TOLLS CONTINUED.
For all Persons, Cattle or other Animals passing in or upon any such Carriage, either drawn or propelled or provided by and at the expense of the said Company, such reasonable Charge as shall from Time to Time be determined by the said Company, who are not compelled to receive less than Sixpence per Ton for short Distances.
Fractions to be taken as for a Quarter of a Mile and Quarter of a Ton.
WEIGHTS ALLOWED TO BE CARRIED.
| No Waggon or other Carriage to carry at one Time, including the Weight of such Carriage, more than Four Tons Weight, except in any one Piece of Timber, Block or Stone, Boiler, Cylinder, Bob or single Piece of Machinery, or other single Article, which nevertheless shall not exceed Eight Tons, and for which the Company may Claim | 4d per Ton, per Mile. |
And no Piece of Timber, Stone, &c. weighing Eight Tons, including the Carriage, shall pass at all without the special Licence of the Company.
Lords of manors and owners of ground may erect wharfs, staiths, depots, landing places, cranes, weigh-beams or warehouses, and charge the same rates as the company are entitled to do, which are as follow ;-
WHARFAGE RATES.
| For all Coals, Culm, Lime, Lime-stone and other Minerals, Timber, Stone, Clay, Bricks, Tiles, Slates, Goods, Merchandize or other Things, loaded, landed or placed in or upon any of the Wharfs, and continuing a longer Space than Two Hours and not exceeding Twenty-four | 0s 1d per Ton. |
| If they remain more than Twenty-four Hours, the further Sum per Week for Wharfage of | 0s 3d ditto. |
| And for the warehousing for the above Period | 1s 0d ditto. |
And One Shilling per Ton for every further Week such Goods shall remain upon the Wharfs or in the Warehouses.
CRANAGE RATES.
| For every single Lift of the Crane, being less than Two Tons | 0s 6d per Ton. |
| Of Two Tons and less than Three | 1s 0d ditto. |
| Of Three Tons and less than Four | 1s 6d ditto. |
And Sixpence on each additional Weight of One Ton, to be raised at one single Lift of the Crane.
The opening of this railway, and its connection with the Liverpool and Manchester and Warrington and Newton Railways, will have a very beneficial effect on the rich mineral district through which it passes; besides providing the public with a cheap and expeditious conveyance for passengers, coal and merchandize, between the populous towns of Wigan, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, and various other places.
