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THE CIVIL ENfilNEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[Aprii,, 



pal itrms of costs (if uliicli it i^; composed, and refer for fiirihor psirliciilirs 

 to tlic books themselves, premising tli;it every entry in tlie buck, or stnte- 

 iiiiiii f\iniislied to me. is ic-tVncd to original ilny-boMk, jomnal. or ledger, in 

 wliieh tbe :icco\mt.« have been entered and kept ; and 1 have the assm'inee 

 (if the iiiirtieb by whom the aeeoiints have l)cen analyzed, that onl of the 

 whole ainonnl there are not 500/. for "boh vovieliers a'e not producible, and 

 which, in so lirfje an amount, of which I bad heard it surmi.sed that no rc;;u- 

 lar accoimts had been kept, I think it very unsatisfactory. 



" Of course, it is not in my province to t;o through and compare every 

 entry in a voUuninoiis and mixed set of accounts ; a relnrn has been made 

 to me, as nearly as possible in tlic spirit and letter of my instructions, and 

 that nol in the form of a mere abstract but in great detail, anil with every 

 I ntry referred to the book from w bich it was extracted ; which books, also, 

 as l»efore observed, were sent to me for inspection, and are now in my pos- 

 session ; and if it would be any salisfaclion to the lioard or tbe proprietary, 

 1 shall have no objection to attcml the general meeting tbete\M'h, and to 

 adord any information and e.\()}anatiun in my [)ower on ilie subject ; but the 

 following abstract of tbe accounts will show in what way the capital of the 

 Company lias been disposed of, as far as works, buildings, and machinery, 

 are concerned. 



" .Such is Ibe statem.ent of cost which I have been enabled to make out and 

 .submit to the meeting, and which 1 have no reason to think is otherwise 

 llian correct, deiiending of course on the correctness of the data from wdiieh 

 it was formed, but which 1 have no caio^e to doubt ; tbe b<tt)ks, liowever, are 

 Ijcfcu'e ibe meeting, and will be found, I Ihliik, tti l.'car both external and 

 internal evidence of being original documents, with entries made at tbe 

 tinu" ; and in my judgment not the less (vabnlile in this cise for not being 

 the most perfeci system of bookkeejiing that could be devised. 



' As regards tbe correctness of the charges and the amount of works done 



ovei and above the contracts, there is no means of provin 



Hcaft No. fjl. of instructions — Format, 

 1st — Eurtfiworl. 



Forest Hill .... 



New Cross Hill 



Sydenham .... 



Croydon ..... 



Total of Earthwork 

 iiul^Fendiig, Braining, nnil prepuring 

 for Bdllasl, Jj-r. 

 Forming tbe way 

 Fencing, soiling slopes, 8ic. 

 Fencing and planting 

 •Surface draining 



fiates 



Slips and extra slopes . . 



Total forming Slips, 8*c. 

 'Ard — Briffgrs antl Culverts. 

 Viaduct at Corbet's Lane 

 Ronndary Walls at ditto 

 Timber V'i.nduct 

 Black Ditch Bridge . 

 Surrey Canal Hridge 

 Cold Blow Farm ditto 

 Footbridge, Kive Bell Lane 

 New Cross Bridge 

 Finches' Bridge 



Deptford Common Hridge. No. 1 

 Ditto ditto No. 2 



Calgate's Bridge 

 Owen's Bridge 

 Colson's Bridge 

 Sydeidiam Tiridge 

 Anerley Bri<lge 

 .lolly Sailor Bridge . 

 Croydon Common Bridge, No. 1, 

 Ditto ditto No. 2. 



Cross Road Bridge . 



Total of Bridges . 

 Ilh— Culverts. 



Deptford Ccmimon Culvert 

 Ditto ilitto 



Forest Wood ditto . 

 At New Cro.is .... 

 ,, Sydenhatn .... 

 ,, .Solhurst .... 



Total of Culverts . 

 5flt — Jirtdinhig atirt Bouuilorij il'itlts. 

 Turner's and Slerry's 

 At Sydenham Bridge 

 .Sydenham Station Walks 

 .lolly S.-iilor ditto 

 Darlnioulh Anns ditto 

 Sundry Walls .... 



Total ol Uelaining .and Boundary 

 Walls .... 



6th — Diversion of Uoiids, Jjr. I'j-c. 

 At Cross Koads Bridge 

 Brockley Road 

 Dartmouth Anns ditto . 

 New Cross .... 



It in every m- 



TABLEOF COSTS. 



Viaduct Road 



Sydenham Bridge 



Jolly Sailor . . " . 



Penge and Anerley Roads 



Approaches to Nos. 1 S; 2 Bridgf 



Surrey Canal Hridge Road 



Sundry other Roads 



Total making and altering Roads, 

 Sec. &c 



Total of construction toForma- 



stance. esneei illy in day-work and s-indhes. which form a lar;,'e amount. An 

 approximate check might certainly be obtained as to the success of cuttings 

 in llattcning .slopes, and getting out slips in the large coniracls. by going 

 into a remeasurement of those portions of tbe work, but this would involve 

 a consider.ible expense, and it i'i doiilitbil wbelher the result would jii.stify 

 the expense to be incurred : still I am ready to go into it if the Board think 

 it proper to do .so. In conneciion with this part of tbe subject, it is due to 

 the engineer lo state, that 1 have been furnished with the cross sections and 

 dimen.-ions of all the extra cuttings fn.m winch the accounts w.re deduced ; 

 and in conclusion. ! may be again allowed to observe, that on the part of 

 Mr. fiibbs, your pnncipil engineer, and Mr. Dean, the .assistant engineer, 

 there has been no lack of infornialion. and that my acknuwledginents are 

 due to those gentlemen for the promptitude and rea<hness with which my 

 iiupiiries have at all times been met. 



■'On the whole, then, after a careful and kiborious investigation of tbe 

 subject. I b ive no hesit ition now m recording as my deliberate opinion, that 

 wliieb I bal the hoiiuur to express verlially to a meeting of this Comp.any 

 some time bclbre the railway was open to ffie iiulilic, and whilst the conduct 

 of the Board at that time and the state of the exjieniiiture were under tlie 

 investigalion of a Committee, viz. — that as far as the works are concerned 

 (cxcepling any errors of adineasiiremeiit). there is value received, although 

 probably at a high price, on account ol circumstances in materials and labour 

 lor tbe money ; and that the railway is well and durably laid; and that 

 whatever want of judgment there may have existed in making out the origi- 

 nal estimates, and lack of knowledge as to the extent lo which the works 

 would ultimately be carried, (here has. in my opinion, been no want of 

 honesty eillier in tlie management or the executive, as regards the execution 

 of the works. 



1 have the honour to be, Ike, 



" W. CuiillT." 



tion level. 



162.904 6 3 



Head No. I J', of Instnirtions. riz— Ballasting. Drain- 

 ing, Tiinhcring. and lai/ing Permanent JVay. 

 1st — Ballasting the Line, exclusive of 



London Bridge Station . . 17.373 15 

 2nd— Drainage of Perinanent Way 2,788 1 10 



ird — Timbering the Line. 



,Sleepers, timber, and preparing d 



Carriage of timber 



Kyanizing ditto 



Laying sleepers 



Tarring ditto 



Felt for rails 



Total of timbering Ibe line 

 4/// — Rails and Laying . 

 Rails, screws, and bolls 

 Labour and laying rails 

 Carriage, and removal by hand 

 of ditto . . , . 



Tiirnplates . . . . 



Total of laying rails 



20,161 16 10 



24.890 

 1,943 

 4.793 

 5.113 



8 10 



9 2 

 3 8 

 8 2 



2'23 17 II 

 6H3 5 10 



37,627 13 7 



24.785 10 

 908 17 



1.847 19 

 2.151 1 



29,753 



10 

 8 U 



87,542 19 4 

 ■ Siipphfnig 



923 10 1 

 3,190 2 11 

 1,5,55 2 2 



Head No. l'. of Inxiruelions.— ll'ali 

 Apfiartitus. 

 At London Bridge Station 

 New C'ross ditto 

 Croydon ditto .... 



Total of water apparatus . 5.068 15 2 



Head No. VI. of Instrnelions — Cost of Stations. 

 At Liinilon Bridge 

 New Cross 

 Dartmouth Arms 

 Sydenham .... 

 Penge and Anerley 

 The Jolly Sailor 

 Croydon .... 



Total of Stations . . . 78.736 6 



Head No. VU. of Inslrnelioii.', included in No. I'l. 



Ile<id No. J'IfL of Instructions — Jl'harfs at Surrey 



Canal Junction, and Croydon. 



\sl— Surrey Canal IV harf and Incline 5,022 5 10 



2nd — Croydon Wharfs, 



Wharf waUs '. . . . 2,750 17 5 



Crane 



Warehouses 



Stables 



Total of Wharfs 



8,864 11 1 



Head No. IX. of Instructions — Sundries of various 



kinds, including Locomotiee Engines, Carriages, 



IVaggutis, Consolidation of Way, S^c.Sic 

 \st — Houses and Cottages. 



Police Cottages . 



S^vitch Box at Junction 



Ditto ditto at New Cross . 



Cottage at Brockley 



Ditto ditto Selhiirst 



Storehouse, C'oldblow 



2nd — Lighting. 



Light House at Junction 

 Ej-penses for Lighting Road. 



New c'ross station 



Croydon Station 



Jjondon ditto 



Kngiiie lamps, &c. 



Light House at Junction 



Ditto 



3r(/ — Consolidation of IVay 



'ith — I.ofomotire Engines, Carriages, 



and ll'aggnus .... 

 5/// — Miseellauta and Sundries of alt 



and various kinds 



Total 



" From the annexed statement arises tbe follow- 

 ing general .-ibslract. under the ditferent heads of 

 my instructions, viz. — 

 Construction ainl Ibrmalion of the 



line of railway to the line of 



ballasting .... 



Ballasting and laying the permanent 



way 



Buildings and ninchinery for sup- 



jitying water lo engines 

 .Stations, workshops. &c. 

 Wliarfs at Surrey Canal and Croy- 

 don 



.Sundriesof various kinds, including 



locomotive engines, coaches and 



waggons, consolidation of way, 



eke 



8,864 11 1 



60,269 2 11 



Total cost of i-onstruclion and .set- 



ing to work .... £403,985 15 3 



Exclusive of laoil, parliamentary and law ex- 

 penses, and engineering. 



