mainline, £19,005, 14s. and for the branch, £6,256. The calculation was made upon a single road, with passing places at every quarter of a mile.
The subscribers to this undertaking, at the time the act was obtained, were twenty-six in number, amongst whom were the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Sherborne, and Sir William Hicks, Bart. who were incorporated by the name of "The Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway Company," and authorized to raise among themselves the sum of £25,000, in two hundred and fifty shares of £100 each, and a further sum of £10,000, if necessary, on mortgage. The act is entitled, An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from the River Severn, at the Quay, in the city of Gloucester, to or near to a certain Gate in or near the town of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, called the Knapp Toll Gate, with a collateral Branch to the top of Leckhampton Hill, in the parish of Leckhampton, in the said county.
TONNAGE RATES.
| Stone for the repair of Roads, (except the present Turnpike Road from Gloucester to Cheltenham) | 1d per Ton, per Mile. |
| Coal, Coke, Culm, Stone, Cinders, Chalk, Mart, Sand, Lime, Clay, Ashes, Peat, Lime-stone, Iron-stone and other Minerals, Building-stone, Pitching and Paving-stone. Bricks, Tiles, Slates, Timber, Lead in Pigs or Sheets, Bar-iron, waggon-tire, and all Gross and Unmanufactured Articles and Building Materials | 3d ditto. ditto. |
| All other Goods, Commodities, Wares or Merchandise | 6d ditto. ditto. |
EXEMPTION.
All Stone for the repairs of the Turnpike-Road between the City of Gloucester and Cheltenham.
Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Ton and Half a Mile; but Tonnage is not to be taken for more than Eight Miles and a Half on the Main Line, and upon Ten Miles and Three Quarters, including the Branch.
Owners of land may erect wharfs ; but if they refuse, the company may do it, and charge the following
WHARFAGE RATES.
| Coal, Culm, Lime-stone, Clay, Iron, Iron-stone, Lead Ore or any other Ores, Timber, Stone, Brick, Tiles, Slates or Gravel | 1d per Ton. |
| All other Goods, Wares and Commodities | 2d ditto. |
Provided they do not remain more than Twenty-one Days; but should they continue for the Space of Ten Days over and above that Period, an additional One Penny per Ton shall be paid for such Ten Days, and One Penny per Ton for every further Day.
