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

PROSPECTUS OF THE BOLTON, WIGAN,
AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.

CAPITAL, £BCO,OOO ; in 16,000 Shares of £5O each.

Deposit £4 per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The EARL OF BALCARRAS.
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER, Liverpool.
METRIC BANKES, Winstanley Hall
JOHN CROSTHWAITE, Liverpool.
JAMES BRANCKER, Liverpool.
WILLIAM STUART, Liverpoo
JOHN WOODCOCK, Bank we, Wigan.
HENRY SHAW, Land G Ashton, Wigan.
WILLIAM PEACE, ha h, Wigan.
THOMAS TEBAY, Winstauley.
JAMES ROTHWELL BARNES, Summerfield, near Bolton.
ROBERT STUART, Manchester.
WILLIAM DUNLOP, Edinburgh.

With power to add to their number.
ENGINEERS:
SIR JOLIN.MACNEILL L.L 13,_F.R.5.; and.
JAMES THOMSON, F.R.S.E., M R.I.A.
SULICITORS:
HENRY GASKELL, Wigan.
S. I). DAnntstitßE, Manchester.
BANKERS:
The ROYAL BANK Of LIVERPOOL.
WOODCOCK and SONS, Wigan.

THE proposed Railway will commence near the Bolton
Terminus of the Manchester and Bolton Railway,
or by a Junction with the Bolton and Preston Railway,
about three miles from Bolton, as may hereafter be de-
termined upon, and will pass through Dean Rumfortb,
Lostock, Westhoughton, and Aspull, intersecting the im-
portant Coal Fields of that neighbourhood, to Wigan,
where it crosses the North Union Railway.
The Line then proceeds through the heart of the great
Coal District of Lancashire, taking the route of Pember-
ton, Winstanley, Upholland, Billinge, Rainford, Mos-
brough, Kirkby, and Knowsley, and passes through Wal-
ton and Bootle, terminating in immediate contiguity with
th 3 North Docks in Liverpool.
The above sketch of the proposed Line will at once sug-
gest the various and impo:tant objects which its construc-
tion is calculated to attain. The large and rapidly-in-
creasing Towns of Bolton and Wigan, with their populous
neighbourhoods, will acquire a direct Railway communi-
cation with each other, said with Liverpool (the latter
town and intermediate district with Manchester also), in
the advantages of which the Town of Bury and the exten-
sive Manufacturing District on the Line of the Bury and
Rossendale Railway, and its projected extensions into
Yorkshire will participate. The Towns of Chorley and
Preston, and the District to the north of Wigan, will at
the same time ontain a shorter and more convenient Rail-
way connection with Liverpool.
The opening of the inexhaustible Mines of exeellent
Coal and Cannel, which lie to the extent of several miles
on each side of the Line for nearly 5-6ths of its entire
length, and the greater portion of which has hitherto, for
want of the means of transit, been unavailable to the pub-
lic, may, however, be considered as one of the principal
objects of the present undertaking. It is impossible to
estimate too highly the extent or the importance, in a
commercial point of view, whether for home consumption
or for exportation, of the Mineral riches which will be
thus brought into the Market. The very large supplies
of Coal already forwarded from a limited portion of this
important District, and by the very circuitous Canal Con-
veyance to Liverpool and the Manufacturing Towns in
Lancashire, may afford some idea of the extent of traffic
which will be the result of opening up the whole Coal
Field by a direct Railway communication, and which must
constitute such Railway the " Stockton and Darlington"
of the West. The importance of this element of the
scheme is enhanced by the immediate connection of the
Line with the Docks of Liverpool, thus affording the
most convenient means of Shipping Coals and Coke to
Ireland, where the consumption of both these articles is
rapidly increasing, and to the Continent. The vicinity to
the North Docks will also facilitate, in a great degree,
the Conveyance of Raw Produce and Manufactured Goods
to and from the Manufacturing Distriets on the Line of
the proposed Railway, and of those in connection with it,
and will offer the greatest conveniences for the importa-
tion and transmission, into the interior of Lancashire, of
Cattle and Live Stock.
Taking into consideration the large population which
will be thus benefitted, the increasing facilities of inter-
course which puhlic convenience demands, the immense
Commercial resources of the District, the consumption of
Raw Produce, and the equivalent return of Manufactured
Goods which the proposed Railway will at once foster and
supply, the Committee conceive that an imperative case is
made out for the construction of the Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool Railway. The projected Line is about 27 miles
in length, and it is estimated that the cost of its construc-
tion, including the purchase of Land, and ample allow-
ance for contingencies, will not exceed £BOO,OOO. It is
proposed, however, that the Provisional Committee shall
have power to increase the Capital to £900,000, in the
event of its being deemed advisable to make Branches to
the Coal Fields or otherwise. The Committee have suffi-
ciently investigated the question of Traffic, to satisfy
themselves that the return to the Shareholders for the Ca-
pital expended will be a highly remunerative one.
The Projectors of the measure have. hitherto met with
se much friendly attention and assurance of support from
Proprietors of Land on the Line, as to induce them to be-
lieve that they shall not meet with serious opposition from
any but those who are anxious for monopoly.
Applications for Shares, in the following form, to be
addressed to either of the Solicitors, from whom, or from
Messrs. PARSONS and T
OWNLEY, Sharebrokers, Liver-
pool; Mr. JOHN HOUGHTON BRANCKER, Sh,rebrOker,
High-street, Liverpool; or from Messrs. RAILTON and
SON, and Messrs. CARDAVELL and SoNs, Sharebrokers,
Manchester, Prospectuses and Forms of Applications for
Shares may be obtained.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR
I,OSHARES.
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Wigan, and
To the Provisional Committes of she
Liverpool Railway. ,
SHARES £5O EACH.—DEPOSIT £4 PER SHARE.
I request you will allot to me such number of Shares
in the above undertaking (not exceeding ) as
yen may see fit, and I agree to take the same upon the
terms of the Prospectus, and to pay the Deposit thereon,
and to execute the Subscribers Agreement and Parlia-
mentary Contract when required. Dated the day
.of 1844.
Neale of Applicant
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