The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

LANARK, STIRLING, AND CLACKMANNAN I
COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY,

CONNECTIN
GLASGOW. KILSYTH, DENNY, ALLOA, ALVA,
AND TILLIGOULTRY, BY THE
SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE.

Capital £300,000, in 12 000 Shares of :E25 each
Deposit £2 10s. per Share:

PROVISIONAL WEIMITTER.
Sir James Campbell, Merchant, Glasgow
J. G. Adam, Esq. of Denovan, Denny
Robert Jameson, Esq. of Greenyards, Banker, Alloa
Mark Sprot, Esq. of-Garnkirk
Charles Cairnie,,Ecq. Denny
Erskine Douglas Sandford, Esq. Advocate, &c.
William Wallace, E-q., of Auchinvole, Kilsyth
William Mitchell, Esq., Merchant and Shipowner, Alloa
William Campbell, Esq. of Tillichewan, Merchant, Glas-
gow
John M'Nellan, Esq. of Sol,girth, Brewer, Alloa.
Henry Dunlop, Esq. of Craigton
Archibald Seton S!uart, Esq. of the Alloa Glassworks
John Bain, Esq. of Morristun
H. E. Crum, Esq., Merchant, Glasgow
Andrew Brown, Esq. of Hillhouse
John Craich, Esq. of the Alloa Coalworks, Whine, Alloa
William Geminell, Esq., Merchant, Glasgow
William Hunter, Esq. of Hazlewood
Thomas Ritchie, Esq. of Hill of Ruthven, Bowhouse,
Alloa
William Johnstone, Esq., Banker, Glasgow
Andrew Duncan, sq. of Glenhouse, Denny
John Morrision, Esq. of Smithfield, Shipowner, Alloy
John Hamil•on, Esq. of Dunfillan, Merchant, Glasgow
Alexander Paton, Esq. of Kilncraig, Manufacturer, Alloa
Matthew Dick, Esq. of Meikle Earnock
Robert Mowbray, Esq. of Cambas Distillery
Alexander Campbell, Esq. of Bedlay
James Raynes Wilson, Esq. of Clackmannan Coalworks
John Archibald, Esq. of Hutton-park, Manufacturer,
Alloa
John Kerr, Esq. of Shields
James Christie, Esq. of Hill End, Claekmannan
John Dixon, Esq. of Alloa Foundry

ENGINEER.
James Collie, Esq
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Campbell and 'ferments, Writers-, Glasgow,

AGENTS.
James Laing. E.g., Writer, Denny
John Donald, Esq., Writer, Alloa.
INTERIM SECRETARY.

William M'Ewen, Esq., Writer, St. Vincent•place,
Glasgow.

This Line of Railway is proposed to branch off from the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at or near to the Croy-
station, and to proceed direct to lloa by Kilsyth, Denny,
and Larbert ; and from Alloa by the town of Sauchie and
the great Devon Ironworks, to the important manufactu-
ring towns of Alva and Tillicoultry.

fhe Line iresentsnoinginee;r4 difficulties whatever,
and will be constructed at a very moderate cost. The
whole length of the Railway to be constructed will not ex-
ceed seventeen miles.

The Population, the Manufactures, the Mineral and
Agricultural interests of the great district in which the.
above towns are situated, require that the shortest and best
Line of communication, consistently with moderate ex-
pense, should be adopted. This object will not be attained
by any other Line hitherto projected. The great popirla-
tion throughout which the present Line passes, and will be
benefited by it, do not require any lengthened detail of its
advantages; but to the public it may be necesrary to point
out a few of ►ts leading features._

The proposed Line from Glasgow to Alloa, including
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway to the point of its
junction, will extend to about 241milea; from Alloa to Til-
licoultry by Alva, again, the distance is 4 miles, thus mak-
ing the•whole distance from Tillicoultry to Glasgow about
28 milesra space which may be passed'over in little mare
than an hour. The only Lines hitherto projected from
Alloa or Tillicoultry to Glasgow are by Stirling and the
Scottish Central to near Falkirk.. The distance from
Alloa by Stirling and the Scottish Central and the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway to Glasgow cannot be less
than 39 miles; and from Tillicoultry to Stirling, and by
the satne.route to Glasgow, at least 2 miles more, or 41
miles. By the present Line there is thus a saving of dis-
tance to Glasgow of nearly 15 miles- from Alloa and 13
from Tillicoultry.

But, in addition, the District through which the pro-
posed Line passes, as a manufacturing, a mineral, and au
agricultural district will insure support to an extent which
few other provincial Lines in Scotland can calculate on.
It is well known that the whole manufacturing population
of Clacktnarinanshire is concentrated in Alloa, In Alva,
and Tillicoultry, and the immediate neighbourhood of
these towns. The manufactories of Denny and neigh-
bourhood are also well known to be very extensive. Nearly
the whole of the raw produce for the various manufacto-
ries will pass along the proposed Line, and the manufac-
tured material, which is almost entirely sent to Glasgow,
will be Ira: 94nitted by it, The proposed Line will also
pass through nearly the centre of the almost inexhaustible
iron and coal fields of Alloa and Clacktnannan,.and of
Devon and Woodlands, being the only important mineral
fields in the county, or within many miles of Alloa, and be
the mode of transport of the products of these in all direc-
tions from Alloa as a centre. The whole of the district in
Stirlingshire through which the line passes will in parti-
cular, by the transit of coal, be materially benefitted. In
point of agricultural fertility, the greater part of Clack-
mannanshire, through which the line passes, is unequalled
in Scotland. The district from Alloa to Denny is also
well known as an exceedingly productive agricultural
country. The line will, therefore, afford ready access to
Glasg rw for the whole of the surplus produce of these im-
portant districts. Further, the line will afford the most
convenient and suitable transit for the productions of the
extensive coal fields already referred to, the production
also of the nnmerous Breweries and Distilleries,, of the
Glassworks, Ironworks, and Founderies, and other large
establishments in Alloa and vicinity, all of which for the
most part have hitherto been transmitted to Glasgow end
the West of Scotland, as well as to Ireland and the West
of England, either by the canal round by Grangemouth,
or by land carriage, both at a very heavy expense. But
as a Passenger Line it will also be of great importance.
Alloa, besides being the county town, the seat of the
Courts, and where the County Markets are weekly held,
ranks as the fifth Shipping port in Scotland. Denny also
possesses a large industrial population wholly unprovided
with Railway accommodation. The Passenger traffic may,
therefore, be calculated on as very extensive.
The projected Line to Stirling from Queeusferry and
the South and East of Fife, by Dunfermline, proceeds to
Alloa, and the proposed Lines from Dundee to Stirling by
Tillicoultry pass along to the present Lines. Whether the
Line to Dundee may ultimately be by the projected Dun-
fermline and Queeusferry line, or the Tillicoultry Line,
or both, it is obvious that the great Passenger and Goods
Traffic to Glasgow by these Lines will unquestionably pro-
ceed from Clackmannanshlre by this Line, being much
the shortest and most direct reute both from Dundee and
Dunfermline to Glasgow.
The projectors of the present Line willmake arrange-
ments by which the narrow ferry at Alloa, at all times an
easy one, will be crossed in about two minutes, the Rail-
way carriages and waggons passing without change.
The working of this Line will be eff,cted at a very mo-
derate cost, the country being peculiarly favourable for
such an undertaking. So far as already ascertained the
sentiments of the Landowners on the Line are favourable,
and, as it does not interfere with any other line hitherto
announced, no opposition is anticipated.

Applications for Shares way be made to the Secretary,
Solicitors, and any of the following Sharebrokers:—viz.,
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, London;
Messrs. FORSYTH and HAMILTON, Liverpool ; George
Harris, Esq., Manchester; Messrs. Foulds and Cockburn,
Macewan and Aid; and 'l'. G. Buchanan, Glasgow;
Messrs. John Robertson and Co., and Robert Allan, Edin-
burgh; John Donald, Esq., Alloa ; James 'l'. Wingate,
Esq., Stirling; James Laing, Esq., Denny ; and John A.
Cloag, Esq., Perth.
Early applications will be necessary, as great part of
the Stock has already been applied for by parties locally
interested. .

THE THAMES, SOUTHEND, & NORTHERN,
AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAIL WAY.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED

CAPITAL £1,300,000, in 65,000 Shares of £2O each
DEPOSIT, £2 108. per Share,