Carlisle, Langholm and Hawick Railway - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

Carlisle, Langholm and Hawick Railway

(Incorporation of Company for making a Railway from the Caledonian Railway,
near Mossband, to Hawick, with Branches to Gretna Junction Station, and
Canobie Colliery; Powers to Caledonia, Lancaster and Carlisle, Lancaster and
Preston Junction, Glasgow and South Western, and North British Railway
Companies;and Amendment of their Acts.)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be made to
Parliament in the ensuing Session, for leave to bring in a Bill to
incorporate a Company, with power to make and maintain the following
Railways, or one or more of them, and all proper Works and conveniences
connected therewith respectively, - viz. First, A. Railway, commencing by a
Junction with the Caledonian Railway, at a point in the Parish of
Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, and County of Cumberland, about fourteen chains to the
North-West of the point near Mossband, where the Caledonian Railway crosses
the Turnpike-road leading from Glasgow to Carlisle, and terminating by a
Junction with the Hawick Line of the North British Railway at a point in,
at, or near the County of Roxborough; which proposed Railway, and Works
connected therewith, will be situate in, and will pass from, through, and
into the parishes and places following, or some of them: That is to say,
the parishes of Kirkandrews-upon-Esk and Arthuret, and the townships of
Longtown, Kirkandrews Nether and Kirkandrews Middle, all in the County of
Cumberland, the parishes of Anobie, Langholm, and Ewes, in the County of
Dumfries, and parishes of Teviothead, Cavers, Hawick, and Wilton, and the
town of Hawick all in the County of Roxburgh: Secondly, A Branch Railway,
commencing by a Junction with the proposed Railway above described, at or
near a point in the Parish of Kirkandrews-upon-esk, and County of
Cumberland, about sixteen chains south-westward from the Gamekeeper's
Cottage, near Blackbank, now or lately occupied by James Blaylock, and
terminating by a Junction with the Caledonian Railway at a point in the same
Parish and County, at or near to the northern end of the Gretna Junction
Station of that Railway; which proposed Branch Railway, and Works connected
therewith, will be wholly situate in the parish of Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, and
township of Kirkandrews Nether, in the Countyt of Cumberland: and Thirdly,
A Branch Railway, commencing by a Junction with the proposed Railway first,
above described, at or near a point in the lands of Canobie lea in the
Parish of Canobie, and County of Dumfries, about three-quarters of a mile
southward from the Parish Church of Canobie, and terminating at a point in
the same parish at or near to Canobie Colliery; which proposed Branch
Railway last described, and Works connected therewith, will be wholly
situate in the said Parish of Canobie, and County of Dumfries.

AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, That Duplicate Plans and Sections,
describing the Lines, situation, and levels of the said **posed Railways,
and the land,houses, and the property through which the same are intended to
be made, and within the limits of deviation as defined on the said plans,
or which may be required to be taken for the purposes of the said Works,
together with a Book of Reference to such plans, containing the names of the
Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees, or reported Lessees, and Occupiers of
such lands, houses, and other property, and a published Map, to a scale of
not less than half an inch to a mile, with the Lines of the proposed
Railways delineated theron, so as to show their general course and
direction, and a copy of this Notice as published in the London and
Edinburgh Gazettes, will, on or before the thirtieth day of November
current, be depositied for public inspection in the Office at Carlisle of
the clerk of the Peace for the County of Cumberland, in the office at
Dumfries or the principal Sheriff-Clerk of the County of Dumfries, and in
the office at Jedburgh of the principal Sheriff-Clerk of the County of
Roxborough; and that a copy of so much of the said Plans, Sections, and Book
of Reference as relates to each of the Parishes before specified
respectively, with a copy of this Notice as published in the London and
Edinburgh Gazettes, will also, on or before the thirtieth day of November
current, be deposited for public inspection as follows: - That is to say, in
respect to the parishes of Kirkandrews-upon-Esk and Arthuret, with the
Parish-Clerk of each such parish, at the usual place of abode of such
Parish-Clerk; and in repect to the other parishes before specifired with the
Schoolmaster, or if there be no schoolmaster, with the Session-Clerk of each
such parish, at the usual place of abode of such Schoolmaster or Session
Clerk.

AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, That it is intended by the said Bill, to apply
for power to deviate, in the construction of the said proposed Railways,
from the lines and levels delineated on the plans and sections intended to
be deposited as aforesaid, to such an extent as will be defined on the said
Plans, and provided by the said Bill; and also to cross, alter, divert, and
stop up highways, turnpike, and other roads, railways, bridges, streets,
paths, passages, rivers, canals, streams, sewers, water-courses, telegraphic
apparatus, and gas and water pipes, so far as may be necessary or expedient
for the purpose of making, maintaining, and using the said Railways, or any
of the works and confeniences connected therewith.

And it is further intended by the said Bill, to empower the Company proposed
to be incorporated as aforesaid, the Caledonian Railway Company, and the
North British Railway Company, or the Directors of the said respective
Companies, to contract and agree with each other in relation to the use of
the Railways and Stations of the said Companies respectively, and Works
connected therewith, or any of them, or any portions thereof, for the
traffic on the said proposed Railways, or any of them, and in relations to
the tolls, rates, and charges to be levied in respect of such use, and to
confirm any agreements which may have been or may be entered into in
relation thereto.

And it is further intended by the said Bill, to empower the Company proposed
to be incorporated as aforesaid, the Caledonian Railway Company, and the
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, or the Directors of the said
Companies respectively, to contract and agree with each other in relation to
the use of the Citadel Station at Carlisle, and Works connected therewith,
for the traffic on the said proposed Railways, or any of them, and in
relation to the tolls, rates, and charges to be levied in respect of such
use, and to confirm any agreements which may have been or may be entered
into in relation thereto.

And it is further intended by the said Bill, to vary or extinguish all
duties, customs, or other payments, and rights and privileges, which may in
any manner impede or interfere with the objects aforesaid, or any of them,
and to confer all rights, privileges, and exemptions necessary or expedient
for effecting the said objects, or in relation thereto.

And, so far as necessary for these purposes, it is intended by the said Bill
to amend "The Caledonian Railway Act 1845", and the several other Acts
relating to the Caledonian Railway Company, passed respectively in the ninth
and tenth, the tenth, the tenth and eleventh, the eleventh and twelfth, the
twelfth and thirteenth, the fourteenth and fifteenth, the sixteenth and
seventeenth, the seventeenth and eighteenth, the eighteenth and nineteenth,
the twentieth and twenty-first, the twenty-first, and the twenty-first and
twenty-second years of the reign of Her present Majesty; an Act passed in
the seventh and eighth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled
"An Act for making a Railway from the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
at Lancaster to or near to the City of Carlisle," and the several other Acts
relating to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, passed respectively
in the eighth and ninth, the ninth and tenth, the twelfth and thirteenth,
the twentieth and twenty-firs, and the twenty-first and twenty-second years
of the reign of Her present Majesty; an Act passed in the seventh year of
the reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for
making and maintaining a Railway from the Town of Lancaster to the Town of
Preston, in the County-Palatine of Lancaster," and the several other Acts
relating to the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway company, passed
respectively in the third and fourth, the sixth and seventh, the twelfth and
thirteenth, the twentieth and twenty-first, and the twenty-first and
twenty-second years of the reign of Her present Majesty; and an Act passed
in the twenty-first and twenty-second years of the reign of Her present
Majesty, intituled "An Act for consolidating and Amending the Acts of the
North British Railway Company, and for authorizing Alterations in the Leith
and Fisherrow or Musselburgh Branches thereof, and for other purposes."

AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, That printed copies of the said Bill, as
proposed to be introduced into Parliament, will be deposited in the Private
Bill Office of the House of commons, on or before the twenty-third day of
December next.

HOPE & MACKAY, W.S., Edinburgh
GRAHAME, WEEMS, & GRAHAME,
30 Great George Street, Westminster.
2nd November, 1858.
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