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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [October, 



£400,000 from Sep. 1846, and to he paid 6 per cent, sliould tlie Car- 

 lisle pay that amount; the North Union and Grand Junction take 

 shares in the last line to £315,000. 



The Lcndoii and Croydon have, Aug. 22, 1844. bought the Croydon 

 and Epsom atmospheric, aud propose an extension from Epsom to 

 Portsea and Piirtsmo\illi lines, also i of the branch of the South 

 Eastern Company to Bricklayers' Arms. 



The Norfolk Railway is composed of the late Norwich and Brandon 

 and Yarmouth and Nurvvich railways, and has received the Parlia- 

 mentary sanction, and tliey propose to le^ise the Lowestoft Railway 

 and Harhour, fur which an Art is obtained, and to make arrangements 

 with the proposed Diss and Colchester and Wells and Dereham Com- 

 panies. 



T:\wNewcasltea7idDarlingionJiwctionpurchaseii the line of the 

 Durham Junction for £SS,500, as also the Rrandling Junction line for 

 £55 per share, and have a perpetual lease of the Newcastle and Ber- 

 wick line at 5 per cent , with which latter line the Newcastle and 

 North Shields line is amalgamated at par. The two latter companies 

 are guaranteed 5 per cent. ov. the share capital for 3 years, with a 

 right to require the Newcastle and Darlington to take a lease in per- 

 petuity. 



North Brilish have purchased tlie Edinbnrgh, Dalkeith and Fisher- 

 row Branch f..r £113,000 (SI miles), and are negociating for Leith 

 Branch, which is in the hands of other parties, they also subscribe 

 £25,(j00 to the Edinburgh and Northern line through Fife, and have 

 extendpd their Dalkeith Branch to Hawick and Galashiels. Share 

 capital £SUO,000; loans £2GU,«GG; length 62 miles; Haddington 

 Branch 46 miles. 



The Eiisl Lancashre, formerly the Blackburn and Preston, (9 J miles) 

 which ohtained an Act June 6, 1344, has been amalgamated on equal 

 terms with the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale, dale of Act July 4, 

 1844, and Blackhurn, Burnley and Accrigton an<l Colne Extension. 

 It is propost d to extend the Rossendale from Rawtenstall to Bacup, 

 The Com|iany is favourable to the proposed Clitheroe Junction and 

 Liverpool, Manchester and Great North of England Junction. 



Ballochmy Railway (5i miles) is amalgamated with Moukland and 

 KirkintUloch (lOJ miles) and Slamannan (12d miles) Railways. In- 

 terest at 3i per cent, to be paid to each company; the latter company 

 to have no profit for two years, and the profits to be divided after- 

 wards 'n the following hundreth parts— the first company 46, second 

 43, and third 11. 

 The Hayle Comjiany is negociating for sale of the West Cornwall. 

 The London and Bngk'on have purchased the Brighton and Chiches- 

 ter at £12 10s. per share premium, also the Brighton, Lewes and 

 Hastings at £7 per share [iremium, and piopuse a branch from the 

 Three Bridge Station to Horsham, also an extension from Chichester 

 to Fareham and Portsmouth. 



The South IFeslern (76 miles 55 chains) have purchased for £75,000 

 the Guildford Junction Railway (6 miles), and obtained an Act in 1844 

 to make a branch (21 miles) from the Basingstoke station to Salisbury. 

 The Midland Railway Act May 10, 1844 ; amalgamates the North 

 Midland (72 miles 29 chains), Midland Counties (47 miles 36 chains), 

 and Birmingham and Derby (38 miles 68 chains) Railways, and the 

 united companies have purchased the Shetfield and Rotherham (5 miles 

 26 chains) Railway on perpetual lease at 6 per cent., also the Leicester 

 and Swannington (16 miks 5 chains) Railway for £ 140,U0iJ, for which 

 they pay 8 per cent., with the power of redemption at the end of 3 

 y^ars at the rate of £100 per share. Tiny guarantee the Barnsley 

 Junction 5 per cent, on their whole and 4 per cent, on their half shares, 

 and the Erewash Valley (13 miles, 5 miles branch) 6 per cent.; and 

 have obtaineil Extensions from Nottingham to Lincoln (3'i3 miles), 

 and from Syston to Peterborough (47J miles) ; and have taken pos- 

 session of the united Birmingham and Gloucester (51 mdes 30 chains) 

 and Bristol and Gloucester (22 mdes 10 chainsj companies, which 

 thev have agreed to lease at a fixed rent of 6 per cent, on £l,8U0,O00, 

 with power to purchase in 3 years at £150 f>.r £ 100 slock, and the 

 last two companies have taken the name of the Bristol and Gloucester 

 Railway Company (353 miles). The above company with others has 

 jointly agreed to purchase the Great North of England line for £250 

 per share. 



The Great fTes/en; (118 miles) amalgamated with the Great Western 

 Union (18 miles) 1844, also with the Oxford Branch (9 miles), and 

 have a lease of the Bristol and Exeter (74 miles), and own the Chel- 

 tenham and Gloucester (18 miles) jointly with the Birmingham and 

 Gloucester Railway, and contribute £150,000 to the intended Ply- 

 mouth and Exeter or South Devon line (54j miles), and also contri- 

 bute to the intended South Wales line (182i miles, £2,800,000) for 

 which an Act was obtained in 1815, and have made arrangements for 

 a permanent lease ol the intended Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 

 hampton (103i miles, £1,500,000) and Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth 



(I29i miles, £1,500,000), for which latter lines the Acts have been 

 obtained in the Session of 1845; and they have purchased the Berks 

 and Hants (39 miles, £400,000), the Oxford and Rugby (5Uj miles, 

 £600,000), and the Monmouth and Hereford (36i miles, £>50,000), 

 for wliich also Acts have been obtained in the Session of 1815; and 

 they project lines from Oxford to Worcester, and from Oxford to 

 Cheltenham (20 miles), and from Worcester to Port Dynllaeii. 



The South Eastern andDover{Q6 miles 20 chains; rent the Canterbury 

 and Whitslable (Gi miles) at £12,000 per annum, and extended their 

 own line by tlie Maidstone Branch 19 miles, which was opened Sep. 

 1844; and in 1844 they obtained an Act for Branches fiom the Ashs 

 ford station to Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate, 32 miles 65 chains 

 in length, at an estimated cost of £400,000; and in the Session of 

 1845 they obtained an extension of Margate and Ramsgate to Deal 

 aiul Canterbury, of 9; miles, at an estimated cost of £187,000, and 

 for improving th'ir line from Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells, and for 

 an extension and widening of the London and Greenwich (3 miles 60 

 chains), which they had leased for 999 years and obtained possession 

 of on the 1st of Jan. 1844. 



The Chtittr and liirktnhead are now an independent company, and 

 have £350,000 in the proposed Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Junction, which latter company had proposed to amalgamate with 

 them, winch has also the furmer v.de to the Chester and Hi'lyhead 

 Company, for the sum of £500,000, have fallen through, or not taken 

 effect. 



The Shiffield andManchesler have repudiated a proposed lease by the 

 Midland and Manchester and Birmingham. Length of line, 40 miles 

 66 chains, only open partially. Tliey guarantee 5 per cent, in 

 in £200,000 to the Bainsley junction, and lease the Shetfield and 

 Lincolnshire Junction at 4 per cent., and division of profits. 



Chtsltr and Holyhtad, obtained an act in 184 1, with the exception of 

 the crossing the Menai Strait, which wasobained in the session of 1815. 

 Lpngth of line 84j miles. The London and Birmingham subscribe 

 £luO,000 towards the capital. A branch 10 miles to Mold is pro- 

 posed, and £300,000 stock has been taken in the Ellesmere and 

 Liverpool aud Birmingham Junction Canal Companies, which ara 

 proposed to be converted into railways, and shorten the distance be- 

 tween Chester and Holyhead. Capital £2,100,000 in shares, and 

 loans £700,000. 



The i'o)/iiVort/j./l/(rf/aHrf (23 miles 11 chains) opened June, 1840), the 

 Company by Act 1844, have purchased the Leeds anil Selby Railway, 

 as also the Whitby and Pickering, a line 64 miles long; fur £80,000, 

 and have extended their line to Scarborough 48 miles. The return 

 of the Leeds and Selby only amounted to £6 a-week, and 14 miles of 

 it out of 20 have been closed. The aliove line, nearly 120 miles 

 long, is in close alliance with the Midland group, the Company have 

 intimated the hope of amalgamation at a future day, having already 

 leased theHull an{l Selby line. 30 miles 50 chains long. 



Eastern Conntits (51 miles 10 chains, amalgamated with the 

 Northern Eastern (53 miles 1 1 chains) January 1st, 1844; and, in the 

 session of 1844, obtained an extension to Brandon and Peterborough 

 (72 miles in length, as also a branch to the Thames, 2i miles. The 

 total length is neaiiy 180 miles, with a share capital of about five 

 millions, and with [lower to burrow two millions more. 



Condon and Btackwall (3 miles 38 chains), and, up to 30th June, 

 £1,083,951 8s. 'id. had been expended. The line was opened in 

 1S41 ; and, in 1815, an extension was obtained, to join the Eastern 

 Counties at Old Fonl, commencing at Stepney station ; and an exten- 

 sion is proposed into South Essex to Rochford and South End; and 

 should the E.islernCounties decline next year the accominodatiimof the 

 districts towards Longhton, (ihigwell, or Epping, it is contemplated 

 to be taken up, either by the Blackwall or an independent company. 



Tiie Manclitsltr and Leeds (49 miles 76 chains) opened theirs 

 Match 14th, 1811. In the session of 1844, an act was obtained to 

 make a branch, 6i miles in length, to Asliton and Staley Bridge, 

 called Ashton, St.dey Bridge and Liverpool Junction. An attempt (o 

 amalgamate the Hull and Selby with this line was unsuccessfn!. 

 Numerous extensions are proposed, and sums subscribed to projected 

 lines, requiring an additional capital of £ 1,736,000. The amount 

 expended to December, 1844, was £3,293,716. An amalgamation, 

 from January, 1845, with Manchester, Button, and Bury (10 miles 

 long) and take shares in the Maiichuster, Bury, and Rossendale. 



R. Manchtster and Birmingham, 31 miles long, opened 1 0th May, 

 1812. This cumpanv, in conjunction with Midland, proposed to take 

 a joint lease ol the Sheffield and Manchester line, which has not been 

 carried out. This company guarantee 4 per cent, to the proposed 

 Manchester and Blxtun line, and take shares to the amount of 200 in 

 the Trent Valley line. In three years the line will be amalgamated 

 with the London .ind Birmingham, although some of the sharenolders 

 wish it to remain an indepeudeut line, propose to lease the intended 



