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diff --git a/21956.txt b/21956.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89d1e57 --- /dev/null +++ b/21956.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1725 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way +Committee, by Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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) + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REPORT OF THE KNARESBROUGH +RAIL-WAY COMMITTEE*** + + + +Transcribed from the March 1820 edition by David Price, email +ccx074@pglaf.org + + + + + +REPORT +OF THE +KNARESBROUGH RAIL-WAY +COMMITTEE. + + + TO THE + NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN, + + Proprietors of Estates, + + ON THE ADOPTED LINE; + + TO THE + SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE SURVEY, + _AND TO AN ENLIGHTENED AND LIBERAL PUBLIC_, + + This Report + OF THE + KNARESBROUGH RAIL-WAY, + + (_Originally intended for a Canal_) + + IS WITH ALL DUE DEFERENCE AND REGARD + PRESENTED BY THEIR FAITHFUL + AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS, + THE COMMITTEE. + + + + +PREFACE. + + +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. + +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 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; {vi}--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. + + + + +REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. + + +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'. + +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. + +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 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. + +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. + +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 within the compass of +both plans and sections, and exhibited to your Committee about the latter +end of January, 1819. + +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. + +The separate expenses of each, as furnished by Mr. Telford, are below:-- + + + +MR. TELFORD'S ESTIMATE. + Pounds +4.75 miles, with 116 From the lowest part 15,794 +feet fall. of the Bond End, at + the bottom of the + High-Street, in + Knaresbro', to the + Brook Crimple, on + Ribston-Green, a + double Railway +9m. 1140 yds. with 82 From the Crimple 68,628 +feet fall. Brook to Acaster + Sailby, a Canal + Add Ten per Cent. for 8,442 + Contingencies + 92,864 +20 m. 142 yds. with From the same point 60,000 +198 feet fall. in Knaresbro' to + Acaster Sailby, by a + double Rail-way +14.75 m. with a fall From the same point 38,830 +of 11 feet per mile. in Knaresbro' to + Pateley-Bridge, with + Passing-places + +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. + +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. + + + +ACT OF THE 5TH OF GEORGE II. + + + "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:-- + + "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,-- + + "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 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. + + "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. + + "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. + + "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." + +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 practicable at a moderate expense. This +deputation also examined the line below Bolton Percy, (see the map {12}) +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. + +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 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. + +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 + + + +COAL, + + +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 Brearton. +The most correct statement we are able to give is below:-- + + TONS. +Knaresbro' and Scriven with 11,000 +Tentergate, including lime-kilns +and bleach-grounds +Brearton 100 +Flaxby 50 +Goldsborough 100 +Haverah Park 25 +Killinghall 350 +Plumpton 100 +Harrowgate and Bilton 3,000 +Ribston 150 +Scotton 200 +Stainburn 200 + 15,275 +Birstwith Township 500 +Hampsthwaite and Felliscliffe do. 600 +Clint do. 260 +Darley do. 400 +Hartwith do. 450 +Thornthwaite do. 200 +Dacre do. 500 +Bewerley do. 1,600 +Bishopside do. 50 +Updale do. 1,500 + Pateley Tonnage 6,060 + Knaresbro' do. 15,275 +Total Tonnage of Coals 21,335 + +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 such an advantage we are able to +prove the great saving named before in these coals: + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +Cost per 0 10 0 +chaldron of the +Kippax, or +Haigh-moor +coals, at the +end of the +Rail-way, at or +near Bolton +Percy, is +Removing do. 0 0 9 +into the +waggon, (if not +landed 4d.) +Rail-way dues, 0 3 0 +18 miles, at +2d. per ton, +per mile +Waggon dues, 18 0 2 3 +miles, at l.5d. +per ton, per +mile + 0 16 0 + +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. + +By the foregoing statement the tonnage of the Knaresbro' and +Pateley-Bridge coal, when it reaches Knaresbro', will yield a revenue of +3200 pounds 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 pounds 0s. 0d. making together 3503 pounds +0s. 0d. + +The next topic for our consideration which naturally presents itself, is +the surplus + + + +PRODUCE OF THE SOIL, + + +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 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 pounds 10s. Being aware some doubt may +arise as to the computation of this tonnage being correct, we feel no +apprehension as to the result. + +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. + +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 + + + +FLAX. + + +This article during the latter period of the late war, was dressed and +manufactured here in greater quantities 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. + +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: + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +From Bolton 732 0 0 +Percy to +Knaresbro' 2440 +tons per ann. +18 miles, at +4d. per ton, +per mile +From Knaresbro' +to +Pateley-Bridge, +which is 14.75 +miles, but for +safety sake is +only taken at +12. +740 tons, 12 148 0 0 +miles at 4d. +per ton, per +mile + 880 0 0 + +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 between the present and the projected mode of +conveying it to Knaresbro': + +From Pounds 1 2 0 +Hull, +via B. +Bridge, +the +present +expense +per ton, +is +And the +time of +coming +from 10 +to 21 +days +From 0 5 0 +Hull to +Bolton +Percy, +per ton +Removing 0 0 9 +from the +boat +into the +waggon +Rail 0 6 0 +dues, 18 +miles, +at 4d. +per ton +per mile +Waggon 0 2 3 0 14 0 +dues, 18 +miles, +at 1.5d. +per ton, +per mile + 0 8 0 + +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. + +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 would render such erections less expensive than in many +other places. + +The next subject for our consideration, and which naturally follows the +last, is the tonnage arising from manufactured + + + +LINEN, + + +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. + +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. + +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. + +Notwithstanding the manufacture of Linens here has 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. + +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 +pounds per annum, in a descending direction. + +We now come to that consideration belonging the tonnage arising from + + + +GENERAL MERCHANDIZE, + + +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 +Pateley-Bridge, 465; the revenue arising from this source will be as +under: + +1035 tons, 18 465 pounds 15 0 +miles, at 6d. +per ton, per +mile +465 do. do. do. 139 10 0 +do. do. + 605 5 0 + +Although the distance from Knaresbro' to Pateley-Bridge is 14.75 miles, +still we have only rated it at 12 miles. + + + +TIMBER AND IRON + + +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 pounds 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 pounds 10s. 0d. per +annum. + +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 + + + +PASSENGERS. + + +The market of Knaresbro' is generally well supplied, and prices moderate, +as they are in other equally fertile 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. + +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. + +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 + + + +LEAD + + +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. + +From good authority we are informed that these mines produce annually, +3000 tons, out of which quantity 2500 will become tonnage along the +Railway, as below:--2500 tons, 33 miles, 1.5d. per ton, per mile, is 515 +pounds 12 6. + +The advantage which the proprietors of these mines will derive from this +improved mode of conveyance, is made apparent, by the following +statement:-- + +From Pateley Pounds 1 0 0 +Bridge to Hull, +by way of Ripon +and +Boroughbridge, +per ton, is +BY THE RAILWAY, +From 4 1.5 +Pateley-Bridge +to Bolton +Percy, 33 +miles, 1.5d. +per ton +Rail dues, 33 4 1.5 +miles, at l.5d. +per ton, per +mile +Removing from 0 3 +the waggon into +the boat +Freight to Hull 4 0 0 12 6 +from Bolton +Percy + 0 7 6 + +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. + + + +STONE FOR BUILDING, + + +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 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. + +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. + +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. + +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. + +All this stone and slate is immediately upon the adopted line, or can be +brought to it for 4.25d. per foot, which, with the expense of carriage to +Bolton-Percy will cost at that place as below:-- + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +Rail-dues 30 0 3 1.5 +miles, at +1.25d. per ton +per mile +Waggon-dues, 0 3 1.5 +do. do. + 0 6 3 +Calculating 16 0 0 4.75 +feet of this +stone to weigh +one ton, it +appears the +carriage of +each foot will +cost +And the 0 0 4.25 +original cost +delivered on +the line +Cost of this 0 0 9 +stone at +Bolton-Percy +per foot + +Which if necessity requires, may experience a little reduction. 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. + + + +STONE FOR HIGHWAYS. + + +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. + +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. + +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 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. + +The expense of this stone at the before-mentioned places we state +below:-- + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +One ton of 0 1 3 +stone delivered +at +Pateley-bridge +33 miles Rail 0 2 9 +dues at 1d. per +ton per mile +33 miles waggon 0 2 9 +dues, do. +Cost of stone 0 6 9 +at Bolton-Percy +per ton +Removing do. 0 0 6 +into the boat, +do. +Freight of do. 0 1 0 +Selby, Cawood, +or Howden + 0 8 3 + +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. + +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 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 + + + +GREENHOW-HILL LIME. + + +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. + +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. + +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. + +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. + +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 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 3.5 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. + +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. + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +Cost of the 0 2 6 +stone at +Pateley-bridge, +2 tons +10 miles 0 1 8 +Rail-dues, at +1d. per ton per +mile +10 do. 0 1 8 +Waggon-dues, +do. +7.5 bushels of 0 4 4.5 +coals, at 7d. +per bushel +Breaking stone 0 1 0 +and burning +At Killinghall 0 11 2.5 +Toll-bar the +chaldron of +lime is +5 miles 0 1 8 +additional +tonnage on +stone + 0 12 10.5 +5 miles 0 0 7.5 +decrease of +tonnage on coal +At the Bond-End 0 12 3 +Knaresbro' the +lime per chal. +6 miles 0 2 0 +additional +tonnage on +stone + 0 14 3 +6 miles 0 0 9 +decrease of +Tonnage on coal + 0 13 6 + +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. + +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: + + + +VIA SKIPTON. + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +The present 1 6 8 +cost per ton +from Liverpool +to Skipton in +general +Merchandize, is +Do. from 1 7 6 +Skipton to +Knaresbro' + 2 14 2 +VIA LEEDS. +The present 2 0 0 +cost per ton +from Liverpool +to Leeds +Do. Leeds to 0 15 0 +Knaresbro' + 2 15 0 +VIA RAILWAY. +The present 1 6 8 +cost per ton at +Skipton +Skipton to 0 16 0 +Pateley-Bridge +Pateley-Bridge 0 3 9 +to Knaresbro', +per Railway, 15 +miles, at 3d. +per ton, per +mile +Waggon dues, 15 0 1 10.5 +miles, at 1.5d. +per ton, per +mile + 2 8 3.5 + +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 completed, the latter will have a preference of 6s. +3.5d. per ton, being a reduction of more than ten per cent. upon the +present charges. + +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. + +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. + + + +COST OF THE RAILWAY. + +Bolton Percy to Knaresbro', 18 54,000 pounds +miles, at 3,000 pounds per mile, +double Railway +Knaresbro' to Pateley-Bridge, 38,830 +14.75 miles, with passing places, +single Railway + 92,830 + +REVENUE ASCENDING. + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +21,335 Tons of 3503 0 0 + Coal, see + page 15 +3,000 . . . Corn, 937 10 0 + &c. p. 16 +2,440 . . . Flax, 880 0 0 + p. 17 +1,035 . . . 605 5 0 + Merchandise + 21 +1,250 . . . 281 5 0 + Timber and + Iron 21 +29,060 6207 0 0 + +REVENUE DESCENDING. + + Pounds _s._ _d._ +2,000 Tons Linens 600 0 0 + and Yarns, + (see page + 20) +2,500 . . . Lead 515 12 6 + . . . 23 +4,500 1115 12 6 +Total 7322 12 6 +amount of +revenue at +present +estimated + +By the above statements it appears the project will cost 92,830 pounds; +and the amount of revenue arising from such tonnage as is comprehensible, +will amount annually to 7,322 pounds 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 pounds 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. + +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. + +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. + +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 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. + +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. + +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. + +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: + + "The advantages which Iron Rail-ways present are 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." + +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. + +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. + +JOHN ETESON. +MATTHEW OATES. +WM. THACKWRAY. +FRANCIS COOPER. +WM. DRIFFIELD. +JOHN ELLISON. +THOMAS SIMPSON. +LAMBERT ELLISON. +ROBT. DEARLOVE. +ISAAC NEWTON. +MICHAEL MEEK. + +An account of the sixty-seven mills named in the preface of this Report, +showing how each mill is at this time employed:-- + + Corn. Flax. Cotton. Lead. +Shaw Mills 2 2 0 0 +Thornton 0 1 0 0 +Wreaks 1 0 1 0 +Waite 1 0 0 0 +Fewstone 1 0 0 0 +West House 1 1 0 0 +West End 0 3 0 0 +Bramley Head 0 2 0 0 +Darley 1 1 0 0 +Thornthwaite 1 1 0 0 +Summer-bridge 1 1 0 0 +Fellbeck 1 0 0 0 +Braisty Wood 0 1 0 0 +Low Laith 0 1 0 0 +Smelt House 0 3 0 0 +Glass House 1 1 0 0 +Holling House 0 1 0 0 +Pateley-Bridge 1 1 0 0 +Bridge-house 1 0 0 0 +Gate +Cockhill 0 0 0 1 +Sun Side 0 0 0 1 +Scarah 1 0 0 0 +Providence 0 0 0 1 +Prosperous 0 0 0 1 +Merry Field 0 0 0 1 +Low Mill 0 0 0 1 +Grass Field 0 1 0 1 +New Bridge 0 0 0 0 +Gouthwaite Hall 1 0 0 0 +Ramsgill 1 0 0 0 +Killinghall l 0 0 0 +Scotton 0 l 0 0 +Knaresbro' 0 1 0 0 + Do. Chapman 1 0 0 0 + Do. Do. 1 0 0 0 +Calverley's +Plumpton 1 0 0 0 +Goldsbro' 1 0 0 0 +Staveley 1 1 0 0 +Hunsingore 1 0 0 0 +Knox 1 0 0 0 +Crimple 0 1 0 0 +Spofforth 1 0 0 0 +Wetherby 3 0 0 0 +Thorp-Arch 2 1 0 0 +Tadcaster 1 0 0 0 +Clifford 1 1 0 0 + 32 27 1 7 + +Besides the before-named mills, flax is sent from Knaresbro' to be spun +at + +Scotland Mill, near Leeds. +Mickley Mill, near Ripon. +Bishopton Mill, near Ripon. +Ripon Mill, and +Masham Mill. + +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. + + Edward Baines, Printer, Leeds. + + + + +Footnotes: + + +{vi} 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. + +{12} No surviving copies of this map are known.--DP. + + + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK REPORT OF THE KNARESBROUGH RAIL-WAY +COMMITTEE*** + + +******* This file should be named 21956.txt or 21956.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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