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

May 7, 1844.

PROSPECTUS OF THE ABERDEEN RAILWAY.

CAPITAL, £1,000,000, in SHARES of X2O EACH.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
THOMAS BLAIKIE, Esq., Lord Provost of the City

of Aberdeen, Chairman,
The Right Honourable the Earl of Erroll, K.T.,
„Lord-
Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire,
,tll,e Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore,
'fle Right Honourable the Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord-
,Lieutenant of Kincardineshire,
The Right Honourable the 14,,rd,Forbes,
The Right Honourable the Lord Panmure,
The Provost of Dundee,
The Provost of Arbroath,
The Provost of Montrose,
The Provost of Forfar.
The Provost of Brechin,
A:doteuler Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber-
cu,dward Ellice, Esq., M.P. for the East Fifeshire Burghs,
JGeorge Duncan, Es., M.P. for Dundee,
oh Count Leslie, of Balquhain,
J Adam, Esq., of Scobhach,
Captain Barclay, of Ury and Allardice,
Blaikie, Esq , of the firm of John Blaikie and
tSons Aberdeen, •
jor-beneral Byres, of Tonley,
p Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen,
iratrick Chalmers, Esq., of Auldbar,
"471.,eli.srtCprombie, Esq., one of the Baillies of Aberdeen,
Imam F. L. Carnegie, Esq., of Spvnie and Boysack,
Ro
uff, Esq , of Cutter and Fetteresso,
Thomas Abercromby Duff, Esq., of Haddo,
JDuncan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly,
ames Farquharson Esq., of Invercauld,
Farquhar, Esq.,. of Hallgreen, Kinrardinshire, one
of the Directors of the Union Bank of London,
Colonelal" Parllnharson, Esq., Manufacturer, Auchinblae,
Robert de n s
hiZer: of Inverallochy and Castle Fraser,
Grant of Tillyfour Convener of Aber-
Colonel
Gorden, Esq.,ark, Convener' of Banffshire.
Alexander Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston.
John Gordon, Esq., of Avochie and Drumlithie,
Andrew Gammen, Esq., of Drumtocbty Castle,
John Taylor Gordon, Esq.. of Nethermuir,
James Hadden, jun., Esq., of the firm of Alexander
Hadden and Sons,
Frederick Holland, Esq., of the firm of Richards and

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Company,
John Angus, Esq., City Clerk of Aberdeen,
William lnnes, Esq., of Raemoir, Convener of Kincar-
dineshire,
Alexander Jopp, Esq., Aberdeen,
James Kilgour, Esq., of the firm of Gordon, Barron, and

Company,
Clements Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen,
Alexander Morrison, Esq., of Bognie and Montblairy,
Isaac Macbray, Esq., Torry Farm, Mail Coach Contrac-

tor' Aberdeen,
JohnMorice, Esq., of Tullos, Kincardineshire, Merchant
in London,
Alexander Pierie, jun., Esq., of the firm of Alexander
Pierie and Sons,
Henry Paterson, Esq., Manager of the North of Scot-
land Banking Company,
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jo r George Thompson, C. 8., Bengal Engineers, of
Ica.nleY, Aberdeenshire, residing in Liverpool,
George Thompson, jun., Esq., Shipowner in Aberdeen,
David Wyllie, Esq., Cashier of the Banking Company,
Aberdeen.

BANKERS.
The Banking Company in Aberdeen and Branches,
The North of Scotland Banking Company, Aberdeen and
Branches,
The Royal Bank of Scotland and Branches,
The Union Bank of Scotland and Do., }Edinburgh,
The Commercial Bank of Scotland and Do.,
Sir Richard Carr Glynn and Co.,
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London,
The -Union Bank of London, JJJ
essrs. Beckett and Company, Leeds,
The Commercial Banking Company, Liverpool.

ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Grainger
Messrs. John Gibband Miller, Edinburgh,
, and Alexander Gibb, Aberdeen.

RAILWAY, connecting the City of Aberdeen with
Dundee, Perth, Abroath, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, and
(„
tonehaven, and the numerous towns and villages in this
!rnportant agricultural and manufacturing district, has
Trig been anxiously desired, and the land was surveyed as
far back as the year 1837. The execution of the under-
taking however, was deferred until .the chain of railway
communication should be further advanced. This has
now taken place. Railways have been completed or are
projected from England and the south and west of Scot-
and tts the southern termini of the present line. A fresh
Purvey and estimate having been obtained, the undertak-
has since received the sanction of the Noblemen and
asentlemen Proprietors of the greater part df the lands
to be traversed, and a large portion of the Capital has been
subscribed within the district.
kFrom a consideration of the route and length of the
t,caitcill be seen that the whole traffic of the various
throughout the south and west of Scotland
tiaust, in its progress to Aberdeen and the northern coun-
ties, fall into and be, conveyed along this line.
The length of the line is sixty-six miles, including
branches. Commencing at the harbour and wet docks in
the centre of Aberdeen, it proceeds by the villages of
Cove, Portlethen, Skateraw, and others, to the county
of Stonebaven : thence through the fertile district of the
Mearns, near to the villages of Drumlithie, Auchinhlae,
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 Fife ; and, on the
other hand, to be continued to Forfar, where it will meet
the Northern Junction Railway from Perth through Strath-
more, thus connecting 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. Gibb,
lattita"way Engineers, the practical experience of the
...er as Contractors, under the firm of John Gibb and
our is wAI known, and will give more than usual confi-
dence in the est mate of cost. After the most careful
Consideration of the whole works on the main line and
r anches, and including the plant, the capital has been
bud at £1,000,000 sterling.
The line traversed is very populous, and, besides the
other large towns above mentioned, Aberdeen alone con-
tains 75,000 inhabitants, and is the depfit for the supply
ivviutftt,ti:hreeleisinliti:ortant and. wealthy district north of that city
0"" general merchandize. Aberdeen and the other towns
wocrien are also important seats
Theof ~tahlemloinnenan,
dcoottthoenr,
fiQh . and other manufactures.
large ; are of great magnitude. These afford a very
s,,t, 'tern in the present carrying trade of the country,
It h the advantage of a rapA transit so necessary to a
canntodity of a peerishable nature will largely increase.
This trade, it is welllnown, has in lines of railway sirrd-
rlY circumstanced, proved a source of great revenue.
A Portion of the country traversed being deficient of
stone for building purposes, while the other is abundantly
atuespeprliipedti owZ a
stone of the finest quality and of different
large traffic will thence arise.
Its importance as an Agricultural district, in which the
finest Cattle are reared and fed in great numbers, requires
only to be mentioned to satisfy every one of the large
revenue which the Railway will realize from the transit
of. Live and Dead Stock to the southern markets, to which
nthey are at present driven by tedious and expensive medi-
ums of conveyance. The Grain Trade also forms an im-
portant item in the anticipated receipts.
and cares of traffic have been prepared from the passengers
o.carrying
ode,tra exhibiting a clear revenue of upwards
without or per cent. on the capital of 11,000,000,
without reckoning
called into existence any new branch of trade to be
, or on any undue increase of that at
present existing.
It is proposed that the
stock
Shares, of £2O each ; ands,ack
sthtatillt t all be divided into 50,000
Bouse of Commons provide I;tanding orders of the
subscribed shall be paid before a railway nion the sums
a second time, a deposit to that amount will 7)aenrebqeurierael before applying to Parliament. A deposit of 20s. per
share to be paid as the shares are awarded, and the re_
maining 20s. before the Ist February, 1845. The amount
of future 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
surris which they may have previously paid. The act will
provide that no subscriber shall be liable beyond the amounts of his subscription, that no more than
;£2. 10s.
kwritseth
the all
Share shall be called for at any one time, and that
be
the C
salnls.interval of not less than three months
allows the act is obtained, 4 per cent. interest will be
the line lirn the Calls, from the date of payment until
the
Pay/lie:Yelled for traffic. If the act is not obtained,
Appecati.'-s, deducting expenses, will be returned.
niade tr, A
.'ns for Shares in the form annexed, may be
and A. is'''uant and Anderson, Blakie and Smith, or P.
wel`avidson, Advocates in Aberdeen ; to G. and T.
and Leeus,ter, Old Palace-yard, and Johnson, Farquhar,
tary ", Moorgate-street London the Parlian,en-
tssexoolicitors ; to Clark, Davidson,' and' Brown, 36,
ton aallr,,ect, Arbroath; Shiell and Small, Dundee ; Lou-
Illa_al`Donald,
der Brechin; Adam Burness, Montrose ; and 11Z Za,rt and Kinnear and Mourn, Stonehaven ; Duncans
f°llow;2'eant and Gray and Jamieson, Perth ; or to the
risaharg sharehrokers,—namely, William Gordon, Ma-
ando Oswal
R Gerge, an Co., nd James Black
C u., 'treetAl '
~ a )erdeen •Robert Allan,d John Robertson, and
aolljt Pillans aLI Home, Edinburgh D. B. Niven
rel.% "„n Sturrock, jun., Dundee ; W. H. Oliphant,
.I,Wats 'n'lr.,,`Ewen and Auld, John C. Fonlds, and James
WalkerMooreGeorge' Heaps Co., Leeds
'4441) and Son, Manchester ; B. and M. Boyd, 4, New
street uTilai
Moorgate-
,ondnogns,.arnd C. and J.
„in..pl\l'Rre-A,
15tD7,
ORSYTEI ILITCII D. D and J.
ZN, or to
RICHARD SCHOLES, Liverpool.

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To HO ''''
lA,
OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
--L PaovlstorlAt. COMMITTEE OF THE ABERDEEN
R Ct•Vrl p RAILWAY.
"'hares, :;14EN,—I request that you will allot to me
way. on the .1 X2O each, In the proposed Aberdeen ' il
pay 6leteritis and couditions of the Prospectus. I shallr
qu... d, dePosit and sign the necessary deeds when c-
maed at

day of

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1844.