Cannock Light Railway: Commission Grant a New Order: A Light Railway Commission … sat in the Wolverhampton Council Chamber on the 26th ult., to hear an application by the London and Northwestern Railway Company for an Order transferring to the Company certain owners which had been conferred upon a company called the Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Railway Company by Acts of Parliament in 1901-1903, and Light Railway Orders 1907-1910. … … He said that it was better to utilise a portion of the Company’s Cannock branch land and, further, that £20,000 in capital expenditure would be saved by the deviation and there would be greater facilities for handling the traffic than were suggested in the original scheme. Replying to Mr. Pinsent, the witness said the Company had made satisfactory agreements with the Holly Bank Colliery Company to cover the altered conditions … (continues) …
Transcribed in whole or part from scanned originals: Presented with or without modified text and punctuation. For absolute accuracy refer to the original newspapers. Source: The British Newspaper Archive.
Referenced
GROxxxx xxxxx