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

May 7, 1844.

PROSPECTUS OF THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY.

[PITAL, £1,000,000, in SHARES of £2O EACH.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS BLAIKIE, Esq., Lord Provost of the City
of Aberdeen, Chairman,
The Right Honourable the Earl of Erroll, K.T., Lord-
T he
Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire,
Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore,
The Right Honourable the Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord-
,,,,"Lisutenant of Kincardineshire,
-e Right Honourable the Lord Forbes,
'The Right Honourable the Lord Panmure,
vost of Dundee,
The r,,
Provost of Arbroath,
The Ihe Provost of Montrose,
_Provost of Forfar.
The e Provost of Bruchin,
Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber-
deen,
.clivard Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the-East Fifeshire Burghs,
George Duncan Es M Pam' Dundee,
41-, • , . John Count Leslie, of Balqnnain,
c Adam, Esq., of Siobbach,
D
aa
pvtiad
Esq., of
IfrY and Allardice,
Sons Esq , of the firm of 'John Blaikie and
Aberdeen, •
•;!?, !or-General Byres, of Tonley,
-t,:e ell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen,
Ptrick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar,
NJ-pis Crombie, Esq., ne of the Baillies of Aberdeen,
Robert L. L. Carnegie, Esq., of Spvnie and Boysack,
Zoom "uff, Esq ,of her and Frtteresso,
rnas Abercromby Duff, Esq., of Haddo,
Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly,
JamesF4rquharson, Esq., of Invercauld,
Ines parquhai,
of Hallgreen, Kincardinshire, one
of the Directors of .th- Union Bank of London,
Jameso Farquharson, Esq., Manufacturer, Anchinblae,
Robert Grant' of Inveralloehy and Castle Fraser,
ert Grant, E q of lour, Convener of Aber-
deensh.
ire,
Colonel Gorden, of Park, Convener of Banffshire.
Alexander John Gom u' °f
Esq., of Johnston.
on.dre2.7 iiattnv-eisici • of Avochie and Drumlithie,
James Hadd Esq ,of Drumtochty Castle,
ralhit Gordon •-q f Nethermuir,
Frederick Hadcienanderl-o•lnusn:•,Ek;c;.o, of t e h firm of Alexander
Fred •
Holland, E of tire firm of Richards and
y,
COmpun eq.'
tuhn Angus, Esq., City Clerk of Aberdeen,
Withatu limes, Esq., of Raecuoir, Convener of Kincar-
dinettbire,
Alexander Jopp, Esq., Aberdeen,
James Kilgour, Esq., of the Inn of 'Gordon, Barron, and
Company,
`Clements Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen,
Alexander Morrison, Esq„,of Bognie ane Monthlatry,
Isaac Machray, Esq., Torry Farm, MuilCoach Contrac-
tor, Aberdeen,
'John Morice, Esq., of Ttillos, Kincardineshire, Merchant
in London,
•Vtlexander Pierie, jan., 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
PairleY, Aberdeenshire, residing in Liverpool,
IGeorgeidwThyountier
'Esq.,-Cashier
jun., Esq., -Shipowner in Aberdeen,
Aberdeen. q.,‘Cashier of the Banking Company,

The Banking t in Aberdeen BANKERS.
NorthTheonapanyßranches,
and of Scotland Banking Company, Aberdeen and
The Royal
Branches.
The 13enic ofScotland and 'Branches,
The Union Bank -of Scotland and Do., Edinburgh,
Sir Csnumerciarltank of Scotland and Doe
..Richard Carr 'Glynn and Co.;
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan and Co., London,
The Deism 'Batik of London, Tritton,
Messrs.. Beckett nncl• Company, Leeds,
JJJ
The COTO inereat Banking Company, Liverpool.
re_ssra!'Grate 'ENGINEERS.
v ger and Miller,• EdinburghastsellOhn-Gibb, and Alexander Gibb,, Aberdeen.
Alla MCWAY, connecting the City of Aberdeen with
Dundee,'the 'southern lines througb the populous towns Of
e Porth .Abroath, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, and
ratonehaven, and the numerous towns and villages in this
.noPortant agricultural and manufacturing district, has
Ifong beeneanxiously desired, and the land was surveyedas
far
-track as'the year 1837. The execution of the under-
00_5 however, was deferred until the chain of railway
1107'llt,nication should be further advanced. This has
.praroij_ected Iroal
ta-611 Place. Railways have been completed or are
Engle. d and the south and west of Scot-
P' dto the s eithern termini of-the present line. A fresh
rveY and estimate having been obtained, the undertak-
Gentlemen
soa, has-since received the sanction of the Noblemen and
Loll:: , Proprietors of the ereater part of the lands
travers-d, arid a large portion of the Capital has been
..,reribed within the district.
h of the
r -°m•ei consideration of the route and lengt ,
ious
,Lih,e, it will be seen that the whole traffic of the of d
!oust, in ita
avanw es
a). throughout the south and west of Sco.lan
Progress to Aberdeen and the northern mum-
gles,. falliuto and be conveyedalong this line.
, The, i
the centre of
'ength of the line -is sixty-six miles, including
°Pooches. Commencing at the harbour and wet docks in
Aberdeen, it proceeds by the villages of
Cove, 'Tortlethen, Skateraw, end others, to the county
cs' tnnelraven : thence through the fertile district of the
Mearnssnear to the villages of Drumlithie, Atichinhlae,
and Laurencekirk, by Marykirk to Brechin, and having a
branch' to the docks 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 Fite ; and, on the
ether hand, to be continued to,,Forfar, where it will meet
the Northern Junction Railwayirom Perth through Strath-
more, thns.eonnecting 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. Gild),
as Railway Engineers, the practical experience of the
latter as Contractors, undcr the Arm of John Gibb and
Son, is well known, and will give-more than usual confi-
dence in the est mate of cost. :AUr tha most careful
conkideration of the whole works so i the rf ain 103 and
branches, and including the plait, the capital has been
fixed at*Xlsooo,ooo sterling.
The line traversed is very populous, and, besides the
other largeftawns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con-
tainshe 75,000 inhabitants, and is the dep6t for the supply
of t important and wealthy district north of that city
with general merchandize. Aberdeen and the other towns
on the line are also important seats of the linen, cotton,
pwocilen, and other manufactures. The salmon and other
sheries are of great magnitude. These afford a very
large it,
m in the present carrying trade of the country,
Which the advantage of a rapid transit :so necessary to a
'll,Dbri°dita of a perishable nature will largely increase.
1 a tliade, it is well known, has in lines of railway simi-
ark elreurnstanrael,proved a source of great revenue.
"tint) of the countrytraversed being deficient of
stone for buildi t oses while the other is abundantly
rPPlied with stone of 'finest quality and of different
esciprions,
Its jot a large traffic will thence arise.
Portance as an Agricultural district, in which the
finest Cattle are reared and fed in great numbers, requires,
only
t°' be mentioried to satisfy every one a the large.
LhLrevenue which the Railway will realize from the transit
ive and Dead Stock to
the southern markets, to which
ey are at present driven by tedious and expensive medi-
anis 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 wardsqp
of £BO,OOO, or of 8 per cent. on the capital of
.1.1,000,000,
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 propnsed 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 aAmoudnefowlll
obiere‘luired
before applying to Parliament.
share to be paid as the shares are awaprded, and2otrie. perr
mainete 20s. before the Ist February, 1845. The amome;
of naive Calls to be payable at such time as the Commit-
tee may direct, and the shares of parties failing to pay the
Calls when required, will be forfeited, along with any
kola's which they may have previously paid. The act will
ll'nside -that no subscriber shall be liable beyond the
amount of his subscription, that nu more than £2. 10s.
beer. Per share shall be called for at any one time, and that
ur ibe an interval of not less than three months
sbc
ixtthe,Calls.
1 After the net is obtained, 4 per cent. interest will be
tehinwed upon ?the Calls, from the date :of payment until
the line is opened for traffic. If the act is not obtained,
loale. PaYmente, deducting expenses, will be 'returned.
iPeplications for Shares in the form annexed, may be
and A.t°,Adaria and Anderson, Blakie ar,d Smith, or P.
W. wei,iavidson, Advocates in Aberdeen; to G. and T.
and 1., 'ler, Old 'Palace-yard, and Johnson, Farquhar,
Lary etch, 64 M
Y Solicit , , oorgate-street, London, the Parliamen-
Essex-tets:lT ; to Clark, Davidson, and Brown, 36,
7,8°)11.,,ad Mlysnndon ; Shiell and Small, Dundee; Lou-
."• black, B "Old, Arbroath ; William Gordon, and D.
der Smart een'n; Adana Furness, Montrose ; Alexan-
a M4Le:d Kinnear and Monro, Stonehaven ; Duncan
1044 -gtreet
01101,4„ , and Gray and Jamieson, Perth ;or to the
rischol g sharehrokers —namely, 'William Gordon, Ma-
Oswald,'George, and Co C'tdeen ; Co.,' and James Black
e aud p- Hobert Allan, John Robertson, and
and John
aliens and Home. Edinburgh ; D. B. Niven
tptil t ill gturrock, jun., Dundee; W. H. Oliphant,
at6on ‘Pswen and Auld, John C. Foelds, and James
W'll• ' Gla s
list'• lato W ss'i,e'w ; Moore and Gatliff, Huddersfield ;
ti ikon an and and George Heaps anti Co., Leeds ;
atli•isuit • San, Manchester ; B. and M. Boyd, 4, New
street a on,
and C. and J. H. M'ltae, 57,
B. N,' "eondos' gatets.ao -r FoyYTH and PRI CHARD, 131, and J.
li to

RICHARD SCHOLES, Liverpool,

FAR
To 4
OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
',OVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE ABERDEEN
RAILWAY.
41.4t?'T ren th. t you will allot to Te.
!rlatrbees't:rf .20'each, in-utehgetpraoposed Aberdee❑ Hallway,
"al' the apd conditiohs of the Prospectu,s.
_lnshrael.!
%ire& "Point and sign the necessary deetis whe
1-lated at

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1841.