The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOR L AND MANCHESTE.R RAILWA
EDUCTION OF FARES.
rill-1E Public are respectfully informed, that on and
titter-SATURDAY, the 2d November next, the follow--
ind will be:the Passenger Fares between Liverpool and
Manchester:—
First Clars Fares 63..0d.
Second Class
Thu: d Class
DAY :TICKETS (not Transferable)to Manchester: or
Liverpool -and Back on the same day Ten •Shilliags,
equalling each way Five Shillings.
The Public are further informed that from and after
the same date there will be Two Third class Trains .per
Day, one in the Morning and one in the Evening, from
each end 6f -the iine.
The Times of Departure wall be published in bills of
the thy.
The Directors feel that some explanatiom is clue to the•
Shareholders upon the announcement of so large an ad-
ditional measure of accommodation, and so important a
• reduction of fares, within six months after the opening of
the •Extension ,Line through Salford, upota which nearly.
£250,000 have been expended, especially as the general
'Scale of Fares on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway;
has never exceeded, and has generally been below that of
'the principal railways in England, including those in im-
-mediate connexion with this district.
The Directors are happy to be able to state that the
Arai& accounts-for the quarter just ended exhibit a very'
igratifying increase.ovcr the corresponding quarter of last
,year; a result. in,part to be attributed to the Extension
Railway lately opened. forming a direct and continuous
line of communication with Yorkshire and the East Coast,
but in I art, also, to the general revival of trade, which the
Directors trust will be steady and permanent, giving in-
creased activity to the internal truffle of the country.
This, -favourable state of things has encouraged the
Directors to adopt a morc decided course than they would
otherwise have been ,ju,tified in doing; and they cheer-
fully recognize the broad and general principle that the
public may fairly claim la participate, from time to time,
by means of increased accommodation or reduced rates,
in the continued success of the company.
Moreover, they will not conceal from the Proprietors,
that in the present position of railway interests, with a
auperahund,nce of unemployed capital and a speculative
spirit abroad, •which, every day, conjures into shape and
promise new and rival priltit.cts, existing lines must be
prep,,red, even at some sacrifice, to supply the public with
ample accommodation, on the roost reasonable terms, if
they would-maintain the ground-which they have heretofore
occupied—each in its own locality.
For this purpose the outlay of additional capital must
be required, the return for which can be expected only
from an increase of traffic, consequent on the increased
prosperity of the eountry. But the Directors feel assured
that a deference to public opinion, exemplified by the
course of policy now recommended, will best enable them
to maintain a safe position, and to defeat, if need be, the
attempts of rival and hostile undertakings.
By order,
HENRY BOOTH, Manager.
Liverpool, 1411 e October, 1844.