The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

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MENAI STRAITS.—Mr. Robert Stephenson's proq";1
is too well established to leave a doubt on the te' role
any one that he would discover a solution of the folic!
lam, and that what he should resolve upon 11°
efficiently execute. This problem is, however, theLe ItO
arduous he has yet attempted, and the expedient out the
adopted is a bold one. Already he has carried °t this
use of iron in railway bridges to a great, r ex.ts" adopt
most other engineers ; and for this purpose he is t°
the favourite material, and is about to lay acrolortd
Menai Straits AN IRON BEAM 450. fee/ long, '!'PPboldl
on stone pillars at both ends. This proposal
.15 niot?
but the method proposed for executing it is ing,eg,li
and satisfactory. This great iron beam,- 450 feet 190 the
to be 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide, with a boll "°
centre, and this hollow is to be so large, that the "id,
train shall pass along in the heart or centre of the r~
This beam will be laid across the Menai Str,l'i etiu
end joining be railway on one side of the straitso,itbe
the other end joining the railway at the other slcie.,in
straits ; so that passengers coming along the line " pet'
whirled through the heart of the beam without ani.,
lire
ceptible difference between this and any, part of the
which may happen to be covered in or 'arched ove"e ,it,
•
is, in short, to be an iron tunnel, hung up in ht
across an arm of the sea.—Railway Chronicle. tor(131(
ST. HELENS CANAL AND R AMWAY.— On
the half-yearly general meeting of this company °nod!
at the Clarendon-rooms. The revenue account SP" re
surplus for the half-year of £3,359"25. 3d., after Pa lb°
ding for the guaranteed dividend of £5 per cent.° oil
amount paid up on the preference shares. Then
bot
£517 15s. 4d. left on the same account to June 1,61,9d0!'
as there were still debts (ruing for work done in -Su'
mation of the line, which there were no means of. tht
dating under the acts, except from surplus incole:h'oritc
directors did not recommend any dividend unlil!;,"
was obtained to raise a further sum of money, wee",,;lo`:,
debts might be provided for. The traffic for the de°'
of 1845 left a clear surplus, after meeting every
the revenue account, of £5,207 16s. 7d. The ean:;101
come for the half-year had been £8,353, and the 2"96t"
income £7,947. The canal expenditure had been ‘l'tirplo
and the railway expenditure £4,686. The total
from both concerns was £8,653, from which, attar
ducting ducting interest and guaranteed dividend, &c.,
let a nett surplus, as stated in the report, of ""7'-rireP'
The report of Mr. Rendel, the engineer, was the m.
It stated the grounds which had induced him ter,_,',/$O,
mend to them the construction of a coal-dock att'',l tlt
and a railway between the St. Helens coal-field encotti:
said dock, by a line along the banks of the canel' 10'4'
municating in its course with the Grand JunctOleir.
way, at Warrington. The Chairman stated thatn,tol,
of £400,000 was proposed to be raised. The reP„nlf
adopted, and the direct, rs were empowered to "'Srir
parliament to make the lines. &c. mentioned. Teeplt?'
holders are to be called together again, to have tb,e6litle!,'
of the bill submitted to them in detail. Mr. 004°'
solicitor to the company, stated that the Grand ocucoHirr.
were on very good terms with their company. 1910ele;;
the Grand Junction would rather that the St. 00,4'
Company should not make their proposed lines th!,,ht
they did ; but he thought such an arrangement 011:srt,`,,
come to as would prevent all opposition an the bird
either company. The Grand Junction crossed brid?
Helens line two or three times, and the projected to II
of the former at Runcorn would be very injurieustiock
present dock of this company there. The nee' 0 lb!,
Garston, however, would obviate all difficulty °,,,c,r;
head. The heads of Mr. Rendel's report are Woo'
culated amongst the proprietors, together with a P

the proposed fines, prior to the n'extc.meeting.
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—On Friday. ""o,l'
yearly meeting was held in the Cotton S_a!es R°°
was numerously attended. Charles Lawrence. 1,,11
Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. ere
Booth, the secretary, read the report. which er'm°3itil
by congratulating the shareholders on the en"l43 orottj
with the Liverpool and Manchester, and subseq rog
with the London and Birmingham Company, andtbol,Pd
that company with the Manchester and Birming"u; b°;,

which means the directors were enabled to carr,K
goods and passengers, at a cheaper rate. and with. !..1

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punctuality and expedition. The report then Ile% 'im
II
alterations now making at the Liverpool terroi,,q"(lit
which are in progress. It goes on to say—"l"",ali
tors will now refer to the new measures which, cf,", fot
approbation of the proprietors, they intend to aPPote
the present session of parliament. The most ilyo'
is the line from Huyton to Aston, near Prestondiot
crossing the Mersey at Runcorn, which the to
from Liverpool to Birmingham and London 141.11 01
tened between nine and ten miles. From this he,ofs
will be a branch to Warrington. affording to thatetoiooo
improved communication with Liverpool. APPIII4
also being made for a line from Warrington ti°ri!ly
and Parkside, to shorten the distance from \` Sit;!
and the south to Bolton, via Kenyon, and „°
Preston, and the north via Parkside. The nett ' 'I
a short line from Huyton Quarry to Prescot $l4,
Helens, for the accommodation of those tovo3'o
iji
the collieries in the vicinity ; and they propose
their own railway from Huyton to Edge-hill'
tional rails on the south side, with a view espeel%joroi
better accommodation for the London and Bit' btu'
traffic. They have further lodged p tlans for iti/
from the main line to Wolverhampton, where se °hi!
ii
posed to arrange a central station, for the joint '
veral lines of railway now proposing to connect d cOl
Grand Junction at that town. The estimate o°li
these undertakings is £1,300,000. It had beeeapit:rof
expedient to subscribe one-fourth part of the soot
the Liverpool and Preston, Manchester and ooty
Railway, amounting to £400,000. By the ace`',A:
mitted, the traffic of the Grand Junction Aliece6
Company, during the half year to the 31st ',,te ktel
exhibits a considerable increase over the ageregorPee
of the Grand Junction and Liverpool and
-lines, in the corresponding 6 months of 1844 4,5,1174
ceipts for the last six months amounted to X'l',d
2d., and the disbursements to £180,499 lls;:,/1.1r1,
as te nett proceeds of the half year £254,0„a svir
To this amount must be added the arnalgareg'e'etorgo'
fund of £28,615 19s. Id., as shown in the Pile .o,l'l,
port of the 10th of September lost ; also t and ti
£1,574 19s. 2d., being balance of Liverpool,, eSrti
chester reserve fund, after payment of suPdtclegl!oi/
and small charges. The directors recomroctlineS
deed of 5 per cent., without deduction for '7664,„
amounting, as per statement below, to .£21817i.ep,;
and leaving a disposable balance of £67.19 ao 1 e
ei; 30
of which the income tax, amounting to wit to
has to be paid. The chairman in moving t tiol lb
counts and report be approved, called atten4
fact that both boards had given up conce•n; lisoos
they had promised to take an interest. Th,eivaPtt,
posed to take a large interest in the Wolverothe aloof
Shrewsbury line. They had not given or
of supporting it, but they had Reclined to utl'

ad„„ioe°:;°l

and hid applied the money to me.., 85
' poses. The Derby and Crewe, which now °ld
mated with the North Staffordshire line, welooPre,
to have their support, as well as that of the slO3 ri
Birmingham, but without their taking thane
t Vißlo
them. With the North Union an arrangentiennit titii
made. which it would he necessary in a 61bat
submit to the proprietors for their sancti°,l'l,
tof
y
not yet in a fit state to lay before them. , to
their present state of affairs, be would annuer
that that was probably one ef the last 0)-1,,e001d,
would have as the Grand Junction Clivre,co/
moved that the acc,unts and report be 6.,'"; tri;
that they be printed and circulated in the if tit:
Mr. Rotherham seconded the motion. .--er'porpoe4,
of Warrington, objected to that part of the to e
recommended an extension from Ashtonoula
The report stated that this alteration Irootilitrirer
saving of nine or ten miles, whereas the egss
only be about five miles, and that would be P,ith
bad gradients, of which there were 31 otl4olol
4in 100. It also would be particularly jot°o
navigation of the Mersey, and driving Po'es'n P4),00,1
of the river might affect the tidal power (" „cot
every body knew was a ticklish one. ItS osiftltfe
enormous ; something like a million ; O,P °9of e
to pay 5 per cent., they must have treme ota oti
week—a traffic which it was almost iatqf fl o°4o-,
fmroomvedanars
anticipate. The scheme was, in feet'r°:
out of onposition to the Birkenhead fr°,,Sol
apply for an act of parliament to make
from Aston to Iluyton." Mr. Josfii....ll_o'ci
eaxnp eacmteedn
amendment,
a it
To
ha bet
itd irii F:txt:otrry
Warrington, seconded the amendroent'„oo"6)
explained that the proposed line was a te;ooti,e c(l,tr
policy to secure themselves against 80' '-etia:bf
to prevent their being injured by a Of'''. 00'1 Op,/
who might get a bill on the score of toti.d
being a nearer one to London. Thee
would hay of itself, but the oroteetiJ"

to
ut

then the east. With rest,
Red the Lord Consrrreaore of the

sIY. that th-y knew that it theY 101
another !arge eorrp3ny wa,, prepare,.
helm) Attf.r a few word.,‘ from Mr,:co Ytf
g4inst the amendment, it _Bid!!
tived by an inuner,sefrhi"e

lan off mover and seeonder voting for it., 1: te
ovrd that a dividend of five twr C" Petit*
16th instant, which concluded the we

Feb. 17, 18_..t_.5

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The London and Birmingham meeting, on Fridappo,
dared a dividend of 10 per cent. per annum, nietated
perty tax. The gross receipts on the balf-yearLa—bosoe°
to £542,702; the expenditure to £222,529; the resell
£320,173, applicable to the dividends, and &large
for the next half-year. tbO
The balance sheet of the Eastern Counties sbow
receipts and disbursements for constructing the relintrifio
to 4th January, 1846, to be £2,296,395, and the to ye
account of the Cambridge and Colchester lineS,...,.psy•
£173,166; also the balance up to 4th January (01'; to be
ing dividends up to 4th July, 1845, and income to•ldge.
£64,467. At the meeting a dividend was declareorto of
per share on the capital stock, at the average
£l4 16s. per share. The increase of traffic, ari.al,o4'fjp
cipally from the opening of the line to Cambridge'
and Brandon, was stated to be great. • rest:"
The report of the Brighton Company is an lotehst the
one, and, on the whole, satisfactory ; proving t'ae,lo"
experiments in cheap fares they have so boldly Ins bie to
der circumstances by no means the most facoor3 jos
their introduction, have been carried out so for,7, out
profitable result. The available balance is X76,0.1q1e
of which a dividend was declared of 355. a share-31,
total half-yearly gross receipts, to December
r,,,,0r•
£144,325, against £128,665, in 1844 : the same
donate advance will not, however, be found res'`
balance; the rate of
working expenses having ioc..isfor
as the report states, 154 per cent. While the reeehl,,r or•
passengers have increased 104 per cent:, the nun'—r
in the 74,
there
ried has increased 184—very nearly double. rkid
fore easy to account for the rise in the scale or 1091
expenses. The total nett income is, meanwhile. XA.vrioti
(or 34 per cent.) more than in the corresponding r-
ot' 1844. 0%
HOW THE HOLYHEAD RAILWAY WILL CROSS _de