Page:Rivers, Canals, Railways of Great Britain.djvu/175



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

Six years were allowed for the execution of the works; but upon its being ascertained that the line might be materially improved, an application was made in the following session of parliament for an act to enable the company to make the alterations contemplated, which act is entitled, An Act to enable the Clarence Railway Company to vary and alter the Line of their Railway, to abandon some of the Branches thereof, and to make other Branches therefrom; and for altering, amending, and enlarging the Powers of the Act passed for making and maintaining the said Railway. Under the powers of this act, the company are authorized to commence with the main line from Samphire Beacon, in the parish of Billingham, instead of Haverton Hill, and continue it to Sins Pasture, with some deviations from the original line. The Broom Hill Branch, and that to Brown's Bridge, near Stockton, are abandoned, and in lieu, one is to proceed from near Stillington, to the city of Durham; another from the main line at the Old Durham and Yarm Road, to the River Tees, at Stockton; another out of the City of Durham Branch, at Ferryhill, to the lime and coal works at Sherburn; and another to Byer's Green, from the same point of the City of Durham Branch from whence the Sherburn Branch proceeds. There is another from the City of Durham Branch, which is very short, called the Chilton Branch. The power given in the first act to make the Deanery Branch remains unrepealed.

The total rise of the main line, from high water in the Tees to Sim Pasture, is 306 feet. The City of Durham Branch leaves the main line at a distance of little more than ten miles from its commencement, and at an elevation of 208 feet.