Inland Transit/Moss2
Mr. J. Moss, Director of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (in continuation).
40. Did you know the late Mr. Heywood of Manchester?
Very well.
41. Did he oppose the Manchester and Liverpool Railroad? (the Line first proposed.)
Yes.
42. Did he afterwards complain of its not passing through his land?
He complained very much of it.
43. Did you make any alteration afterwards, to accommodate him?
No, we did not.
44. Lord Derby and Lord Sefton objected very much to that (line)?
Very strongly.
45. Has there not been a scheme for another Railroad?
Yes.
46. Was that to pass through Lords Derby and Sefton's land?
Yes; they both consented. They threw us back the first year, and we lost such a line as we could never get again; since which they consented to another line going through their property.
47. Do you know Bold Hall?
Very well.
48. Is it a fine house?
Yes, it is.
49. Is that near to the Liverpool and Manchester?
Yes; he complained very much that we made a complete bend, to avoid his property.
50. Did he afterwards wish you to cut off the bend, and go nearer by a straight line?
We arranged with him, and he said he had no objection to the alteration of the line.
51. You agreed to go nearer his premises?
Much nearer to his house.