The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

May 7, 1844.

PROSPECTUS OF THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY.

YAPITAL, £1,000,000, in SHARES of £2O EACH.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS BLAIKIE, Esq.. Lord Provost of the City

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of Aberdeen, Chairman.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Erroll, K.T., Lord-
Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire,
The Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore,
The Right Honourable the Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord-
Lieutenant of Kincardineshire,
Right Honourable the Lord Forbes,
'Fie Right Honourable the Lord Fanmure,
The Provost of Dundee,
The Provost of Arbroath,
Th e PPrroovvoosstt of
FMontrose,
The Provost of Brcr
chin,
Al4ex_antider Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber-
D_,uee
4'uward Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the East Fifeshire Burghs,
George Duncan, Es., M.P. for Dundee,
The Count Leslie, ot Balquhain,
John Adam, Esq., of Scobbach,
Captain Barclay, of Ury and Allardice,
David Blaikie, Esq., of the firm of John Blaikie and
Sons, Aberdeen,
NMajor-General Byres, of Tonley,'
ewell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen.
LPatrick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar,
ewis Crombie, Esq., one of the Baillies of Aberdeen,
Robert Duff .Bsgilliam F, i, Car,neie, Esq., of Spynie and Boysack,
of Culter and Fetteresso,
Thomas Abercromby Durf, Esq., of Haddo,
"can Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly,
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Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld, • e
James Farquhar, Esq , of Hallgreen, Kincardinshire, one
of the Directors of •the Union Bank of London,
James Farquharson, Esq., Manufacturer, Auchinblae,
Fitoolboeeenrnetsti
Tel Fraser, of Inverallochy and Caste Fraser.
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irea,nt, E_,q.,
Colo of Tillyfoar, Convener of Aber-
Ale nel 'Gorden, of Park, Convener sf, Banffshire.
_o sander Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston.
J hdtvGordon
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Eof vochie and Drumlithie,
on rear Gamtnell, arl. A
rn of Drutoclity Castle,
n Taylor Gordon,'E:q , of Neekermuir,
'James Hadden, jun , Esq,,: of the firm of Alexander
Madden and Sons,•
Frederick Holland, Esq., of the firm of Richards and
Company, -
Inhn Angus, Esq., City Clerk df Aberdeen,
William trines, Esq., of Raemoir, Convener of Kinds"-
dinethire,
-Alexander Jopp, Esq., Aberdeen, James Kilgour, Esq., of the•firm of Gordon, Barron, and Company,
'Clements Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen,
Alexander Morrison, Esq...ctf Bognie and Montt:dairy,
'lsaac Machray, Esq., Torry {Farm, Mail Coach Contrac-

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tor, Aberdeen,
John Morice, Esq., of Tullos, Kincardineshire, Merchant

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in London,
Alexander Pierie, jun., Esq., of the firm of Alexander
Pierie and Sons,
Henry Paterson, Esq., Manager of the North of -Scot-
land Banking Company,
Major George Thompson, C. 8., Bengal Engineers, of
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FairleY, Aberdeenshire. residing in Liverpool,
George
Thompson, jun.,lEsq., Shipowner in Aberdeen,
to "d Wyllie E ,Cashier of the Banking Company,
Aberdeen. ' sl.'

'BANKERS.
The Banking Company in Aberdeen and Branches,
ThterNanocrhthesot Scotland Banking Company, Aberdeen and
The Royal Bank of'Snotland and Branches,}
The Com merci
The Union Bank of-Scotland and Do., Edinburgh,
al Bank of Scotland and Do.,
Sir Richard Carr Glynn and Co., Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London,
The Union Bank of London, JJJ
Messrs. Beckett and Company, Leeds,
The Commercial Bamking Company, Liverpool.
ENGIEERS. Messrs. Grainger and MillerN, Edinburgh,
Messrs. John GRA, and Alexander Gibb, Aberdeen.

RAILWAY' connecting the City of Aberdeen with
toe southern lines through the populous towns of
condee.
onehaven Perth, Abroath, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, and
% and the numerous towns and villages in this
longrtant agricultural and manufacturing district, has
abeen
anxiously desired, and the land was-surveyed as
tab back as the year 1837. The execution of the under- however, was deferred until ,the chain of railway
cted fro
pnrozert-ttunication should be further advanced. This has
taken Place. Railways have been completed or are
lana m England and the south and west of Scot-
._ te the southern termini of the present line. A fresh
fur'n and estimate having been obtained, the undertak-
tegnufai since received the sanction of the Noblemen and
t -Ceram Proprietors of the greater .part of the lands
o etaversed, and a large portion of the Capital has been
subscribed within the district.
Lin"`" a consideration of the route and length of the
it will be seen at the whole traffic o f the valiouds
mtht:va,vs throughoutth the south and west of 'Scotian
in its progress to Aberdeen and the northern coun-
les, fall into and he' conveyed along this line.
The length of the line is sixty-six miles, including.
the centre
Dranehes.
aerebdosubr;nd wet docks in
oernAmhe'rntCleienng,aittthperohc the villages of
Cove, Portlethen, Skateraw, and others, ,to the county
.111 Stonehaven : thence through the fertile district of the
'learns, near to tthe villages of Drunelithie, Auchinblae,
and Laurencekirk, by Marykirk to Brechin, and having a
branch to the (looks at Montrose. From Brechin it is
proposed that the line shall be continued to Friockheim
on the one hand, forming there a junction with the rail-
ways already finished to Abroath and Dundee, and the
Edinburgh and Northern, through Fife ; and, on the
other hand, to be continued to Forfar, where it will meet
the Northern Junction Railway from Perth through Strath-
more, thus connecting it with the Scottish Central Line.
No tunnel is required on the whole length- of the line,
the gradients are good, the value of the land is compara-
tively small, and the works are of a description which can
be estimated with certainty. In addition to the experi-
ence of Messrs. Grainger and Miller and Messrs. Gibb,
as Railway Engineers, the practical experience of the
latter as Contractors, under the firm of John Gibb and
Son, is well known, and will give more than usual confi-
dence in the estimate of cost. After the most careful
Consideration of the whole works on the n,ain line and
branches, and iaelading the plant, the capital has been
fixed at £1,000,000 sterling.
Zile line traversed is very populous, and, besides the
Other large towns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con-
s 75,000 inhabitants, and is the deptit for the supply
ith
the important and wealthy district north of that city
tvgenera! merchandize. Aberdeen and the other towns
on the line are also important seats of the linen, cotton,
avoAlen, and other manufactures. The salmon and other
11sheries are of grett magnitude. These afford a very
I.2fe item in the present carrying trade of the country,
wmch the advantage of a rapid transit so necessary to a
'Tra3l3ditY of a perishable nature will largely increase.
,a trade, it is well known, has in lines of railway Mau-
-1 ;
a'rellnastanced, roved a source of great revenue.
stone for
Portion of the countryp traversed being deficient of
building purposes, while the other is abundantly
a_aa,PPlied. with stone offthe finest quality and of differeut
"''eselptions a large traffic will thence arise.
Its importance as an Agricultural district, in which the
only
are reared and fed in great numbers, requires
"a'Y to be mentioned to satisfy every one of the large
revenue which the Railway will realize from the transit
of Live and Dead Stock to the southern markets, to which
they are at present driven by tedious and expensive medi-
ums of conveyance. The Grain Trade also forms an im-
portant item in the anticipated receipts.
Tables of traffic have been prepared from the passenger
and carrying trade, exhibiting a clear revenue of upwards
of XBO,OOO, or of 8 per cent. on the capital of £1,000,000,
without reckoning on any new branch of trade to be
called into existence, or on any undue increase of that at
present existing.
It is proposed that the stock shall be divided into 50,000
Shares, of £2O each ; and, as the standing orders of the
House of Commons provide that 10 per cent. on the sums
subscribed shall be paid before a railway bill can be read
a second time, a deposit to that amount will be required
before applying to Parliament. A deposit of 20s. per
share to be paid as the shares are awarded, and the re-
maining 20s. before the Ist February, 1845. The amount
of future Calls to be payable at such time as the Commit-
tee may d;rect, and the shares of parties failing to pay the
Calls when required, will be forfeited, along with any
sums which they may have previously paid. The act will
provide that no subscriber shall be liable beyond the
amount of his subscription, that no more than £2. 10s.
Per share shall be called for at any one time, and that
there shall be an interval of not less than three months
betwixt the Calls.
After the act is obtained, 4 per cent. interest will be
allowed upon the Calls, from the date of payment until
thet, line is opened for traffic. If the act is not obtained,
"a Payments, deducting expenses, will be returned.
_APplications for Shares in the form annexed, may be
"441cieAtodarn and Anderson, Blakie aiid Smith, or P.
Nv" Davidsonu, Advocates in Aberdeen ; to G. and T.
and o_hster, Old Palace-yard, and Johnson, Farquhar,
tar Moorgate-street, London, the Parliamen-
onestoheitor 8; to Clark, Davidson, and Brown, 36,
-street and A, London ; Shiell and Small, Dundee ; Lou.ek, tree' 'n;
Et. 131, 'libonald, Arbroath ; William Gordon, and D.
der 8, nt Adam Burness, Montrose ; Alexan-
and APtt and Kinnear and Monro, Stonehaven ; Duncans
eau, and Gray and Jamieson, Perth ; or to the
rise-Cain:l,g sbarebrokers,—namely, William Gordon, Ma-
and c,'"treet, Oswald, George, and Co., and James Black
eo -0., Aberdeen • Robert Allan, John Robertson, and
and Ind Pillans and Home, Edinburgh ; D. B. Niven
__Perth °ll,in Sturrock, Jun., Dundee ; W. H. Oliphant,
„Wats,'„'PEwen and Auld, John C. Foulds, and James
Willia", Glasgow • Moore and Gathif, Huddersfield ;
,11-aikonl Walker and George Heaps and Co. Leeds ;
15anlc.t and Son, Manchester ; B. and M. Boyd', 4, New
street, Vuings, and C. and r. H. M'llae, 57, Moorgate-
-13. NET, ondon ; FORSYTH and PRITCHARD, D. and J.
or to
Por? RICHARD SCHOLES, Liverpool.
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I,IIAPPLICATION FOR SHARES.
I'ROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE ABERDEEN
CaN
RAILWAY.
'4are;`,
of request that you will allot to me
on the X2O each, in the proposed Aberdeen
Pay th,',rm
s and conditions of the Prospectus. I shall
uoPosit and sign the necessary deeds when re-
-I)4ed at

day of

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