MR. TELFORD’S ESTIMATE.
| £. | ||
| 4¾ miles, with 116 feet fall. | 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 | 15,794 |
| 9m. 1140 yds. with 82 feet fall. | From the Crimple Brook to Acaster Sailby, a Canal | 68,628 |
| Add Ten per Cent. for Contingencies | 8,442 | |
| 92,864 | ||
| 20 m. 142 yds. with 198 feet fall. | From the same point in Knaresbro’ to Acaster Sailby, by a double Rail-way | 60,000 |
| 14¾ m. with a fall of 11 feet per mile. | From the same point in Knaresbro’ to Pateley-Bridge, with Passing-places | 38,830 |
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.