The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-28 00:00:00

Vtibitt Nobito.

'BOROUGH COURT of LIVERPOOL.
JAMES ASPINALL, Esquire, Maybr.
AMBROSE LACE,
AND • E' squires,
JAMES POWNALL,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENV
1:41 a COURT of PAS-
. SAGE, for the TRIAL of CA "S depending in the
said Court, will.be held before the sa Mayor and B4iliffs, iu
the Conit-ronni, within the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street,
iu the said Borough, an Thursday the 10th day of Set,ternber
next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, of which the Attorneys
of the said Court are required to take notice.
27th August, 1835. FOSTER, Town Clerk.

PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY.
CAPITAL. .C 30,000, •
In GOO Shares of £iso each.—Deposit, £2 per share.
PROVEIION IT. !,111ECTORS.
T R ,HIC SICEX-14- F L ET WOOD-; !MD: etatirmlT:
J A ItilelrßLAtte II AR D, Esq., Grimsargh.
JAMES DILWORTH, Esq., Preston.
CHARitS IP/CK, Esq., l'reston.
DAVIt U'ITALL, Esq., Longridge.
JAMESAII4I Esq., Broughton.
BANKERS.
Messrs. LAWE and HUDSON, Preston.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. DIXON and ABRAHAM, Preston.'
ENGINEER.
H. W. BUSHELL, London.
PROSPECTUS..

? HE acknowledged advantages which a Railroad Convey-
-1 ance has over every other mode of transit are too o.enurally
known to rmuire comment.
The town of Preston has for some years past ben rapidly
improving iu its manufacture and trade, extensiv actories are
now erecting, and considerable extensions of the own in every
direction are in progress. The most approv d material for
.
building purposes is the Longridge Stone, w stands unri-
valled for its durability and for the facility th which it can be
worked into its required form.
It is proposed to commence the Line o Railway at or near
to the Stone Quarries upon Longridge Fell, from thence pro-
ceeding. with a self-acting plane to an intersection of four roads
called Four Lane Ends. Vise remainder of the Line to Preston
will be formed upon a gradual declivity, and terminate with a
depot or stoue yard near to- the North Road. It is, however,
assumed, that eventually a junetion will be made with the' Rail-
way now forming from Preston to Wigan, and also with the
Preston and Wyre Railway, which will 'shortly be commenced.
The latter giving a ready communication with Liverpool and
the neighbourhood, whither a very considerable quantity of this
Stone has been sent, and for which there is a great demand.
By such connexions the demand for the material will be consi-
derably increased as well as by the immediate reduction in the
cost of carriage from Longridge to Prestin. The present
charges for 'carriage aro he. per ton for the large, and 3s. Gd.
per ton for the small stones. Only one half of these charges is
intended to be made by the Company, viz., 2s. 6d. and 1s: Gd.,
thus making a reduction of 4s. 6d. per square yard iu the price
of stone-work.
The merits of the undertaking may also be seen when it' is
known that two horses now drawing (with great labour) three
tons per day, upon the present road, will (with less difficulty,)
convey forty tous per diem upon the proposed line of railway.
In consequence of the immense tratlic upon the public road
from Longridge to Preston, which is unsupported by a Toll, it
is continually in need of reparation, the expenses of which de-
volve upon the owners and occupiers of the adjacent Lands, it
is therefore proposed to remove, in some measure, this unjust
burtben, by forming a Line of Railway distinct and entirely un-
connected with the present road.
4 Section and Survey have been taken, upon which the fol-
lowing calculations are based, which section forms a gradual
declivity towards Preston the whole distance.
ESTIMATED COST.

'
Land £4,000
Cuttings and Embankments
Fencing, Occupation Gates, and Draining ' 2,150
Ballasting, or forming Surface of Permanent howl 1,150
Stone Blocks, Bails, Chains, and Fixing lO,llOO

,
Bridges„ ~
1,05 k)
Offices, Cranes, and Gear for an Inclined Plane
Horses, Waggons, &c
Exiienses of obtaining Act, Surveys, &c l,OOO

1,950

&dd for Contingencies

£30,000