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 Sir J. Nicoll and Sir D. Mackworth. They were incorporated by the name of "The Bridgend Railway Company," with power to raise £6,000, in shares of £20 each, (of which £4,380 was subscribed before going to parliament,) and an additional sum of £4,000 on mortgage of the railroad and the rates authorized to be collected, should such sum be necessary to complete the same. Five years are allowed by the act for its completion. The concern is to be managed by a committee of five proprietors, who are subject to the control of general meetings.

The railway is four miles and a half in length, and is on one inclined plane to Bridgend, to which place there is a fall of 190 feet. The estimate for completing it amounts to £6,000, and was made by Mr. John Hodgkinson, civil engineer.

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Ton, and as for a Quarter of a Mile.

For the purposes of this Act, One Hundred and Twelve Pounds is to be considered a Hundred Weight, and Twenty-one Hundred Weight to be a Ton.

Owners of Lands may make Wharfs, with Cranes and Weighing Machines, the Rates for which are regulated by this Act.

The principal object of this railroad is to facilitate the transmission of coal from the extensive collieries on the line of the Duffryn Llynvi and Pwll or Porth Cawl Railroad, to the town of Bridgend and its vicinity. It will also open a communication with the harbour of Pwll or Porth Cawl, which will be attended with considerable advantages to the trade of the above-mentioned town. 

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 * 9 George IV. Cap. 93, Royal Assent 19th June, 1828.

THE line of this railway commences at Cuckold's Pill, near the harbour or floating-dock on the east side of the city of Bristol, and takes a north-easterly course by Upper Easton, Staple Hill,