1843.] 



THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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No. 2. — The London and Paris Railway Company. 

 No. 14228. 

 These are to certify that John Doe is the proprietor of the share numbered 

 14228 of tlij London and Paris Railway Company, subject to the rules, re- 

 gulations, and orders of the said company. 



Given under the common seal of the said company. 

 (Seal of company.) the twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lufd 



one thousand eight hundred and forty three. 

 Registered No. 665. 



Secretary. 

 On the back- 

 Transferred to Richard Roe and registered. 



Secretary. 



No. 3. — London and Paris Railway. 

 Scrip certificate. 10 shares. 



No. 8*1. No. 841. 



The holder of this certificate will be entitled to ten shares of £50. each, 

 upon the performance of the several conditions relating to the second and 

 subsequent instalments contained in the resolutions of a special General 

 Meeting of the proprietors of this company, held on Thursday, the 28th of 

 April. 1842, a copy of which is at the back hereof. 



London and Paris Railway Office, 



10, Street, London, 



Entered— John Doe, Accountant. 



May, 1843. 

 Richard Roe, Secretary. 



No. 3271. 



London and Paris Railway Office, 



10, — Street, London, 



6th day of Feb. 1840. 

 Ten shares in this company, 'No. 3261 to 3270, were this day transferred 

 from Mr. Richard Roe to Mr. John Doe. 



For John Noakes, sen.. Secretary. 

 Thomas Styles. 



No. 5. 



Form of Proxy. 



1, of one of the proprietors of the London and Pari i 



Railway Company, do hereby appoint of to be my proxy, 



in my name and in my absence to vote or give any assent or dissent, to any 

 business, matter, or thing, relating to the said company, that shall be men- 

 tioned or proposed at any meeting of the proprietors of the said company, 

 in such manner as the said shall think proper, according to 



his opinion and judgement, for the benefit of the said company, or anything 

 appertaining thereto. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day of 



A TRIP TO BOULOGNE AND BACK IN ONE DAY. 



SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. 



Hitherto this railway has been open as far as Ashford only, but it is now 

 completed up to Folkstone, to which point the public are now enabled to go. 

 The company having purchased the harbour of Folkestone, one of their ob- 

 jects is to establish a steam communication direct from that port to Boulogne, 

 in addition to that which, when the line is completed, will be effected from 

 Dover to Calais. To demonstrate the ease with which this may be done, and 

 at the same time to show the practicability of a trip from London to France 

 and back in a day, an experimental journey was performed on Saturday the 

 24th ult, the result of which was perfectly satisfactory. At 6 o'clock a 

 special train, containing the directors and their guests, started from the 

 London-bridge station, which arrived at the F'olkstone station, a distance of 

 SI miles from town, in two hours and 40 minutes, having stopped at five sta- 

 tions by the way, losing 10 minutes. 



Mr. Wright, the resiaent engineer of the line from Folkestone to Dover, 

 was in attendance on the arrival of the company, and conducted them to 

 Folkestone barbi ur, when the "Water Witch" steamer was lyingready to re- 

 ceive them : the period of walking from the railway and embarking occupied 

 39 minutes. The vessel got under way at 40 minutes after 8 o'clock, and 

 made the voyage across the channel in 3 hours and 6 minutes, and arrived at 

 Boulogne at 25 minutes after 12 ; the company landed and presented to the 

 mayor, who was in attendance to receive the company, with the Times of 

 that morning, containing the debates in parliament of the previous night. 

 After partaking of a splendid entertainment at Boulogne, and remaining at 

 that place 2 hours and 13 minutes, the company returned on board the 

 steamer, and landed again at Folkestone after a passage of 3 hours and 45 

 minutes, and with a loss of 45 minutes in landing, and walking again to the 

 railway. The company left the station at Folkestone at 7 minutes after 7, 

 and arrived at London-bridge at 6 minutes after 10, losing 15 minutes in 5 

 stoppages ; thus, the whole journey to and fro, occupied 16 hours and 6 

 minutes ;and deducting stoppages of 4 hours and 7 minutes, the time actually 

 travelling was 12 hours within a minute. A saving in time of at least half- 

 an-hour will be effected when the proposed branch is made to the harbour 

 of Folkestone. With a fast-going steamer, the trip across might be perfomed 

 upon an average, in about 2 hours-and-a-half, thus the journey direct from 

 London-bridge to Boiiiogne, may be completed in 5 hours. 



MISCELLANEA 



The Cartoon Exhibition, Westminster Hall. — We understand the de- 

 signs sent in far exceed in merit the anticipation of the Commissioners, and 

 those persons fully competent to judge. We are informed that they are to 

 be opened for public exhibition, on Monday, July 3rd ; during the first fort- 

 night an admission of one shilling each person will be demanded, afler that 

 time it will be open free to the public, excepting on Saturdays, in the morn- 

 ing of that day it will be closed, and in the afternoon opened to the admission 

 of those who will pay one shilling; the funds to be devoted for the promotion 

 of the fine arts, as the commissioners may determine hereafter, according to 

 the amount. We are sure that this arrangement will give the greatest satis- 

 faction both to the competitors and the tublic. 



Rotal School of Design. — Professor Dyce has resigned the office of 

 director, and has been elected on the council. He is succeeded as director by 

 Mr. Wilson, of Edinburgh, some of whose communications on art have ap- 

 peared in our columns, and are sufficient to show that iniimate knowledge 

 and appreciation of art which Mr. Wilson possesses. A better appointment 

 could scarcely be made. 



Greenwich Pier. — We abstained last month from giving any account of 

 the failure of this pier, wdiich took place on 16th of May last, as we had not 

 then an opportunity of personally inspecting it, or of ascertaining its con- 

 struction •, we have since been favoured by our valuable correspondent, OT. 

 with the following observations, and sketch of the pier. He observes, " The 

 failure of Greenwich pier is not 

 a matter of surprise to parties 

 who understand the practical 

 construction of such works. 

 The immediate cause of the 

 failure was dredging in front 

 of the piles after the contrac- 

 tors had left the works, and the 

 arrangement of the piles being 

 faulty, as regards construction ; 

 the upper part is composed of 

 brickwork in cement (B). 18 

 feet high, and 14 inches thick 

 at top, capped with granite 1 

 foot thick, backed with con- 

 crete (C), and standing upon a 

 foundation of Yorkshire stone 

 landings (L), laid on a small 

 quantity of concrete, with a 

 substratum of foul gravel (G). 

 The landing in front rests on 

 a row of cast iron piles (I. P.) 

 25 feet long, and 5 feet apart, 

 grooved to admit between them 

 three cast iron plates, each 6 

 feet in height, these iron piles 

 were fastened by four, or two pair of wrought iron land ties (T) 2 inches 

 square, to wooden piles (W. P.) 18 feet long, and 12 inches square, driven in 

 land at a distance of 25* ft. from the front, and 5 ft. apart." The high water 

 mark is about 4 feet from the top, and low water mark 22 feet beloiv, or about 

 7 feet below the stone landing. From enquiry, we rather suspect the lower 

 ties, as shown in the sketch, were not fixed, nor do we see how they could 

 be, as they are shown considerably below low water mark. The superincum- 

 bent weight of the brickwork appears to have forced out the upper part of 

 the iron piles to a considerable distance, and caused the brickwork above to 

 slip down, and force out the iron plate ; but, it is very difficult to say. 

 whether this is the real cause of the failure, for until the ruins are cleared 

 away, nothing positive can be stated. 



Sunderland. — Several fissures are said to be apparent in the celebrated 

 Victoria Bridge, over the Weir. The Sunderland Harbour Commission have 

 abandoned the plan of Mr. Murray, for converting the harbour into a dock, 

 but they have another plan of improvement which is not yet public. 



Newcastle. — The new church of St. Peter has been opened, Mr. John 

 Dobson, Architect, and a Catholic cathedral, by Mr. Pugin, is now being 

 roofed in, the style is early English ; stone is used throughout in both these 

 edifices, the tower has been left unfinished until further funds are obtained. 

 Messrs. Green are architects for Lord Durham's monument, which is to be a 

 Grecian Doric temple, and built on Panister Hill. 



Waekworth Harbour. — The works are again commenced by the company, 

 the contractor having made arrangements to surrender the works to the 

 company. 



Newcastle and North Shields Railway Company are excavating a cut- 

 ting 50 feet deep for a road from the Station to the New Quay, with retaining 

 walls, and a bridge to carry a road over it at a cost of about 7,000/, 



Birmingham and Derby Railway. — No arrangement is likely to be made 

 in respect to the unfortunate differences witli the Midland Counties Railway, 

 upon terms fair to the shareholders of either company. 



Midland Counties Railway. — The Weir across the Trent, at the Soar 

 Mouth, is being constructed, not of Ashler stone, but of timber piles and 

 waling, and supported with inclines of Rubble stone above and below. The 

 Weir of ashler has been rescinded by |a late Act, on condition of the railway 

 company maintainiug it forever; its cost is about 5,000/. The Trent com- 

 pany insist upon its being done this summer, in consequence of several boats 

 having been sunk by coming in contact with Trent Bridge. 



Hertford and Ware Railway.— The works are taken by Grissell and 

 Peto, who have also taken extensive improvements of the Severn, in Glou- 

 cestershire, to the amount of 12'J,00W. 



