The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

on Tuesday n ldaesnt
and
ds
Btlrieigfii
Irtsntniaydorrfatyhe re 1., ouv"""
re
1.,
of fare!
arriveds!iwnheaignellclguilebsslreatssttwpeardi.toteitxdihii in London in the course oNf et
ha e day
a From the
within seven
any Wet,
c
'Ph. xi.opl-ip.r. .r-, • COOI ~...
.. Z gr-‘l Bolton ',Away .. a stir„
dared a dividend 6d. per share, leavirlb to
of £1,935 ls. 2d., which dividend is to be ai. ~s work-
nd Exeter Railway, and the number of hands•---01)0, it IS
to be not short of 1000—en aed in theirs omPletil 1. oper
ing. by the first of July, next year (1844), "e
THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAUWI'''. fareS n
i too 5r
ss ~, --TM .„4
rectors have issued the new list, reducing the • d dP.
altering the time table. Six trains will carry Or joced
held on Thursday, passengers to and fro every day and as the fare is c 7 fie
.. Boringhstounnmdaayyseexypeercyt atnrainxtrrraoilrldienaaarryeighei/rd ea::
meeting of the Grand Junction RTabilewgaeyne
passengers. veryot
so eth.
hvaefevoTnerehwhnbeoateiurenrdheresstlxtigpoa:frte,egOoLfiwoootsif for the
wilo dr: as fo: et ahre:r
sri 0 0
di.
9toi
Cotten, ,4 k
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
rooms, John Moss, Esq , chairman of the boarareudtbst
rectors, in the chair. From the report it LIPP° 30,14
the same
einnaatofontheeot'icmloecskine tdilinle
the total receipts for the half year ending June is llw
been £185,093 2s. being - b 1:22 542 1 ',84.
Sd less Y ;rind ef ' fat
than the rec • in " receipts the corresponding P- eyer,r 0
by the depressiyon,
The '
reduction in the current expenditure, how,,d,W
period, amounted to £13,653 18s. 1000
directorsof
o n
ct
Hh
eEgtoslfphi
,tshetaEt
rhrlehßefi
eontiyidnieAreo.steaNctbdrpoaDeinfbototßohyfi,r
locomotive
1 tvopat
etiaoshasEcetbsasi
carried.eeor 1
vnr,ogii
anaegALlrnyeDenetl l
traffic
fawdaei I 3°.ii BflirtsndneBt
cAeB:mwnrBs
ell
ail
oalt,
gl .i:l3gs, 1 sdoAet ag
• yor
.te4,13?-:.
James
: rs. r
al when
...r;wai
lit gr
ost,
It 0 so. e
iit:6o.
the
1 ta .°:
in the first half-year of 1842. This contrast beinioe
R ilway was opened, and as, during the eerlY 1)11'01
;.
beenhweahcdei ci
construction
odtwri
fmro
soui
omnl
mdi s
esinal
fube
timednst oh.dreabyle
bX'ntie'rgleeai
totallonviee,
sl
ili6aonsnegpp,
concentrated
vioroeoatafietrsvhta7i
et
leaving
g.wasd.ssl;:ta6.c
si
i:pnC6rrirueal°ecti7::l3lo9:ble°;ea. Pa
ip
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ofirl 13f
rpb.ii-ft t
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top
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04 115 e id 4:
considered a serious one. A very satisfactorYelf.,ol
hsrodintwakheienhpaladcieviidnentdheofrexcseipts foernerchandis at 11.
wthoockle, whilst the expenditure in those dePertpiniji
carriedr to the credit of the current half Year' I,„re.
...' ti
future be undertaken b the company, s'ibie" 7il
fail to be productive of yconsiderable-advantaigem* es GA./
fillan, and Thomas Ripley. The report was tin—d.lolB
adopted. Messrs. George Grant, N. D. 1301 d, and of we
Hornby were then elected directors in the P`" , lofty-
gentlemen retiring. A dividend of £5 per cent,
.7. Co/11%dsg
wl:4oo3n,cawTlelherudersday at twelve o'clock the arbour° Clilvl
of the shareholders of this p 'NT was held in tbeopi,"
by Mr. Wm.
report. From this it appeared that rhea total livblnj
the line from the 31st December,lB42, to the 3700,11%
nenditure, 410,
15s. ~ an the exr tof 'OO,
Odl4l . sn .4-
ne acc(runblefolli,...64
a, raereP' or
an
u surpluse
d depression
a traffic chair 06°00'
and various causes, had occasioned considers
~,,,979 tc7.-f,
in the traffic, the number of passengers being.ifliotoref
than during the corresponding period of the in-`,55200.10
and the produce of the last race week being 'b rl r-,
11:10D3n:tooh7ne,1Calwla-3.icrdinstreeraekri:dof
rt.h;f yi as rbay,otfo..eurecl
eiajpol
that of the year 1842. The strictest econonlY elodily
exercised in every department, so that the Wog, to
which from Dec. 31, 1841, to June 30, 18-I2r clif yea', I,
Os. 3d., had been reducd r the. last_fhB3'
,24000,4
tion. Arrangements had been
.made with £5,080 12s. 10d., thus showing a reduction o I.,,higa_try
1
54. Notwithstanding this, the engines and et'`ifirigee°4l
ktoenhead.
of the company were in the most efficient wet; „'' 000'0
Birmingham and Grand Junction Railway iv 0
that from r est° ,„ti
passengers can be booked through
and 3s. 71d. on the £25 the 11-napieth;
arra fitr2
eedY e ober
were now in progress as would lead to the sr Birke ,to
tion of the tunnel from the Railway Station at dedtbA
Birmingham The
raenpdeLrroanldseons,raarnedd Tantlstuhcobse Pie ngeo3!
to the Monk's Ferry. The directors reconrne" 0f7,t0
r ,„131 sharemorroU
dividend be declared of -
tax, and that the same he payable on
share, which wAA to bere,
£2 7
, 18 155., leaving a balance of £llB ss.•'-• b 01 t,
.. of t e lost'e i
to the next is. 3d. per n !g"_'..oula a 4ri.
account and towards payrnenr, -,old , po.
The '
interest due on the new £5O shares on t.. share')
made on the 30th June last being 7s. 3d. ,P't•tiere°s'iso(
would be the same in amount as the divide no 'af recitid
long discussion then ensuedasto the proprietl-vere '-lt
the fares on the lines and statistical staternentesoritetw
both for and against any alteration in the P,.es.,ssed,sl pot
the 4,e calls it
appeared that the question had been fully mg! coullog
board of directors, and that those gerilleine.e (olletit ,0
recommend any alteration. A resolution tn....L..00°40a
effect was, however, ultimately agreed up.on •
of fares" d ill
the opinion of this meeting that a reduction itioti and
be highly advantageous in preventing entnPe„t,, tl/11110,
stimulating existing traffic, and the pro aced
recommend the directors to adopt a reduce', be Wee
prevailing opinion in the meeting seemed roihigs,., rice,,;
fares for the first class should be three o" ndSajjelaw
class two shillings, and third class one shillingl,p., Ig frbi
—ln reply to a question from Mr. MoxleY. "e stile °,OO,
said it was expected to realize as much bY tb boo-,
mreotirieintahadnirepityofrosr,
wtheerec::::::ectedtion of
Monk's
which w
• ould enable them still to have the I' astovi
Ferry and hotel, after reserving 811.1:500,60,Y
goods traffic under the control of the conir_il'ej,tstr
ply to a question from Mr. Brown, the cliticl 01.1iit
paid, but that it was amply secu_redn.--. Alr•r 1 drtal,A, tivhiart. the m
William eFy
oosbwei
rnr y b,
a'
nt hde
m late
r. tr el
ert= u rbeer,r3.lol; sta i'',
bar. F f them
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