'burgh and Glasgow Union Canal at or near Ryhall, in the parish of Uphall, to Whiteburn, and other places, in the counties of Linlithgow and Lanark.' It incorporates the subscribers by the name of "The West Lothian Railway Company," and empowers them to raise amongst themselves, for the purposes of the act, the sum of £40,700, in shares of £50 each, and, if necessary, a further sum of £20,000 by mortgage of the tolls, and authorizes them to take the following
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Goods, Wares and Merchandize whatever | 3d per Ton, per Mile. |
Fractions of a Hundred Weight to be taken as a Hundred Weight, of a Ton and a Mile as the Quarters therein, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.
The company may also establish carriages for the conveyance of passengers and parcels, and charge the following
FARES AND RATES.
| For each Passenger | 2d per Mile. |
| For Parcels | ½d per Pound, per Mile. |
Owners of lands on the line may erect wharfs and warehouses, and on their refusal the company may do it, and take the following
WHARFAGE RATES.
| For all Coal, Culm, Lime, Lime-stone, Clay, Iron-stone, Stone, Bricks, Gravel, Hay, Corn in the Straw, Straw or Manure, for Six Months | ½d per Ton. |
| For all lron, Lead-ore or any other Ore, Tin, Timber, Tiles and Slates | 1d ditto. |
| For any other Goods, Wares and Merchandize | 2d ditto. |
And for a longer Period than Six Months, a Rate of a Farthing per Ton per Month for the first Species of Goods enumerated above; a Half-penny per Ton per Month for the second Species, and a Penny per Ton per Month for the last Species.
The estimate for completing this railway and branches, as made by Mr. H. Baird, civil engineer, in 1824, is as follows:-
| £. | s. | d. | |
| Basin at Canal, 150 yards by 21 | 1,070 | 0 | 0 |
| Main Line | 35,513 | 15 | 4 |
| Silver Mines Branch | 9,386 | 5 | 0 |
| Balbardie ditto | 8,916 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total......... | 54,886 | 0 | 4 |
