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TItE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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Choke Bridge, 148 feet long and 11 feet wide 

 Small Bridges from I'ursick I'oint to Callian 

 Ditto ditto from Callian to Purgah 

 Callian Briilge . . . 



. £1800 

 . 1000 

 . 1000 

 . 20000 



43,500 



Termini Sla/ions and Goods iheda. 

 Terminus Station in Bombay, 60 ft. by 50 ft. and 18 ft. high 

 Seven station bouses at other termini and intermediate stations 

 Engine-house and filting-shop, Bombay, 70 ft. by 50 ft. aud 18 



ft. high .... 



Two (Htto at other termini, 32 ft. by 20 ft. and 18 ft. higl 

 Carriage building shed, CO ft. by 40 ft. and 12 ft. high 

 Ditto ditto . ' . 



Shed for warehousing goods by Bombay, 300 ft. by 80 ft. and 



18 ft. high .... 



Four ditto ditto outstations, 100 ft. by 30 ft. and 18 ft. high 

 Enclosure walls of termini 

 Fitting up sheds .... 



Estimated cost^of termini station-house, &c. 

 Supply of IVater. 

 One tank in Bombay for 50,000 gallons 

 Four ditto at stations, each 25,000 gallons 

 A well in Bombay .... 



Wheels, pumps, &c. .... 



Estimated cost of supplying waterjtanks . . 



Locomotives, Carriages, JJ'at/ons, i^t. 

 10 locomotive engines including spare gear, at 1500/. 

 14 tenders at 300/. .... 

 5 first class carriages at 4G0?. 

 75 second ditto ditto at 150/. . 



500 wagons at GO/. . . . . 



45 sheep wagons at 70/. 

 8 cattle wagons at 70/. 



Total estimated cost of carriages, &e. 



Horses, 4'c. 

 334 horses at 40/. 

 334 sets of harness at 5/. 



Total estimated cost of horses and harness 



Turn Tables. 

 5 per cent on cost of rails 

 Switches 4 per cent on cost of rails 



Eni/ine Lathes, Tools, ifc. 

 Eight horse power engine, II. P. 

 Middle sized lathe 

 Smaller ditto 

 2 hand lathes 

 Small planing machine 

 Drilling machine 

 Punching machine 

 Tools for tlie above 

 CO feet of shafting with driving drums 

 A. circular saw bench with saws 

 A portable crane 



2 forges with fanblast, anvils, &c. 

 A set stocks and dies . 



An anchor-smith's anvil 

 Vices, benches, drill braces, &c. 



Estimated cost of engine, lathe, tools, &c. 



Surveying and drawing instruments 

 Establishment for management for three years 

 Establishment- for superintendence for three years 

 Establishment for surveying for three years 

 Compensation and expenses of purchasing land. 

 Gates and Porter lodges at 20 croisings on the level 



Total 



Contingencies 10 per cent 



G72 

 2S0 



700 

 192 

 360 

 240 



3600 

 1800 

 500 

 2000 



in,.'?44 



. 350 



. 700 



. 180 



. 120 



13,500 



C64,600 



13360 

 1670 



ARCHITECTURE AND THE BUILDING ARTS IN MAN- 

 CHESTER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



We iiLive occasionally had opportunities of noticing tlie progress 

 wliicli hits been making in diirerent localities in Architecture and the 

 Building Arts, and have tliought it desirable to take advantage of |)rr- 

 sonal visits to important towns to give a sketch of what lias fallen 

 under our observation likely to be of interest to our readers. 



Wo have recently enjoyed a visit to the neighbourhood of Man- 

 chester, and have been gratified in observing the progress making 

 there. Either from economical restrictions on the part of those who 

 employ architects, or from the poverty of conception of the architects 

 themselves, or, most probably, from both causes combinpd, tlie erec- 

 tions in this district have, until recently, been generally deficient in 

 architectural beauty, we therefore rejoice to discern a manifest im- 

 provement in the style of the edifices lately built or in course of com- 

 pletion. The requiri'ments of the railway system have introduced 

 into Manchester two stations of great magnitude, one at Hunt's-bank 

 and another in Store-street, the latter is a work of very considerable 

 architectural merit, and the former successfully rivals in extent the 

 far famed station at Derby. 



Near the Hunt's-bank riiilway station we noticed a new hotel, called 

 the Palatine, which is worthy of mention, at well for external design 

 as for the admirable adaptation of the internal arrangements to the 

 purposes to which the building is devoted. Messrs. Holden are the 

 architects, and they have certainly made the most of the awkward 

 piece of ground with which they had to deal. A novelty in this 

 edifice is the main staircase opposite the entrance; the whole of the 

 stairs and landings (with the exception of the mahogany hand-rail) is 

 of iron; each step (riser and tread included) is in one piece of cast 

 iron, which is attached to a wall-plate and depends therefrom; the 

 whole has a remarkably liglit and elegant appearance, and is an instance 

 of the good effect which may be gained by a judicious use of the 

 material. In the event of a fire, a staircase of this construction would 

 be invaluable, as it would afford a means of escape to the inmates 

 which would not be liable to destruction. The total cost of the build- 

 ing was about £7,000. 



The new premises for the Manchester Branch Bank of England are 

 to be erected in King-street, nearly opposite to the Town Hall, from 

 the designs of R.Cockerell, Esq., of London. The ground is now being 

 cleared preparatory to commencement, and Messrs. Pauling and Hen- 

 frey have contracted for the building, which is expected to cost be- 

 tween £17,000 and £18,000. The same contractors have undertaken 

 the new Theatre Royal, from designs by Messrs. Irwin and Chester. 



The Moral and Industrial Training Schools at Swinton, a few miles 

 from the town, now erecting for the education of tiie pauper children 

 of the Union, is a building which makes a very considerable and cre- 

 ditable addition to the architecture of the neighbourhood. It is in 

 the Elizabethan style, designed by Messrs. Tattersall and Dickson (now 

 Mr. Dickson), of Manchester. 'The materials used are red brick with 

 stone dressings. The general plan of the building forms a quadrangle, 

 and the arrangements are upon a very extensive scale, embracing 

 schools for boys, girls, and infants, class rooms, dining and work rooms, 

 sick and fever wards, with domestic otEces, chapel, &c. The principal 

 front is 400 feet in length, divided into five compartments, in the 

 centre of which is the principal entrance, which forms a very promi- 

 nent feature. Its general appearance is marked by great simplicity, 

 and yet with an architectural character in its minutest parts which 

 cannot fail to arrest tlie attention of the most cursory observer. It is 

 now nearly completed, and the tout ensemble intimates at once that it 

 is erected for the purpose of a large public institution. The whole 

 buildings cover a space of four acres of ground, and are expected to 

 cost between £35,000 and £40,000. A few miles further from Man- 

 chester is Worsley Hall, the splendid mansion of Lord Francis Eger- 

 too, now almost completed, from designs bv Edward Blore, Esq., of 

 London. The general character of this building is late Elizabethan, 

 mingled with so much Italian ornament as to give it the date of James 

 the First. Much of the detail is lost to the observer from its minute- 

 ness, which, however, will well repay a close inspection. Great 

 license seems to have been indulged in by the architect, whose varied 

 mouldings and enrichments partake of a wide range of architectural 

 character. To the interior decorations the same observations will 

 apply. The building is faced with Staffurdshire stone, and is not un- 

 worthy of becoming the residence of a noble English family. 



The majority of the new churches in Manchester is far from what 

 we should desire, and we are inclined to attribute this, partly to the fact 

 that sullicient funds are not placed at the disposal of the architects, and 

 partly to the evils of the competition system. In contradistinction to 

 the generality, we are glad to mention the church of the Holy Trinity, 

 which, with the endowment, is the gift of Miss Atherton. A descrip- 

 liou of this beautiful church will be found in Vol. VI., page 280, of this 



