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posed last year by an indejjendent company, advised by Mr. 

 Kincaid as engineeer, for an extension of the Port and Pier 

 line to the wharves, and the Midland Company were urged to 

 adopt and carry out the scheme. Eventually that Company 

 withdrew from the undertaking on the ground of its great 

 cost (estimated at £400,000). Recently another and much 

 less costly scheme has been suggested under the engineering 

 advice of Mr. Kincaid, and it is now understood to be under 

 consideration by the Midland Company. 



Clifton Rocks Railway. — This railway is for pas- 

 senger communication between the lower level of the Hot- 

 wells and Clifton Down. It is on the funicular system, and 

 is to be worked on the counter-balancing principle, the addi- 

 tional weight required being obtained from water tanks sup- 

 plied with water by the Bristol Water Company. There 

 are four sets of rails of a gauge of 3 feet, and four cars 

 will be worked at each operation, two descending and two 

 ascending. Each car will carry eighteen passengers. The 

 tunnel is 500 feet long, and the inclination is one in 2*226. 

 The width of tunnel 27 feet 6 inches, and height 17 feet. 

 The tunnel is arched throughout with four courses of bricks 

 in cement (separate rings), and the sides are in places lined 

 with 18-inch brickwork, where the condition of the rock 

 rendered it necessary. This railwa}?- is a private under- 

 taking, at the cost of Mr. Newnes ; the local engineers are 

 Messrs. P. Munro and Son. 



Municipal Buildings. — It has been manifest for some 

 time past, that the present Council House is quite unworthy 

 of the importance of a city like Bristol, and various sites have 

 been proposed on which to erect municipal buildings, affording 

 accommodation for the several public departments, instead of, 

 as at present, their being located in different parts of the 

 city. Property has been acquired with the view of erecting 



