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appendix to minutes of evidence,
Appendix AL,
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Port and Teadb of Wateefoed.
{Referred to hy Mr. Delahunty in his Answer to Question 5036.)
Town Hall, 'iOth February 1865.
The Mayor of Waterford requests a meeting of the
citizens, merchants, traders, and others interested in the
trade and port of Waterford and the preservation and
development of the traffic with England and Wales, on
Thursday, the 19th February next, at one o'clock, to receive
the report of the Committee appointed at the meeting held
at the Town Hall, on the 23rd of December last, to inquire
into and report to a future meeting as to the best means
that should be adopted to promote, protect, and develop
the trade and commerce of Waterford, and to take the
necessary action thereon.
Report of Committee.
At a meeting convened by the Mayor, and held at the
Town Hall, on Friday, the 23rd December 1864, of the
merchants, traders, and others interested in the trade and
port of Waterford, to consider the effect the traffic arrange¬
ments of our local railways and steam-boats may have on
the trade and commerce of Waterford,
The Mayor of Watbrford in the Chair.
The heads of through traffic arrangements entered into
by the Great Southern and Western Railway, the Waterford
and Limerick Railway, the Cork and Limerick Direct
Railway, the London North-western Railway, the Water¬
ford Steamship, the Cork and Liverpool Steamship, and the
City of Dublin Steamship companies, for carrying goods at
equal rates from the Limerick and Tipperary districts, by the
ports of Dublin, Cork, and Waterford, to Birmingham and
all parts of England north of Birmingham, via Liverpool
or Holyhead, were read, and which arrangements are as
follow:—
" I. Agreement to caiTy goods.
" 2. Rates to be the same by all routes.
" 3. Through rates to be available by all the routes, viz.,
vid Cork, via Dublin and Liverpool, via Waterford, and via
Dublin and Holyhead.
" 4. Receipts derived from traffic to and from the follow¬
ing places, viz.: Limerick, Limerick Junction and Tippe¬
rary, with Liverpool and stations in England north of Bir¬
mingham (Birmingham inclusive), to form a common fund,
to be dealt with as under:
" As respects traffic through Liverpool, the proportion
due to the railway distance in England to be paid to the
London and North-western Company.
" As respects traffic via Holyhead, after deducting from
the gross receipts the proportions on the Irish mileage, and
138 miles of the distance from Dublin to destination, the
remainder to be paid to the London and North-western
Company.
" The residue, that is to say, the earnings by all the routes,
as between the three places mentioned, and Liverpool by the
steam-packet routes, and a point 138 miles from Dublin via
Holyhead, say Holywell station, such earnings to include the
proportions due upon any through traffic carried by any of
the parties hereto in connexion with any other companies
or carriers in England, via Liverpool and via Holyhead, and
also the earnings upon the carryings of the City of Dublin
Company, or London and North-western Company, in
connexion with the Grand Canal Company of Ireland, to
be divided amongst the companies in manner following, it
being understood that the Cork route has an interest in the
traffic to and from Limerick only :
" The companies carrying the traffic to be credited with
40 per cent, of the earnings, as working expenses.
" 60 per cent, of the remainder to belong to the railway
.and steam companies owning the routes via VVaterford and
via Cork, to be sub-divided between them in such propor¬
tions as they may agree upon.
" 50 per cent, to the companies owning the routes via
Dublin and Liverpool and via, Dublin and Holyhead, to be
sub-divided between them as follows; viz., 60 per cent to
the railway companies up to Dublin; 25 per cent, to the
City of Dublin Company, and 25 per cent, to the London
and North-western Company, in respect of their mileage
upon the before-mentioned 138 miles.
" Settlements in the Irish clearing house.
" Unconsigned traffic from Great Southern and Western
Line, for Liverpool, to be given City of Dublin Company
other places common to City of Dublin Company and Lon¬
don and North-western Company to be divided; the City
of Dublin Company handing such traffic, and all other un¬
consigned traffic, to the London and North-western Com¬
pany at Liverpool.
" The Cork and Waterford Steam Companies to hand to
the London and North-western Company at Liverpool all
traffic not specially consigned. In like manner. City of
Dublin Company and London and North-western Com¬
pany to give all unconsigned traffic to the Great Southern
and Western Company.
" No allowance to be given to induce any party to send
by a particular route,
" The through rates in no case to exceed the sum of the
local rates.
" In the division no company to get more than their local
rate for the time being for similar traffic.
" Waterford and Limerick Railway Company, Cork and
Limerick Direct Railway Company, undertake that all traffic
consigned through them by other routes than via Liverpool
or Holyhead, between places in England and the places in
Ireland to which this agreement refers, shall not be booked
through, and shall be charged the local rates.
" The London and North-western Company, upon the
demand of the Great Western Company, or of any of the
parties to this agreement, will concur with the Great West¬
ern Company in making through rates to stations upon
that railway.
" Arrangements to be in force for twelve months certain,
and to continue after, until three months' notice by one of
the parties."
N.B.—These arrangements came into operation in
September 1864.
It was thereupon proposed by James Delahunty, Esq.,
seconded by John A. Blake, Esq., M.P., and unanimously
resolved :—
" That a committee be appointed to inquire into and
report to a future meeting as to the best means that should
be adopted to promote, protect, and develop the trade and
commerce of Waterford, viz., the mover and seconder, the
Mayor, Messrs. William Malcolmson, Edmond Power, J.P.,
John Mackesy, J.P., Samuel T. Grubb, J,P., Henry F.
Slattery, T.C., Pierce Cox, Aid., Joseph Fisher, F. G.
Bloomfield, J.P., John O'Brien, John Hudson, William
Johnson, J.P., Patrick J. Dowley, T.C., Patrick A. Power
T.C., Thomas F. Strange, T.C., Thomas B. Prossor, T.C.,
Abiahsm Denny, Aid., Daniel Carrigan, with power to add
to their number.
" The following were subsequently added to the com¬
mittee :—The Earl of Bessborough, Rev. J. T. Medlycott,
Messrs. Joseph O'Dwyer, T.C., Richard O'Donnell, J.P.,
Andrew Ryan, Aid., and Charles Newport, J.P."
At a meeting of the committee, held on Thursday, thS
5th of January 1865, the Mayor in the chair, the following
resolutions were unanimously agreed to :—
" That the directors of the Waterford and Limerick Rail¬
way Company be asked to furnish to this committee a copy
of all existing through traffic arrangements made by them
with the London and North-western and other railway and
steamboat companies, and also copies of any through traffic
arrangements made in and since the yeai' 1867, "swth their
dates.
" That a deputation, consisting of the Mayor, Messrs.
John A. Blake, M.P., Edmond Power, John Mackesy, James
Delahunty, Daniel Carrigan, F. G. Bloomfield, and S. T.
Grubb, do wait upon the Board of Directors in reference to
same, and inquire how far the company are at liberty to
make through traffic arrangements with the Great Western
Railway Company."
A copy of the foregoing having been sent to the railway
company, the following reply was received on Monday, the
30th of January ;—
" Waterford and Limerick Railway, Secretary's Office at
Limerick Terminus, January 28th, 1865.
" Port and Trade of Waterford.
" Sir,—With reference to the resolutions received from
you herein, I now beg to advise that my directors will have
pleasure in receiving the deputation named on Wednesday
next (1st proximo), at our Waterford Terminus board¬
room, at noon, say, for the purpose of discussing with them
the best practicable means of developing the trade and
commerce of Waterford. As to furnishing copies of all our
through traffic arrangements, made in and since 1857, my
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