The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-09 00:00:00

SECRETARY

J. F. Galbraith, Esq., W.S., 48, Queen-street, Glasgow

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, 40, George-square,
Glasgow

AGENTS IN MAGRI}

John Mollison, Esq., Writer I Robert Watt, Esq., Writer
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.

G. H. Lang, Esq., 37, Great George-street, Westminster

THIS Railway will commence at a suitable point of the
Edinburgh Branch of the Caledonian Railway, at or
near Mid-Calder, and proceed westwards by easy and con-
venient gradients, accommodating the populous towns and
villages of Livingstone, Bathgate, Blackburn, Whitburne,
and Clarkstone, to the Airdrie District, where it will form
a junction with the existing and projected Lines to Glas-
gow and the west of Scotland.

- The populous district traversed by this Railway, is one
of the richest in Scotland. It abounds in Ironstone,
Coal, Limestone, and other Minerals ; and it only re-
quires the advantages of Railway accommodation to de-
velope its resources.
The revenue as a Mineral Line alone should suffice to
yeild the largest return legally exigible by Railway Pro-
prietors; and when it is considered that, by the junctions
already referred to, this Line will form a direct, short,
and uninterrupted route between the Cities of Edinbu.gh
and Glasgow, and connect East, West, and Mid-Lothian,
and the whole of the Eastern Counties of Scotland, not
merely with Glasgow, but with the Counties of Renfrew,
Ayr, Wigton, and Kircudbright, and their important
Seaports, it would be difficult to overvalue the present
Line as a great national undertaking.
To those acquainted with the district it is unnecessary
to point out the immense local importance of this Line
and its dependencies ; and to the inhabitants of Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Greenock, and all the other Towns in the East
and West of Scotland, it would be superfluous to men-
tion the advantages of such a Line, wkether as respects
safety and comfort, or economy and expedition ; but for
the benefit of those at a distance, it may be well to state,
that, while it avoids objectionable tunnels, viaducts, and
other heavy works, it is also shorter by at least one-sixth,
of the whole distance than any other Line between the
cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and will farther be the
means of conveying, without transhipment, Passengers
and Goods from the East to the West Coast.
The largest proprietors along the Line have already
given their most cordial assent to this undertaking; and
there cannot be a doubt that, as it will meet the demands
of the public, it will in due time receive the sanction of
the legislature.
Application for Shares in the form annexed, may be
made to the following Brokers :—Messrs. JACKSON and
WCOWAN, FOULDS and COCKBURN, T. G. BUCHANAN,
and A. W. FORBES, Glasgow ; ALEXANDER GALLOWAY,
Banker, Airdrie; ROBERT ALLAN, and ROBERTSON and
Co., Edinburgh ; THOMAS FORSYTH, and MASSIE
and ROBERTSON, Liverpool; GEORGE HARRIS,
Manchester; B. and M. BOYD, 4, Bank-buildings, and
J. SHEWELL and SON, Tokenhouse-yard, London.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Lanarkshire and

Lothians Direct Railway.

GENTLEMEN,-1:-, I-I;eTebyapply for - Shares of the
Stock of this Company, and bind myself to pay the de-
posit of £3 on this, or any smaller number of Shares that
may be allotted to me, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Deed of Agreement.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,

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