• £11,435 16s. Bd. ; leaving a total loss of £396
Canal C
int (held .Under the authority of a special general meet-
In January last) an arrangement with Sankey
two are t°„ra,PanY had been finally concluded, wheyeby the
Chaise"- "e. united. In reply to Mr. Elias Mozely, the
laale...__ n said
that the he had no doubt but the deficiency of this
Plain'edtrhw"ld be made up in the next. He then ex-
ec state of the simple contract debts, and added,
Ed-
elected ;aanti
cent, Thaesseleger traffic had this year increased ten per
Wards , report was adopted. Messrs. Greenall, Ed-
Fosbery, retiring directors, were then re-
of mi.. r.,nd Mr- Thomas Parr was elected in the place
busineas.exeorge Crossfield, deceased. This closed the
aohni
ter
;RESTERboiIt
s AND
aY, the adjourned half-yearly meeting of the
Jackson, ~,,, was held at the Clarendon-rooms-Wm.
ponoertthirrieewiii.ieli. in the chair. Mr. Mallaby read the re-
on directors congratulated the proprietors
ttliu, railway'' it;taant measures, affecting the prosperity of
Tel.Pnrehase of yip Passed the legislature,-the act of
i way fr
steeetin orn eh:ries Ferry ; that for constructing the
also e tee do k el' to Holyhead ; and that for con-
ptraePseidni:
raePeepirecas at Birkenhead. The tunnel was
e Prosperiiy ethin
lessNv as
the g to completion ; and not only
tchom
Pt°, ithe line rendered more secure, but
i.„, e?'Penditure, atia.Td been carried at a considerably
~uucing the fares.. - earieti
18443113, inn
Th oned the policy observed of
e Passenger traffic for the past
pared with the corresponding period of
dEll4l 68 7,118:--1814
, Passengers, 126,055. amount,
X 9915 os ezi 'al; ;
.1843,
.passengers, 99,782 amount,
and x .. .. , showing
c env 1423 as 10d.
~ Pasngerresc,
The
en increase of.o r2g,e271 passengers,monthsfor
wereekiAg 1260355 eloprtsparcels mails and rents,
jug the !°75 's• 9,1, Whilst there was expended in work-
line and for the interest £7732 9s. Bd. leaving a
balane
£5415e, including £73 2s. 5d., from last haft' year of
16s 6d. The directors recommended that a divi-
dend
17.,.., he declared of Bs. 6d. per £5O share, and 4s. 3d. per
_4° share ; but, as there was ss. 3d. due on each of the
. es° X5O shares for interest on calls unpaid, the amount
`0 be declared on those shares would be 3s 3d. per share,
and that the same be payable on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
The dividend would take £4406 ss. Od., thereby leaving
a balance of £lOO9 Ils. 6d. applicable to payment of the
income tax and for general purposes. The Chairman re-
marked that their small line would be benefitted by the
line from Chester to Wrexham, which had just received
the royal ascent, and would open out a traffic from the
mineral districts. The directors had no reason to doubt
the fulfilment of the contract with the Chester and Holy-
head line. The net receipts of their line produced within
a fraction of three per cent. upon the paid up capital.
'When the tunnel was completed, he expected they would
be able to charge each passenger fourpence additional for
the •
iincreased accommodation afforded, and this, with the
ncrease of goods traffic, he expected would realise a
rar t her
sum of one per cent. The directors, on the whole,
fled Rich. to be pleased with, and nothing to be dissatis-
'would bet°
enabled ; and it also gave them great pleasure in being
additi state that the whole of these improvements
onarected without calling upon the shareholders for
by the
6.,Pecuniary assistance. Funds had been raised
chided b'vle of their surplus land. The chairman con-
adopted -
~,tlroposing that the report be received and
..._October.
Carried unaA!r• White seconded the motion, which was
The div•d
than said hnirnatisly- In reply to Mr. Trotman, the chair-
e expected the tunnel would be opened early in Mr. ale dila._ , i end recommended was agreed to, and
elected diee'l Jackson, and Mr. Chr. Bentham were re-
,,,E ctors. The meeting then separated.
an"al 441" JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.-The
pang to
roan, °1( placeproprietors of this corn-
keneral meeting of the
Ceo-• 'ln this °ll Thursday last, in the Cotton eales-
tw Irma, 8, , 1.1; John Moss, Esq., in the chair. The
letPw°ort,, thart
h that everything was so fully stated in. the
had -et" be R :,;13eed make no lengthened observations.
Intl breathing
coati"" a frYhig to them as it was to him, that they
wereti relheta. Ulla time and a prospect of its
alluded to the increase of fares they
ae,__:chesternalehlged to make on the opening of the
Zec...l.Pts, and _ Btr.tnin
another'. in " °a which gham line, which reduced their
an
in
ot ustration f also a high scale was adopted-
extra ease of char the effect of competing lines, viz.,
Were aceonareer,ges on the public, with little or no
e - now - mime
-rot,
au , recoverin • After a posit of struggle, they
them oeigtreesed jakom their ion as
.to.receiets
lima:, and were in negociation well
cattafrliaeagsen..ei°titaßerd°r__general reduction of charges, both
e to the'''. hewroos, to such extent as they might
• berty to
rear their ver, the increased traffic did not se-
,ered
earned ace thelo Per cent., the board would be at
Prices; but been Y enrapervilePs- Had they not been inter-
°ll at iitvittoo, their line might now have
circematan Partaker:: snore than two-thirds the present
ees
Could fo re ' and MI- ua placed them under different
te 1 r -efts 1 hey bas
r y rneetin 1, e Yes and, now only to do the best they
of better g e was tne public. At the last quer-
termi accommodarcalled
e,„ 'las, and -ion for noco t
tethernsidr te question
ne.arate star '°rlle Parties
urse to Passengers Liverpool
torelate ,e. , ton. Th had urged the necessity of a
de "Ita other e rd had been too much occupied
,°o th Pressing
they would le est eo matters, to enable them
.to
we, Leave th
re interesti forthwie Pursue ; but if the proprie-
matter in the hands of the directors,
s r th larisicler what should be done for
eePort
Xlee ,eeeipts for the sPixtaimnolit?
oeen • Theo 4a. Parties.-ca
lea •
months
ss h
justtl e
ended
d hadt h e
TO 11l C0r1;.4 12s. 2d al h
t .ough the interest. was ,
£1 000
aIS arriee-,.(lllenee of 'the dividends being paid quartetly.
"" 1843 -4' eXCeeded that of the corresponding period
"Pee bY the 6
88. 9 ses were x 81111" °f X 10,336 9s. 6d. The working
be d• on eh 4,309 3s. 5d., leaving a profit of £111,120
aeeadded the oPerations of the half-year, to which must oont T, Surplus of £12,628 Is. ld. from the last
°Met • The
Interesdt on loans expended on Crewe and
ale2,a6oto7ta4ls.avfao
and tcorks
a b amounted
tie! ele,"eing dedus_etedtog
eliv,e; el ss. 10d. available balance half- y c a
or
f,
b,.,..'1, nd of .a, ,eaThe shareholders received a quarterly
tCrel,ecool-etn`enid‘;,:i Per share on the 15th May, and the
"Irtis'e,.°4l quarter a dividend of the same amount for
dividr„Taining to ,bpayable on the 15th August. The
of Sunday te amount to £10,876 ss. 10d. The amount
.avelling Was es, se• per £lOO share. The