The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

proposed, however, that the Provisional Committee shall
have power to increase the Capital to £900,000, in the
event of its being deemed advisable to make Branches to
the Coal Fields or otherwise. The Committee have suffi-
ciently investigated the question of Traffic, to satisfy
themselves that the return to the Sharebolders for the Ca-
pital expended will be a highly remunerative one.
The Projectors of the measure have hitherto met with
so much friendly attention and assurance of support from
Proprietors of Land on the Line, as to induce them to be-
lieve that they shall not meet with serious opposition from
any but those who are anxious for monopoly.
Applications for Shares, in the following form, to be
addressed to either of the Solicitors, from whom, or
from Messrs. PARSONS and TOWNLEY, Sharebrokers, 3,
Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; Mr. JOHN HOUGHTON
BRANCRER., Sharebroker, High-street, Liverpool; or
from Messrs. RAILTON and SON, and Messrs. CARD-
WELL and SONS, Sharebrokers, Manchester, Prospec-
tuses and Forms of Applications for Shares may be ob-
tained.

CHESTER, STOCKPORT, AND MANCHESTER

RAILWAY. ---
THE Public are respectfully informed, that applica-
tions for Shares in the above Company cannot be
received after TUESDAY, the 22d instant.
JOHN NEWALL, Solicitor.
Manchester, 11th October, 1844.

Station of the Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, and
the Blackburn and Preston Railways, at Blackburn,
shall pass through the several townships of Blackburn,
Lower Darwen, Over Darwen, Entwisle, Turton, Tonge-
with-Haulgh, and Little Bolton, comprising, with the
town of. Great. Bolton, according to the last Parliamentary
Census taken in 1841, a population of 105,550 persons.
To individuals acquainted with the town of Blackburn,
in the Cotton Manufactories of which it is estimated that
1,800 horse-power is employed,—with the large manufac-
turing districts of Lower Darwen and Over Darwen, em-
ploying upwards of 850 horse-power, and the extensive
Coal Fields and Slate and Flag Quarries in those districts,
—and with the Stone Quarries and Printing and Bleach-
ing Establishments in Edgeworth and Turton, it is un-
necessary to point out the great importance of the pro-
jected Line, considered in reference to the advantages
which must result to the public from a direct communi-
cation by Railway, 23 miles in length, with the town of
Manchester. The importance of the Undertaking is
much increased when it is remembered that the construc-
tion of a Railway between the towns of Bolton and Li-
verpool is in contemplation, and that by a Junction of
this with the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, a
direct route, 40 miles in length, will be formed between
Blackburn and the town of Liverpool.

The Line now projected will be 13 miles long, the cost
of which, including the expense of Engines and Carriages,
and every possible contingent outlay, has been estimated
by men of talent and experience at £243,600.
The Traffic has been carefully taken under the super-
intendence of a competent Agent employed for the pur-
pose, by whom the following Summary, in the accuracy
of which the Committee repose every confidence, has
been furnished, shewing that a net return of upwards of
8 per cent. on the outlay may be expected to be realised
by the Shareholders :
Passengers at the present rate of travelling,
and allowing for increase an equal amount £17,000
Merchandise and Minerals
Cattle, Parcels, and Mails .

33,870
Deduct 40 per Cent. for working expenses.. 13,548

£20,322

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Applications for Shares, in the under-mentioned form,
to be made to Messrs. ROBINSON and HULTON, Solici-
tors, Blackburn, on or before the 17th day of October
instant, on which day the Allotment will take place.
Blackburn, 2711 September, 1844.

TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE BLACKBURN,
DARWEN, AND BOLTON RAILWAY.
I request that you will allot me Shares in the
above Undertaking, on the terms mentioned in the Pro-
spectus, and I agree to take such Shares, or so many as
may be allotted to 'ne, to pay the deposit thereon, and
to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement, when required so to do.

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