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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee + + +Author: Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee + + + +Release Date: June 28, 2007 [eBook #21956] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) + + +</pre> +<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REPORT OF THE KNARESBROUGH +RAIL-WAY COMMITTEE***</p> +<p><a name="startoftext"></a></p> +<p>Transcribed from the March 1820 edition by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org</p> +<h1>REPORT<br /> +<span class="smcap">of the</span><br /> +KNARESBROUGH RAIL-WAY<br /> +COMMITTEE.</h1> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page iii--><a name="pageiii"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. iii</span>TO THE<br /> +NOBLEMEN <span class="smcap">and</span> GENTLEMEN,</p> +<p style="text-align: center">Proprietors of Estates,</p> +<p style="text-align: center">ON THE ADOPTED LINE;</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">to the</span><br /> +<span class="smcap">subscribers for the survey</span>,<br /> +<i>AND TO AN ENLIGHTENED AND LIBERAL PUBLIC</i>,</p> +<p style="text-align: center">This Report<br /> +<span class="smcap">of the</span><br /> +KNARESBROUGH RAIL-WAY,</p> +<p style="text-align: center">(<i>Originally intended for a Canal</i>)</p> +<p style="text-align: right">IS WITH ALL DUE DEFERENCE AND REGARD<br /> +PRESENTED BY THEIR FAITHFUL<br /> +AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS,<br /> +THE COMMITTEE.</p> +<h2><!-- page v--><a name="pagev"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +v</span>PREFACE.</h2> +<p>If the River Nidd and the brooks adjacent, in the vicinity of +Knaresbro’, up the valley to Ramsgill, near Pateley-Bridge, and near +the adopted line, had not possessed the many water-falls, and given motion +to the sixty-seven mills which they do;—or had the great landed +proprietors, on the line now adopted been hostile to this all improving +project, of this highly favoured and not less honoured, their native +district;—or had the hand of Nature, when it varied the surface of +our earth, no doubt for wise purposes, and formed those high hills, +composed their bowels of any other substance than what it is;—or had +the commercial necessities of Knaresbro’ and its neighbourhood not +existed, and the slow progress of their redemption, compared with others, +at one time of far less note, not been too apparent; then, perhaps, this +project, commendable as it is, would have shared the same fate, during a +season of sickness, which it did twenty years ago.</p> +<p>But since these falls of water do exist, and are always ready to lend +their willing aid to turn the ponderous wheels which impart motion to many +mill-stones and many thousand spindles, beyond the possibility of +denial;—and since the great landed proprietors have expressed nothing +unfriendly to the <!-- page vi--><a name="pagevi"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. vi</span>project, but, if any thing, the reverse, at +this moment of national difficulties and distress, highly to their credit +and understanding;—and since the all-wise hand of Providence hath +permitted an unceasing demand in one place, and a never-failing supply in +another, at distances perhaps the most suitable and interesting for a work +of this kind; <a name="citationvi"></a><a href="#footnotevi" +class="citation">[vi]</a>—and, considering the necessity which the +commerce of this district so evidently requires in an improved mode of +transporting, from place to place, its heavy weights, with despatch and +cheapness; then there can be no doubt of the propriety of prosecuting a +scheme of this kind, so long, as we believe, on substantial data, that the +completion of it will reward the shareholder, and give to this place what +it once possessed, and be the means of rendering it again the first +district in the kingdom for the manufacture of linens.</p> +<h2><!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.</h2> +<p>At a meeting held the 16th day of March, 1818, in the Town’s-Hall, +at Knaresbro’, your Committee were authorised to appoint a suitable +person to take a survey of the country, in order to point out the most +eligible line for a Canal to Knaresbro’.</p> +<p>After various correspondence with different engineers, the choice of +your Committee fell upon Thomas Telford, Esq. a gentleman of long +experience, and of whose abilities, as a civil engineer, every reliance was +placed. About the latter end of May following, this gentleman visited +Knaresbro’, viewed the localities of the place, took running and +comparative levels over the shortest and most convenient ground, to the +higher side of Linton-lock, and also towards Tadcaster. In the latter +direction, as being a more direct communication with the port of Hull, he +fully recommended a close survey to be made, for which purpose he sent his +assistant Mr. Palmer, who commenced the survey with such other assistance +as he required, about the latter end of June, and continued surveying and +levelling in various directions until the middle of September;—about +this time your Committee became alarmed for the success of the intended +Canal, both on account of the unfavourable ground between the town of +Knaresbro’ and Ribston, and the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient +head of water in a natural manner.</p> +<p>Besides at this time the elevated situation of Knaresbro’ above +the Wharfe was ascertained to be 198 feet, equal to 22 locks of 9 feet +each; and hence, even if water <!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 8</span>could be obtained at a cheap rate, by artificial +means, the number of locks requisite for locking down into a navigable part +of the river Wharfe or Ouse, distant about twenty miles, would alone render +the project unadvisable, by swelling the expense of the work in such a +manner as would totally destroy the expected advantages to be derived by +the trade of Knaresbro’ and the surrounding neighbourhood, or leave +little or no hopes for the shareholders receiving a fair per centage for +their money embarked.</p> +<p>Under these circumstances your committee abandoned all further hopes of +a Canal, and notwithstanding the funds then collected for the survey were +exhausted, they relied on the same spirit which gave rise to the project, +and felt convinced of the great utility and advantages of a Rail-way, if +taken from a navigable part of the river Wharfe, and continued, passing +Knaresbro’, up the valley to Pateley-Bridge.</p> +<p>The object of extending the work thus far, was, in order to secure the +back carriage of the lead, which is produced on a large scale in that +neighbourhood, besides the excellent lime for agricultural purposes made at +Greenhow-Hill, and the very excellent stone to be had there for making and +repairing of highways; together with the inexhaustible quantities of stone +for all purposes of building, which by the accounts we have of it, cannot +be excelled; and also the produce of many flax and cotton mills, all of +which are turned by water, and hence more likely to increase in number than +diminish; the quantity of tonnage to be found in that direction, at a +comparatively small expense in obtaining it, added to the tonnage of the +lower end of the line, would, undoubtedly increase, not only the utility of +the work, as regards the country in general, but give a preponderating +quantity of tonnage in a descending direction; the advantages of which were +so obvious to your Committee, that a survey nearly upon new ground was +undertaken, and continued under very favourable hopes, till at length it +was brought <!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +9</span>within the compass of both plans and sections, and exhibited to +your Committee about the latter end of January, 1819.</p> +<p>From which data, and what more Mr. Palmer was able to give Mr. Telford +from his own observations, your Committee requested Mr. Telford to give his +estimates of the most advantageous manner of communicating this place with +the navigable part of the river Ouse at Acaster Sailby, (this being at that +time the point fixed on at the lower end of the line) either by a double +Rail-way only, or by a double Rail-way to the Brook Crimple, and hence by a +Canal to Acaster Sailby, taking the water from this brook as a supply, and +forward from Knaresbro’ to Pateley-bridge, by a single Rail-way, with +passing places.</p> +<p>The separate expenses of each, as furnished by Mr. Telford, are +below:—</p> +<h3>MR. TELFORD’S ESTIMATE.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>4¾ miles, with 116 feet fall.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>From the lowest part of the Bond End, at the bottom of the High-Street, +in Knaresbro’, to the Brook Crimple, on Ribston-Green, a double +Railway</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>15,794</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>9m. 1140 yds. with 82 feet fall.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>From the Crimple Brook to Acaster Sailby, a Canal</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>68,628</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Add Ten per Cent. for Contingencies</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8,442</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>92,864</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>20 m. 142 yds. with 198 feet fall.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>From the same point in Knaresbro’ to Acaster Sailby, by a double +Rail-way</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>60,000</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>14¾ m. with a fall of 11 feet per mile.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>From the same point in Knaresbro’ to Pateley-Bridge, with +Passing-places</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>38,830</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>In the foregoing estimates Mr. Telford has considered the Canal, with +its locks and bridges, as suitable for the Humber Sloops, and the Rail-way +sufficiently strong to admit of one ton and a half being carried by one +waggon.</p> +<p><!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +10</span>When it was originally intended for the lower end of the line to +commence at Acaster Sailby, it was unknown to your Committee that an Act of +Parliament existed, levying duties on merchandise on the River Ouse, after +the same had passed the Wharfe mouth towards York; for the better +information of the public, we insert as much as relates thereto.</p> +<h3>ACT OF THE 5TH OF GEORGE II.</h3> +<blockquote> +<p>“An Act for rendering more effectual an Act passed in the 13th +year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the First, entitled an +Act for improving the Navigation of the River Ouse, in the County of +York:—</p> +<p>“That from and after the 24th day of June, 1732, all and every the +goods, wares, and merchandises, and other commodities, carried and conveyed +on the said River Ouse, above Wharfe mouth, except such manure, dung, +compost, or lime only, as shall be water borne, and used and applied in +tillage; and also except all timber, stone, and other materials, made use +of in or about the works necessary for improving of the navigation of the +said river, shall pay the tolls or rates following, that is to +say,—</p> +<p>“For every ton of wines and groceries, almonds, Areack brandy, +cyder, cydar egar, hops, fish oil, line-oil, Florence oil, Seville oil, and +turpentine oil, rum, spirits, tobacco, vinegar, bacon, hams, sides, and +pork; cases and chests by measure, china, coffee, cork, drugs, and +medicines; dyers’ ware, (except logwood, copperas, and alum); flour, +glass, (except green glass bottles); haberdashers’ wares, household +furniture, iron wrought, linen, linen-drapers’ wares, lemons, +oranges, and nuts; leather and calves’ skins; mercery ware, silk and +woollen, paper white and books, garden seeds, salt, tea, and +woollen-drapery <!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 11</span>ware,—two shillings and sixpence +respectively;—and so in proportion for any greater or less +quantity. For every ton of cheese, flax, pewter, soap, marble, +bell-metal, brass battery, and copper, two shillings respectively, and so +in proportion for any greater or less quantity.</p> +<p>“For every ton of oak, bark, corn of all sorts, earthenware, green +glass bottles, iron cast and unwrought, lead white and red; paper, cap, +white, and brown; grass-seeds, beans and peas, rapeseed, stone, tallow, +tin-plates and wire; timber, oak, ash and elm,—one shilling +respectively; and so in proportion for every greater or less quantity.</p> +<p>“For every ton of alum, copperas, logwood, brimstone, bricks, +tiles, coals, hemp, hay, lime for building, lead, and turfs,—sixpence +respectively; and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity.</p> +<p>“For every firkin, pot, cask, or other vessel of butter, one +penny. For every hundred of oysters, one penny. And that all +other goods, not herein particularly rated, shall pay ad valorem, such +rates or duties as shall be ascertained by the said commissioners, +appointed by or in pursuance of the said former Act.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Soon as your Committee had clearly ascertained the existence of this +Act, and its consequent increase on the tonnage of flax, a deputation went +down to the Wharfe mouth, to examine the river, as far up as Bolton Percy, +and found from their own observations, but more particularly from the +information they collected, that vessels of seventy tons burden can +navigate the river, nearly always once in twelve hours the whole year; and +that, if a little improvement was made in the river at three places, which +are rather too shallow for vessels of this burden, they might pass at all +times without interruption; the deputation were also of opinion that the +improvement was <!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 12</span>practicable at a moderate expense. This +deputation also examined the line below Bolton Percy, (see the map <a +name="citation12"></a><a href="#footnote12" class="citation">[12]</a>) and +found it passed through the estate of Sir Wm. Milner Bart. near his +residence, and over lands in his own occupation, consequently more likely +to meet with his opposition than his approbation.</p> +<p>Under these accumulated circumstances, your Committee decidedly +recommended a double Rail-way, to commence at a bend in the river, near +Bolton Percy, (see the map) which will shorten the length of the original +line about one mile and a half, and lessen the expense of the project at +the same time; thence in a line, nearly straight, to Bow-Bridge, passing on +the South side of the village of Wighill, and close to the North end of the +village of Walton. Thence in a circuitous direction towards +Wetherby;—but if the line was permitted to pass from the North end of +the village of Walton to the North side of Ingmanthorpe, the seat of +Richard Fountaine Wilson, Esq. distant from his residence about four +hundred yards, it would pass over very suitable ground, and shorten the +length of the line five-eights of a mile more. By either of these +lines it would cross the great North Road, near the Drover’s Inn, +then proceed on the North side of the village of Little Ribston, and by the +banks of the River Nidd, sufficiently high to avoid the broken parts, +crossing the said river by a bridge, near St. Robert’s Well, and +thence proceeding along the Eastern side of the town of Knaresbro’, +ascending, in an uniform manner, to the level of the bottom of the +High-Street, commonly called Bond-End; where it will most conveniently pass +behind, or on the West side of Mr. Wm. Clayton’s house; or, if more +desirable to the owners of property at this point, it is possible to pass +it under ground, and enter the valley of the Nidd without affecting or +destroying any property, except two or three old houses belonging to Mrs. +Stubbs. The line, for a single Rail-way, will then wind along the +North bank of <!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +13</span>the valley, till it crosses the Nidd by another bridge, the clumps +of trees on Scotton Moor; from this point it will keep on very favourable +ground along the South side of the river, passing half way between +Killinghall village and Killinghall bridge; thence through the middle of +Hampsthwaite village, and close by Wreaksmill crossing the Nidd again below +the village of Birstwith; after which it winds along the North bank of the +River Nidd to Pateley-Bridge.</p> +<p>Your Committee having stated their reasons for abandoning the project of +a Canal, and recommending that of a Railway, and having also pointed out +the adopted line, the next duty which presents itself to their notice is +the Revenue;—the nature and quantity of Tonnage which is likely to +come upon the line, and within the limits of its attraction;—and give +to each such a charge as will equally benefit the various consumers. +Such as we conceive to be of the most general importance, first attracts +notice, which is the article of</p> +<h3>COAL,</h3> +<p>Wherein there is little doubt but a saving of eight shillings per +chaldron will, on the completion of the work, be effected—a most +material object for the poor, and the general benefit of commerce. +The rule by which this computation is made, compared with others we have +seen, is very much on the safe side, but should a trifling mistake occur, +we confidently believe that the decrease in the price of this article will +very much enhance its consumption, without anticipating any increased +demand at the lime-works and bleach-grounds, arising from an increase of +business, which naturally follows the cheapness of carriage, and the rapid +transport of goods from place to place. The increase of population, +while speaking of this article, must not be omitted, since, in the last +twenty-one years it hath increased from four to near seven thousand, +including Knaresbro’, Scriven-with-Tentergate, and <!-- page 14--><a +name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 14</span>Brearton. The +most correct statement we are able to give is below:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><span class="smcap">tons</span>.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Knaresbro’ and Scriven with Tentergate, including lime-kilns and +bleach-grounds</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>11,000</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Brearton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>100</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Flaxby</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>50</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Goldsborough</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>100</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Haverah Park</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>25</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Killinghall</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>350</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Plumpton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>100</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Harrowgate and Bilton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3,000</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Ribston</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>150</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Scotton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>200</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Stainburn</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>200</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>15,275</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Birstwith Township</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>500</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Hampsthwaite and Felliscliffe do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>600</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Clint do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>260</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Darley do. </p> +</td> +<td> +<p>400</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Hartwith do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>450</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Thornthwaite do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>200</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Dacre do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>500</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Bewerley do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1,600</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Bishopside do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>50</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Updale do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1,500</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p> Pateley Tonnage </p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6,060</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p> Knaresbro’ do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>15,275</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Total Tonnage of Coals</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>21,335</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>From good authority we are informed that Kippax and Haigh-Moor coals can +be delivered at Bolton-Percy for ten shillings per chaldron, or 8s. to 8s +6d. per ton.; and if any back carriage could be procured they would be +delivered for less, hence the advantage of taking yarns, &c. from +Knaresbro’, and the neighbourhood of Pateley-Bridge to Barnsley, and +bringing coals back; but independent of <!-- page 15--><a +name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 15</span>such an advantage we +are able to prove the great saving named before in these coals:</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Cost per chaldron of the Kippax, or Haigh-moor coals, at the end of the +Rail-way, at or near Bolton Percy, is</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>10</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Removing do. into the waggon, (if not landed 4d.)</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Rail-way dues, 18 miles, at 2d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Waggon dues, 18 miles, at l½d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>16</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>The present cost by way of Boroughbridge, is one pound five shillings, +and hence the saving to the public on every ton, or chaldron of coals, will +be nine shillings, except the merchants’ profit.</p> +<p>By the foregoing statement the tonnage of the Knaresbro’ and +Pateley-Bridge coal, when it reaches Knaresbro’, will yield a revenue +of £3200. annually, being 21,335 tons, at 2d. per ton, per mile, for +18 miles, and the tonnage on the coal belonging the district up to +Pateley-Bridge will be 6000 tons, for 6 miles, the average distance at 2d. +per ton, per mile, or £303. 0s. 0d. making together £3503. 0s. +0d.</p> +<p>The next topic for our consideration which naturally presents itself, is +the surplus</p> +<h3>PRODUCE OF THE SOIL,</h3> +<p>Which although composed of a great variety, we shall here only notice +that of Corn; and although the town of Knaresbro’ and its vicinity, +cannot complain of a scanty or contracted supply, nor yet of exorbitant +prices, compared with their more western neighbours, the inhabitants of +Craven, and the borders of Lancashire: who, at least must pay such suitable +advance as will compensate for a long and expensive land, or a longer and +protracted water carriage, neither of which in all probability, can in +these days of depression, bear a further reduction of rate.—Under +these circumstances, knowing the soil in the <!-- page 16--><a +name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 16</span>neighbourhood of +Wetherby and Tadcaster to be rich and fertile, we feel some confidence that +corn and its produce in flour and meal, (which can so conveniently be +converted by mills upon the line,) will soon become an article of tonnage +in no small degree, nearly the whole length of the line; and thence being +removed by land carriage from Pateley-Bridge to Skipton and other places +further west, will be found cheaper than heretofore. The quantity of +tonnage on this head is not so clearly ascertained, still it will have some +reference to the quantity of coals brought from Skipton into the +neighbourhood of Pateley-Bridge, or the quantity of lead taken from +Pateley-Bridge, to Ripon as either one or the other of these articles, in +both directions must be considered back carriage, otherwise they could not +be removed, as heretofore, at the usual low rates. From these data, +and the fact of three waggons three days each week from Knaresbro’ +towards Skipton, we believe the tonnage under this head in that direction +will be three thousand tons annually, which being nearly the whole length +of the line, or twenty-five miles at 3d. per ton, per mile, will yield a +revenue of £937. 10s. Being aware some doubt may arise as to +the computation of this tonnage being correct, we feel no apprehension as +to the result.</p> +<p>For while it must be admitted, that lead in this case ceases to be a +back carriage, hence the expense of carrying corn from Ripon to +Pateley-Bridge must naturally increase, whilst on the contrary, the expense +by the Railway must as naturally decrease; these two circumstances in all +probability will fully support the estimate, if not greatly exceed it.</p> +<p>We now come to the present principal trade of the town and neighbourhood +of Knaresbro’, which is that of dressing Flax and spinning Yarns; and +what first takes our notice upon the subject of tonnage, is that of</p> +<h3>FLAX.</h3> +<p>This article during the latter period of the late war, was dressed and +manufactured here in greater quantities <!-- page 17--><a +name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 17</span>than at present, +probably owing to the profits upon it at that time being more adequate to +the heavy expense of carriage, than they are now. The depressed state +of the trade since that period has caused one flax-mill, turned by water, +to be converted into a corn-mill, no doubt to the detriment of others in +that line; and two more, turned by the power of steam, to stand still, and +become useless; whereas, if carriage could be considerably reduced upon +this article, and also in that of coal as stated already there remains +little doubt but this useless property would regain its former value, and +additional employment be afforded to the increasing population of the +neighbourhood; an object at all times deserving the notice of the opulent +and rich, and which of late, hath, with partial success engaged the united +efforts of the legislature.</p> +<p>In calculating on the tonnage of this article we have it in our power to +be more exact than on that of any named before, for every individual +concerned with it, has made his own return, and which added together +amounts to two thousand four hundred and forty tons, being for the town of +Knaresbro’, one thousand seven hundred; and for the neighbourhood up +to Pateley-Bridge, seven hundred and forty. Hence the amount of +revenue from this tonnage will be as follows:</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>From Bolton Percy to Knaresbro’ 2440 tons per ann. 18 miles, at +4d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>732</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>From Knaresbro’ to Pateley-Bridge, which is 14¾ miles, but +for safety sake is only taken at 12.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>740 tons, 12 miles at 4d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>148</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>880</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Having pointed out the probable amount of revenue which the article of +Flax will yield to the Railway; we shall next endeavour to exhibit how much +will be saved <!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +18</span>between the present and the projected mode of conveying it to +Knaresbro’:</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p>From Hull, via B. Bridge, the present expense per ton, is</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£ 1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>And the time of coming from 10 to 21 days</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>From Hull to Bolton Percy, per ton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>5</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Removing from the boat into the waggon</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Rail dues, 18 miles, at 4d. per ton per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Waggon dues, 18 miles, at 1½d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>14</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>By this statement it appears there is a saving of 8s. per ton from Hull +to Knaresbro’; and nothing seems to prevent the same ratio holding +good from Hull to Pateley-Bridge; besides should the Flax come from Hull on +board the regular traders, it will in all probability arrive at the Wharfe +mouth in two tides, and from thence to Knaresbro’ in eight or nine +hours; but should the trade of Knaresbro’ attract the notice of the +owners of steam vessels, its dispatch would doubtless be greater; and more +in proportion it would benefit the trade of the place; in as much as +cheapness of carriage and dispatch of goods whether manufactured or +otherwise are the very sinews of commerce, and in such proportion as these +are obtained, so will the wealth and prosperity of the town or +neighbourhood be regulated.</p> +<p>In presuming upon any increase of tonnage on this head, we feel equally +safe as on any other, or more so; for if the present mills turned by water, +and spinning Flax were found insufficient, some corn-mills might easily be +converted, and in lieu of them, wind-mills might be erected, for which +purpose many fine situations present themselves on both sides of the +valley, where there is abundance of stone and lime always contiguous, which +<!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 19</span>would +render such erections less expensive than in many other places.</p> +<p>The next subject for our consideration, and which naturally follows the +last, is the tonnage arising from manufactured</p> +<h3>LINEN,</h3> +<p>Which in former times when spinning was done by hand, was the staple +trade of Knaresbro’ and its vicinity, but which, of late years has +been much on the decline, perhaps owing to many causes.</p> +<p>The principal one we are disposed to believe, arose from the capitalists +originally engaged in that line becoming mill owners; and as mills for +sometime did not increase by their numbers so rapidly as to glut the market +with their produce, the profits in that branch were better than the other; +and as this became apparent, its effects soon spread; so that few more +reasons are requisite to prove the fact, of the Linen Manufacture having +given place to that of Yarns.</p> +<p>Another reason why it hath not made equal progress with other places, +may be the length of time manufactured goods are on their passage to +London, where there is a market for every thing every day; the port of York +is the only one where these goods have been shipped, and from what cause we +cannot say, but they have been frequently so long on their passage, that +good connections have been entirely lost on that account; whereas if the +Railway was completed, Hull would naturally become the port of +Knaresbro’, and all produce of its manufacture would reach Hull in +two days, at a much less expense than at present, and London most probably +in five or six days more. Thus it is highly probable an order from +London might be executed and warehoused in eight days, or sometimes in half +that time; a convenience perhaps unenjoyed by any other place of the +kind.</p> +<p>Notwithstanding the manufacture of Linens here has <!-- page 20--><a +name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>not till lately been +carried forward in that variety, nor the great increase of Looms been made +compared with other places, still the character of Knaresbro’ Linens +is maintained, when brought into service.</p> +<p>With regard to the tonnage arising from Linens, it alone will not be +considerable, but as it is one article of tonnage in a descending +direction, we beg leave to class with it, that of Linen Yarns, for should, +by this improved mode of conveyance, either of these increase in quantity +in a descending direction, the other as naturally will decrease, and as a +considerable proportion of Yarns made in this neighbourhood, finds a market +at Barnsley, and in that direction, it is presumed that along the Railway, +and thence by a Barnsley boat, will be the cheapest mode of conveyance; and +in the reverse direction coal will naturally become an article of tonnage +and traffic. Having already from good and safe data, stated the +quantity of Flax likely to come on this improved line of conveyance, at +2440 tons, and why a great proportion of it when made into Linens, Yarns, +and Tow, should naturally be tonnage in a descending direction, we hope the +public will give us credit for estimating this tonnage, at 2000 tons, per +annum, and which we will suppose to be all delivered at Knaresbro’; +hence the tonnage of it to Bolton Percy, will be 2000 tons, 18 miles, at +4d. per ton, per mile £600. per annum, in a descending direction.</p> +<p>We now come to that consideration belonging the tonnage arising from</p> +<h3>GENERAL MERCHANDIZE,</h3> +<p>Which will include every thing consumed for the support of the +population, and which there is no occasion to dwell upon separately under +respective heads. This tonnage is made up from entries of different +individuals, and amounts to 1035 tons, per annum, in an ascending +direction; 570 for the town of Knaresbro’; and for the district, up +to <!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>Pateley-Bridge, 465; the revenue arising from this source will be +as under:</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p>1035 tons, 18 miles, at 6d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£465</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>15</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>465 do. do. do. do. do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>139</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>10</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>605</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>5</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Although the distance from Knaresbro’ to Pateley-Bridge is +14¾ miles, still we have only rated it at 12 miles.</p> +<h3>TIMBER AND IRON</h3> +<p>Will also become articles of tonnage in an ascending direction, and +although different when considered respectively, are in their application +so liable to meet, that perhaps it may not infringe much on their +respective rights if classed together for their amount of tonnage; the +amount handed to us is composed of returns made by such individuals as are +concerned in the trade, and although it does not form a conspicuous figure, +nor produce a great sum, still perhaps it is not the less likely to make up +its full share of increase; for with these, cast metal may be classed, and +recollecting the great wear and tear in mills, machinery, and waggons on +the Railway, the quantity is more likely to be doubled, in a short period, +than that of any named before; the amount of revenue as at present +calculated, would be 1250 tons, up to Knaresbro’ from Bolton Percy, +being 18 miles, at 3d. per ton, per mile, is £281. 5s. 0d. And +for the district of Pateley-Bridge, the returns are 450 tons, taken at 12 +miles, at 3d. per ton, per mile, amounts to £67. 10s. 0d. per +annum.</p> +<p>Another article of tonnage both ascending and descending may be named, +and on which some revenue may be expected to arise, although the data for +estimating it may be greatly clouded; it is that of</p> +<h3>PASSENGERS.</h3> +<p>The market of Knaresbro’ is generally well supplied, and prices +moderate, as they are in other equally fertile <!-- page 22--><a +name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 22</span>districts, except in a +few articles, such as poultry, butter and eggs; but the increase of price +in these articles is the most felt during the Harrogate season, when large +quantities are in great demand for that improving place. +Contemplating the execution of this project, it would immediately afford a +most complete opening for all produce of this kind, coming to the market, +in an easy, comfortable, and cheap manner, from a neighbourhood which hath +not before enjoyed such an advantage, and would bring with it a +corresponding demand for such articles of merchandize as are sold at +Knaresbro’, and in daily consumption in all farm houses. +Contemplating again the prospect of a steam conveyance from the lower end +of the Railway to Hull, which is highly probable, it is only natural to +suppose, that very few journies would be taken, by the inhabitants of +Knaresbro’, and its vicinity, by any other conveyance to Hull, +because cheapness, expedition, and comfort would recommend it.</p> +<p>Having stated such as we can at present call the ascending tonnage, our +next duty is to say what there is which presents itself, that we can rely +upon for a descending tonnage, more than what hath already been treated +of.</p> +<p>Of these we find a tolerable variety, and of some articles a never +failing supply; viz. lead; stone for building; stone for highways; lime and +lime stone; slates; flags; oak bark; wood; cotton twist; Irish flax and +linens; ashes and several other kinds of American produce; which if we +treat of as they are respectively named, that of</p> +<h3>LEAD</h3> +<p>First takes our attention. This article from time immemorial has +been extracted from the bowels of the earth, at Greenhowhill, near +Pateley-Bridge, in large quantities, the greatest part of which, of late +years, has been carted to Ripon, a distance of twelve miles, and thence +shipped for Hull, at an expense of one pound per ton.</p> +<p>From good authority we are informed that these <!-- page 23--><a +name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 23</span>mines produce annually, +3000 tons, out of which quantity 2500 will become tonnage along the +Railway, as below:—2500 tons, 33 miles, 1½d. per ton, per +mile, is £515 12 6.</p> +<p>The advantage which the proprietors of these mines will derive from this +improved mode of conveyance, is made apparent, by the following +statement:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p>From Pateley Bridge to Hull, by way of Ripon and Boroughbridge, per ton, +is</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£ 1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>BY THE RAILWAY,</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>From Pateley-Bridge to Bolton Percy, 33 miles, 1½d. per ton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1½</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Rail dues, 33 miles, at l½d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1½</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Removing from the waggon into the boat</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Freight to Hull from Bolton Percy</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>12</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>7</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>By this statement it appears there is a clear saving of 7s. 6d. per ton; +but should the freight and carriage at present be only 19s. instead of 20s. +as before stated, then the saving will be 6s. 6d. which is an object of no +small moment, and contributes its full share of recommendation to the +project.</p> +<h3>STONE FOR BUILDING,</h3> +<p>Next claims our attention: It is of various kinds and qualities, some +about Birstwith is of a strong coarse grit, will bear an immense pressure, +is well adapted for bridges, locks, wiers, &c. but is not to be had in +blocks large enough for pier works. There is another kind of stone at +Dacre-Pasture, of a much finer grit than the last, paler in colour, and +well adapted for finer masonry, such as columns, pediments, &c. +Blocks of this kind may be had of large dimensions. Another kind of +stone is found at Wilsill, in quality similar to that at Birstwith, but may +<!-- page 24--><a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span>be +risen in much larger blocks. When the Ouse-bridge at York was +building, in 1818, the contractors for, or the inspectors of that work, got +some stone from this neighbourhood for the piers, and by a letter from Mr. +William Craven, one of the inspectors, there is no doubt of its being fit +for any kind of public works, as bridges, locks, &c. The expense +of land carriage from the quarry to Ripon was the sole cause why a greater +quantity was not made use of.</p> +<p>There is another kind of stone found a little way above Pateley-bridge, +well adapted for flags, window heads and soles, staircases, landings, +tomb-stones, and grind-stones; but owing to the beds being thin, it is not +well adapted for general building purposes.</p> +<p>At Fellbeck, near Smelthouse-mill, a slate quarry has lately been +opened, which produces a slate of a darker colour than that of Idle, is +very sound, lays well on, and will probably improve in fineness, if pursued +to a greater depth. A ton of it will cover about ten square +yards.</p> +<p>Another Slate-Quarry, at Bouthwaite, near Pateley-Bridge, has recently +been discovered; the produce of which is much superior to that of Idle; a +ton of it will cover about 14 square yards.</p> +<p>All this stone and slate is immediately upon the adopted line, or can be +brought to it for 4¼d. per foot, which, with the expense of carriage +to Bolton-Percy will cost at that place as below:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Rail-dues 30 miles, at 1¼d. per ton per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Waggon-dues, do. do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Calculating 16 feet of this stone to weigh one ton, it appears the +carriage of each foot will cost</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4¾</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>And the original cost delivered on the line</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4¼</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Cost of this stone at Bolton-Percy per foot</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Which if necessity requires, may experience a little reduction. +<!-- page 25--><a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 25</span>At +this time the Bramley-fall stone delivered at Selby, costs 1s. per foot; +and at York during the building of Ouse-bridge it cost from 15d. to +16d.</p> +<h3>STONE FOR HIGHWAYS.</h3> +<p>This is found in immense quantities at Greenhow-hill, distant from +Pateley-bridge two miles, it resembles a grey flint; the road from +Pateley-bridge to Skipton is principally composed of it; it is hard but +easily broken small, and after a little using almost resembles one entire +stone; its use and extraordinary properties are not known to a great +distance, particularly towards Ripon or Ripley; this may be accounted for +in two ways—first, the hills in either direction are long and steep; +and 2dly, other materials are just at hand, of a quality sufficient for a +road where the forbidding ascents deny the frequent passing of heavy +carriages.</p> +<p>This stone has been compared to that at Middleton-Tyas, near Richmond, +and when analysed is found to be exactly of the same quality, although a +little lighter in colour; it was compared to this merely to prove a +corresponding property.</p> +<p>For it is a certain fact, that the Middleton-Tyas stone has been for +some time, and is now, carted from the quarry to Northallerton and +Brompton, distant 14 and 15 miles, for the use of their highways, at an +expence of 8s. 2d. per ton to the former, and 9s. to the latter +place. This fact is the more remarkable, since there has been a +quarry open for many years, within 200 yards of Northallerton, but the +stone is only of a common kind. From this circumstance, it is fair to +expect, that provided the stone of Greenhow-hill can be delivered at +Bolton-Percy for 6s. 6d. per ton, and at Cawood, Selby, Booth-Ferry, and +Howden for 8s. it will both become an article of tonnage in a descending +direction, and a great acquisition to that district; but as that +neighbourhood has never been in the habit of paying such a high <!-- page +26--><a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 26</span>price for +highway materials, it will probably in the first instance meet with many +objections, which may be replied to in two ways—1st, that whatever is +worth doing, is worth well doing; and that the best materials are the +cheapest;—and 2dly, if the surveyors and overseers of Northallerton +and Brompton have, by their experience, established the above fact, and +found this stone cheaper than that at home, it is reasonable to conclude +that the surveyors and overseers of the highways in the neighbourhood of +Cawood, Selby, and Howden, may do the same; for the soil of that district +is equally fertile and rich as that of Northallerton; and the occupiers of +it equally opulent—hence their ability to do well whatever is worth +doing.</p> +<p>The expense of this stone at the before-mentioned places we state +below:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>One ton of stone delivered at Pateley-bridge</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>33 miles Rail dues at 1d. per ton per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>33 miles waggon dues, do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Cost of stone at Bolton-Percy per ton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Removing do. into the boat, do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Freight of do. Selby, Cawood, or Howden</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>It is probable the expense of delivering this stone at Pateley-bridge, +might be reduced by the application of a Railway from that place to the +quarry; by this estimate horses are expected to be used; it is also +possible to remove it from the waggon to the boat at less than is stated +above.</p> +<p>The neighbourhood of Pateley-bridge possessing many water-falls on which +more mills might be built, gave rise to an idea of cutting this +last-mentioned stone by water-sawing, into scantlings for fire-places, +hearths, and slabs; but upon an experiment being tried, it was found to +contain what is termed the dry heads, which cause a division of the parts +when brought into <!-- page 27--><a name="page27"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 27</span>service, otherwise it yields a beautiful +polish, and exhibits much of the shell and feather; but notwithstanding +this last attempt hath failed to augment its value, another in reserve +still remains of no small moment, which is that of the most excellent</p> +<h3>GREENHOW-HILL LIME.</h3> +<p>In the district where it has long been used as a manure either for +arable or grassing land, no comment on its superior utility is requisite; +but to those parts where its presence hitherto hath been forbidden by the +rugged and steep hills, and to others at too great a distance to warrant +the expense of a long land carriage, something of its superior quality as a +manure in this place may not, we hope, be deemed unseasonable, especially +as the carriage of it, when the Railway is constructed, will be an object +of less notice, and this will be exemplified hereafter.</p> +<p>We have said before, the stone of Greenhow-hill has been submitted to +analysis, to prove a corresponding property with that of Middleton-Tyas; +this inquiry was extended to ascertain if they produced similar lime, and +we have great satisfaction to inform the public this was the case.</p> +<p>We say a great satisfaction, because we have it in proof, that the +Middleton-Tyas lime is situated in a country, where a knowledge of its +excellence is not confined to narrow limits by steep and forbidding hills, +but being more favourably situated, it has been for a great number of +years, and is now, with increasing demand, conveyed generally 17 or 18 +miles, and in some instances, into the immediate vicinity of other kilns, +even at 24 miles distance.</p> +<p>The reader will be best able to calculate the expense of this lime to +the consumer, when he is informed that the cost at the kilns is 12s. per +chaldron of 32 bushels Winchester, one of which weighs 7st. 8lb.</p> +<p>Under this view of the case, we hope it may not be deemed impertinent to +recommend a trial of this lime, even in districts where lime is plentiful +and cheap, and which hath been upon proof hitherto satisfactory; and should +<!-- page 28--><a name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span>it +unexpectedly fail upon arable land, we still beg it may be admitted to a +trial on grassing land. For the purpose of bleaching it hath been +carted to Bilton-cum-Harrogate, and used with satisfaction, and frequently +9 or 10 miles towards Ripley, to places distant from the Nidd lime-kilns +only 3 or 3½ miles. To say any thing of this lime for the +purpose of building we are completely unable; for whenever it became a +topic of conversation, its excellence as a manure alone may be named as one +reason, and that of having at Knaresbro’ kilns, a kind as well +adapted for building as any lime probably can be, and at a rate as +reasonable as circumstances will admit of, may be offered as another +reason.</p> +<p>Having ascertained that two tons of this lime stone will make one +chaldron of lime, weighing 1 ton 7 cwt. 2qrs. we give below a statement of +what it will cost at different points on the line, recommending at the same +time on all occasions the lime-stone to meet the coal.</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Cost of the stone at Pateley-bridge, 2 tons</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>10 miles Rail-dues, at 1d. per ton per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>10 do. Waggon-dues, do.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>7½ bushels of coals, at 7d. per bushel</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>4½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Breaking stone and burning</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>At Killinghall Toll-bar the chaldron of lime is</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>11</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>5 miles additional tonnage on stone</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>12</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>10½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>5 miles decrease of tonnage on coal</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>7½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>At the Bond-End Knaresbro’ the lime per chal.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>12</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>6 miles additional tonnage on stone</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>14</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>6 miles decrease of Tonnage on coal</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>13</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p><!-- page 29--><a name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 29</span>By +the above statement it appears the Greenhow-hill lime can be burnt at +Ribston, for 13s. 6d. per chaldron, a circumstance not unlikely to make it +in great demand, whenever its properties are known for agricultural +purposes.</p> +<p>Adverting now to some articles the exact quantity of which is difficult +to ascertain, such as slate, oak bark, wood, Irish flax and linens, ashes +and some other kinds of American and colonial produce imported into +Liverpool, and which will have a cheap conveyance from Liverpool to Skipton +by canal, and naturally become a back carriage from Skipton to +Pateley-Bridge; as corn, &c. will move in the other direction, and from +Pateley-Bridge to Knaresbro’, by the Railway at a much cheaper rate +than heretofore, and will as a matter of course, increase the tonnage, as +example will prove:</p> +<h3>VIA SKIPTON.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>The present cost per ton from Liverpool to Skipton in general +Merchandize, is</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Do. from Skipton to Knaresbro’</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>7</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>14</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<h3>VIA LEEDS.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p>The present cost per ton from Liverpool to Leeds</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Do. Leeds to Knaresbro’</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>15</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>15</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<h3>VIA RAILWAY.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p>The present cost per ton at Skipton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Skipton to Pateley-Bridge</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>16</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Pateley-Bridge to Knaresbro’, per Railway, 15 miles, at 3d. per +ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>9</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Waggon dues, 15 miles, at 1½d. per ton, per mile</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>10½</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>8</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3½</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>By the foregoing statement it appears, that when an average of the cost +is taken, which the present modes of conveyance afford, and contrasted with +the Railway when <!-- page 30--><a name="page30"></a><span +class="pagenum">p. 30</span>completed, the latter will have a preference of +6s. 3½d. per ton, being a reduction of more than ten per cent. upon +the present charges.</p> +<p>Having now dwelt on the different articles of tonnage in each direction, +with as much accuracy as we are able, and finding the tonnage in the +ascending direction amount to 31,735 tons per annum, and that in the +contrary to 4,000; and believing from the best information we are able to +obtain, that for every two tons moved in an ascending direction, three tons +may be moved in the contrary; consequently we look to building stone, stone +for highways and lime, and some other articles not enumerated, to make up +the quantity of tonnage required to keep the whole waggons in full work; +and to produce the greatest possible revenue.</p> +<p>Having enumerated such tonnage as falls within our power of calculation, +and named a source with strong probability of much more; we come next to +the general summary, and to contrast it with the expense of the project as +stated by Mr. Telford, wherein we have no doubt, but every ample +consideration is embraced.</p> +<h3>COST OF THE RAILWAY.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Bolton Percy to Knaresbro’, 18 miles, at £3,000, per mile, +double Railway</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£54,000</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Knaresbro’ to Pateley-Bridge, 14¾ miles, with passing +places, single Railway</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>38,830</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>92,830</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<h3>REVENUE ASCENDING.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>21,335</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Tons of Coal, see page 15</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3503</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>3,000</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>. . . Corn, &c. p. 16</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>937</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>10</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>2,440</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>. . . Flax, p. 17</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>880</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>1,035</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>. . . Merchandise 21</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>605</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>5</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>1,250</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>. . . Timber and Iron 21</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>281</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>5</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>29,060</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6207</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<h3><!-- page 31--><a name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +31</span>REVENUE DESCENDING.</h3> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>£.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>s.</i></p> +</td> +<td> +<p><i>d.</i></p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>2,000</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Tons Linens and Yarns, (see page 20)</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>600</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>2,500</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>. . . Lead . . . 23</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>515</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>12</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>4,500</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1115</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>12</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Total amount of revenue at present estimated</p> +</td> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>7322</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>12</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>6</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>By the above statements it appears the project will cost £92,830; +and the amount of revenue arising from such tonnage as is comprehensible, +will amount annually to £7,322. 12s. 6d. which is rather more than 8 +per cent. per annum for the shareholders, independent of 39,090 tons more +which the works will be able to perform, if required, and which from the +low price of one penny per ton for Rail dues, for twenty miles, will amount +to £3,257. 10s. 0d. and when only another penny per ton, per mile is +estimated for waggon dues, this kind of tonnage will be conveyed at a cheap +rate, and delivered in the neighbourhood where it is so much wanted, at +prices agreeable to the foregoing estimates; a circumstance of itself +likely to improve the value of all estates, containing the articles of +stone and lime, and ultimately bring a great increase of tonnage in that +direction, most desirable in all Railway projects.</p> +<p>In the foregoing estimates it is calculated that the waggons will be +drawn by horses, at the same time we believe, that loco-motive engines +might be applied to do the work at a less expense: but not having employed +an engineer perfectly acquainted therewith, we are not authorized to say +more on the subject.</p> +<p>With regard to the annual repairs of a Rail-way our engineer, Mr. +Telford hath not supplied the information; but from other sources we have +ascertained the repairs are in proportion to the quantity of business done; +upon Rail-ways well constructed, and made strong in the first instance, +about l-8th of the annual proceeds is highly sufficient, but if the +castings are light and laid upon timber instead of stone, at least twice +that sum will be required.</p> +<p><!-- page 32--><a name="page32"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +32</span>Having as a Committee, accomplished in the best way we are able, +what was originally intrusted to our care, (except deviating from a Canal +to a Rail-way;) we now beg leave to lay the subject before the public, not +doubting but that public will duly appreciate its utility, and also +recommend to the Noblemen and Gentlemen who have estates on the line, to +give it such a consideration as a work of this magnitude deserves, either +as regards its importance, by the employment it will afford to the +partially employed labouring poor, during the time the work is in progress, +but more particularly during all the time hereafter; so long as one ton of +lead, or stone may be found near the higher end of the line; or the river +Nidd flow in its present course; or the neighbourhood of Selby or Howden +continue to produce more corn than is sufficient for its population; or as +may regard its importance in an agricultural view, a sight of which should +never be lost, nor whatever can promote its advancement, be treated with +disdain or neglect, but quite the contrary; for upon the best, the +cheapest, and most skilful method of causing the earth to bring forth +abundantly, depends in a great measure our national prosperity; it gives a +plentiful supply at home, will tend to reduce our alarming pauperism, and +hence promote peace, the welcome inhabitant of every breast; of every +cottage; of every mansion; of every state; and the safest rampart of every +throne; for while we consider the soil only as an agent, let us not forget +it is one of an incorruptible class; and whatever is skilfully committed to +its care is generally repaid tenfold; then it should not be forgotten what +was the state of the high-roads in this country eighty years ago, they were +chiefly composed of clay; and now contrast that period, with the present, +and say how much their improvement hath, or hath not, contributed to the +advancement of that ancient, useful, respectable, and princely profession, +of agriculture; if this is not denied, then contrast the present highways +of the district through which the adopted line <!-- page 33--><a +name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 33</span>will pass, remembering +the many steep and rugged hills, with the present much improved Rail-ways +where the uniformity of ascent and descent is maintained as a principal +object, and permit it to come within your calculating powers to show, what +benefit it may contribute to the perfection of a science on which so much +wealth and public benefit depend.</p> +<p>Or as may regard its importance by the constant employment it will +afford to nearly all ages and classes of people, who may be concerned +directly or indirectly in the manufacture of Yarns, Linens, and Cottons, +and probably at better wages than are regularly paid at other manufacturing +places, for should a considerable saving of carriage be effected, together +with the quick dispatch and transport of goods from place to place, as we +have contemplated; the profits of the masters would be improved, their +business extended, competition created, and hence wages would be advanced; +industry would thereby be promoted, and could morality and economy be +taught by example, then pauperism would only be known by its name.</p> +<p>If there be any doubt, that the completion of this project will not open +new channels for such tillage as the various soils which are contiguous to +the line require, we are unacquainted with it; because instead of that, we +believe it will not only facilitate the transport of the various limes as +may be requisite to suit the different soils, but also afford an +opportunity of introducing great quantities of manure from the towns of +Leeds and Hull, into places which the present modes in use never will +accommodate.</p> +<p>To enumerate all the advantages which a well constructed Rail-way +possesses over every other mode of conveyance, on lines where the ascent is +great, as in this, would be a work of time, and therefore we shall dismiss +it after quoting a passage from Dupini’s Report to the French +Government:</p> +<blockquote> +<p>“The advantages which Iron Rail-ways present are <!-- page 34--><a +name="page34"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 34</span>immense.—England +owes to them a part of her wealth. Never without them could coal, +lime, minerals, and other raw materials have been conveyed to such +distances, and at the same time, at so trifling an expense.”</p> +</blockquote> +<p>To the Noblemen and Gentlemen who have money vested in the security of +the tolls, arising from the highways contiguous to the line, we beg to +offer some observations, particularly to those who may feel alarm for their +interests:—It is the opinion of others, better informed on these +subjects than ourselves, that instead of reducing the annual amount of +tolls, they have invariably been found to increase, particularly on such +roads as cut the line in a transverse direction; but on roads parallel to +the line, the increase has not been so great; and when it is remembered the +great quantity of tonnage, a project of this kind must require to make it +profitable, it must be admitted that a disposal of it in all directions +will necessarily be the case; thus it is accounted for why the tolls have +increased.</p> +<p>To such Noblemen and Gentlemen who may at some future period (we hope +not far distant) form themselves into a Committee to ascertain the merits +of this report, we beg to express a request, which we trust will be treated +with attention, that they will permit all the money advanced towards the +expenses of the survey already made, to become share money, (if the work +should go forward) and the subscribers who may not be disposed to purchase +shares, to have the option of receiving back the sum or sums so advanced by +them.</p> +<p>JOHN ETESON.<br /> +MATTHEW OATES.<br /> +WM. THACKWRAY.<br /> +FRANCIS COOPER.<br /> +WM. DRIFFIELD.<br /> +JOHN ELLISON.<br /> +THOMAS SIMPSON.<br /> +LAMBERT ELLISON.<br /> +ROBT. DEARLOVE.<br /> +ISAAC NEWTON.<br /> +MICHAEL MEEK.</p> +<p><!-- page 35--><a name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 35</span>An +account of the sixty-seven mills named in the preface of this Report, +showing how each mill is at this time employed:—</p> +<table> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Corn.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Flax.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Cotton.</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>Lead.</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Shaw Mills</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Thornton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Wreaks</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Waite</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Fewstone</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>West House</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>West End</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Bramley Head</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Darley</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Thornthwaite</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Summer-bridge</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Fellbeck</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Braisty Wood</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Low Laith</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Smelt House</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Glass House</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Holling House</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Pateley-Bridge</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Bridge-house Gate</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Cockhill</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Sun Side</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Scarah</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Providence</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Prosperous</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Merry Field</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Low Mill</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Grass Field</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>New Bridge</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Gouthwaite Hall</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Ramsgill</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Killinghall</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>l</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Scotton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>l</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Knaresbro’</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p> Do. Chapman</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p> Do. Do. Calverley’s</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Plumpton</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Goldsbro’</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p><!-- page 36--><a name="page36"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +36</span>Staveley</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Hunsingore</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Knox</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Crimple</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Spofforth</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Wetherby</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>3</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Thorp-Arch</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>2</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Tadcaster</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p>Clifford</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>0</p> +</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td> +<p></p> +</td> +<td> +<p>32</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>27</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>1</p> +</td> +<td> +<p>7</p> +</td> +</tr> +</table> +<p>Besides the before-named mills, flax is sent from Knaresbro’ to be +spun at</p> +<p>Scotland Mill, near Leeds.<br /> +Mickley Mill, near Ripon.<br /> +Bishopton Mill, near Ripon.<br /> +Ripon Mill, and<br /> +Masham Mill.</p> +<p>N.B. Soon as additional Subscriptions are received, by the +Committee, to cover the expenses of the Survey, a list of the same will be +printed, and distributed to each Subscriber, setting forth, also, the +expenses of the Survey, with every particular.</p> +<p style="text-align: center">Edward Baines, Printer, Leeds.</p> +<h2>Footnotes:</h2> +<p><a name="footnotevi"></a><a href="#citationvi" +class="footnote">[vi]</a> The Committee alludes to the immense +quantities of excellent stone for highways near Pateley-Bridge, and the +great want of it in the neighbourhoods of Howden and Selby; and the surplus +produce of the earth in these districts, and the increasing demand for it +at Skipton and Pateley, and the Eastern parts of Lancashire.</p> +<p><a name="footnote12"></a><a href="#citation12" +class="footnote">[12]</a> No surviving copies of this map are +known.—DP.</p> +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REPORT OF THE KNARESBROUGH RAIL-WAY +COMMITTEE***</p> +<pre> + + +***** This file should be named 21956-h.htm or 21956-h.zip****** + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/1/9/5/21956 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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