RAILWAYS. 



797 



miles across, and cost to com* 

 plete it L.40,000. 



9. There are two tunnel!), 

 one 300 yards long, inclination 

 1 in 72: the other 2,300 yards, 

 inclination 1 in 48. 



10. Curves generally fav- 

 ourable. 



II. The line is 31 miles; 

 5 miles shorter than the turn- 

 pike-road. 



12. With the exception of 

 the two inclined planes, tin- 

 line is favourable. The steep- 

 est gradient, exclusive of the 

 planes, is 1 in 849. 



13. The line crosses roads 

 on the level 17 times, and re- 

 quires vigilant gatemen for 

 the public safety, because the 

 engines travel at from 20 to 

 j ) miles an hour. The ex- 

 penses of lodges, gates, and 

 gatemen at each crossing may 

 be set against the cost of a 

 bridge. 



14. The works have cost 

 L.I, 200,000. This includes 

 L.50,000 paid for engineering 

 and parliamentary expenses, 

 and L.248,518 in warehouses, 

 stations, &c., and L.61,135 for 

 engines, carriages, and wag- 

 ons. 



15. The expenses amount 

 to 62 per cent, on gross re- 

 ceipts. In this are included 

 the cost of collecting and de- 

 livering goods, interest of 

 money, and duty on passen- 

 gers. 



16. The net revenue, after 

 paying all charges and ex- 

 penses, is L.83,620, or rather 

 more than 10 per cent, on the 

 shares. 



17. No land-owner would 

 now consent to have the liny 

 taken from him. 



18. With the exception of 

 the additional cost, the evi- 

 dence in favour of the bill Ins 

 been more than confirmed. 



19. The line of road was 

 altered to avoid the property 

 of some dissentients, to their 

 disappointment at the present 

 day. One of these, a lady, 

 has land near the station nt 

 Manchester. Her surveyors 

 thought the value of it would 

 fall from 6d., the price then 

 given, to 4d. per yard, chiet 

 rent ; whereas it has risen to 

 Is. Cd. 



20. In proof of the great 

 safety of railroad travelling. 

 on the 17th of April, 1S3<>, a 

 locomotive engine, going at 

 the. rate of 20 miles an hour 

 with a train of carriages, 

 broke its axletree, ran off th 

 road down an enbankmeut of 

 15 feet; two of the carriairi-s 

 were overturned, when only 



