I would ask again, Whether the steam power that has been generated within the last fifteen years, for propelling vessels exceeding the whole physical force of the British navy, would have had birth, had the principle been acted upon, of things remaining as they are?

March 4th, 1831.

APPENDIX.

No. I.

General Abstract of Expenditure of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to the 31st of May 1830, [from Mr. Booth’s Pamphlet.]

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

Advertising Account

332

1

4

Brick-making Account

9,724

4

4

Bridge Account [Bridges in number 63]

99,065

11

9

Charge for Direction

1,911

0

0

Charge for Fencing

10,202

16

5

Cart Establishment

461

6

3

Chat Moss Account

27,719

11

10

Cuttings and Embankments

199,763

8

0

Carrying Department, comprising—Amount expended inLand and Buildings for Stations and Depôts, Warehouses,Offices, &c. at the Liverpool end

35,538

0

0

Expended at the Manchester Station

6,159

0

0

Side Tunnel, being the approach to the Crown-streetStation

2,485

0

0

Gas-light Account, including cost of Pipes, Gasometer,&c.

1,046

0

0

Engines, Coaches, Machines, &c.

10,991

11

4

56,219

11

4

Formation of Road

20,568

15

5

Iron Rail Account

67,912

0

2

Interest Account (balance)

3,629

16

7

Land Account

95,305

8

8

Office Establishment

4,929

8

5

Parliamentary and Law Expenditure

28,465

6

11

Stone Blocks and Sleepers

20,520

14

5

Surveying Account

19,829

8

7

Travelling Expenses

1,423

1

5

Tunnel Account

34,791

4

9

Tunnel Compensation Account

9,977

5

7

Waggon Account

24,185

5

7

Sundry Payments for Timber, Iron, PettyDisbursements, &c. not included in the foregoing Accounts

2,227

17

3

£739,165

5

0

Extracts from the “Observations” of Mr. Booth.

“Cuttings and Embankments.—The Excavations consist of about 722,000 cubic yards of rock and shale, and about 2,006,000 cubic yards of marle, earth, and sand. This aggregate mass has been removed to various distances, from a few furlongs to between three and four miles; and no inconsiderable portion of it has been hoisted up by machinery, from a depth of thirty to fifty feet, to be deposited on the surface above, either to remain in permanent spoil banks, as at Kenyon, or to be afterwards carried to the next embankment, as at the deep rock cutting through Olive Mount; the process in this latter case being rendered expedient from considerations of increased expedition. Where land for the deposit of spoil banks has been purchased, the cost of the land forms part of the expenditure under this head, and a good deal of substantial and lofty walling in the deep cuttings is also included.”

“Iron Rail Account.—This expenditure comprises the following items:—

£. s. d.
Rails for a double way from Liverpool to Manchester, with occasional lines of communication, and additional side lines at the different Depôts, being about thirty-five miles of double way,=3847 tons, at prices averaging something less than 12l. 10s. per ton 48,000 0 0
Cast-iron Chairs, 1428 tons, at an average of 10l. 10s. 15,000 0 0
Cost of Spikes and Keys to fasten the Chairs to the Blocks, and the Rails to the Chair 3,830 0 0
Cost of Oak Plugs for the Blocks 615 0 0
Sundry Freights, Cartages, &c. &c. 467 0 2
£67,912 0 2