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Vale of Neath Railway.

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Vale of Neath Railway. NOTICE is hereby given, that application is intended i\ to be made to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an A.ct or Acts to authorise the construction and main- tenance of the railway or railways, and branch railways hereinafter mentioned, or some of them, or some part or parts thereof, with all proper plers,basms,break waters;land- ing places, approaches, and other works and conveniences connected therewith that is to say, a railway commenc- ing by a junction with the South Wales Railway, at or near the town or port of Neath, in the county of Glamor- gan, and terminating at or near the town or borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in the same county; which said intended railway and other works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them (that is to say,) Bag- lan, Baglan Higher, Baglan Lower, Britonferry, Lantwit- juxta-Neath, Lantwit Lower, Clyne, Resolven, Neath, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Blaenhonddan, Coedfrank, Duf- fryn Clydach, Dylais Lower, Dylais Higher, Neath Lower, Neath Middle, Neath Higher, Glyn-corrwg, Blaengwrach, Ystradyfodwg, Home and Clydach, Pen- rees, Rhygos; Ystrad-y-fodwg Middle, Aberdare, Cefn- pennar, Cwmdare, Fforchaman, Llwyd-coed, Merthyr Tydfil, Heoly-wormwood, Garth, Gellideg,Taffand Cynon and Forest, in the county of Glamorgan, and Y stradfeIlte, Ystradfelite Higher, Ystradfellte Lower, Penderyn, Pen- deryn Higher, Penderyn Lower, Coed-y-Cummar, Duffryn, Gelli, and Vaynor, in the county of Brecon. Also a branch railway and works, diverging from and out of the said intended main line of railway, at or near to a place called Blaengwrach, situate in the said pariah of Glyn-corrwg, and terminating near to the wharfs or yards of the collieries of Aberpergwm, Pwllfaron, and Maesmarchog, in the said pariah of Cadoxton juxta-Neath, in the said county of Glamorgan, and passing from, in, through, or into, or being situate within the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial, or other places following, or some of them (that is to say) Glyn-corrwg, Blaengwrach, Cadoxton-juxta-N eath,N eath Middle, and Neath Higher, in the said county of Gla- morgan. Also another branch railway and works, diverging from and out of the said intended main line of rail- way, at or near to a place called Abernant, in the said parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, and terminating at or near a place called Dynas Rock, in the said parishes of Ystradfellte and Penderyn, or one of them, and passing from, in, through, or into, or being situate within the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial, or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Cadoxton- juxta-Neath and Neath Higher, in the said county of Glamorgan, and Ystradfellte, Ystradfellte Higher, Ystrad- fellte Lower, Penderyn, Penderyn Higher, and Penderyn Lower, in the said county of Brecon. Also another branch railway and works, diverging from and out of the said intended main line of rail- way, at or near to a place called Hirwain, in the said parishes of Aberdare and Penderyn, or one of them, and terminating at or near the Limestone Rocks, to the North of a place called Penderyn, in the said parish of Penderyn, and passing from, in, through, or into, or being situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Aberdare, Cefn-pennar, Cwmdare, Fforchaman, and Llwydcoed, in the county of Glamorgan, and Penderyn, Penderyn Higher, and Penderyn Lower, in the county of Brecon. Also another branch railway and works, diverging from and out of the said intended main line of rail- way, at or near to a place called Gellytarw, in tbe said parishes of Aberdare and Peuderyn, or one of them, and terminating at or near the terminus or intended station of the Aberdare railway as at present authorized to be made near the village of Aberdare, in the said parish of Aberdare, in the said county of Glmorgan, and passing from, In through, or into, or being situate within the several parishes, townships, extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them (that is to lay), Penderyn, Penderyn Higher, and Penderyn Lower, in the said county of Brecon, and Aberdare, Cefnpennar, Cwmdare, Fforchaman, and Llwydcoed, in the said county of Glamorgan. And it is also intended, by such Act or Acts, to take power to alter or divert, or stop up all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways,canall,aqueducts, pipes, streams, and rivers within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, with which it may be necessary to interfere in the construction of the works hereinbefore referred to. And it is further intended, by such Act or Acts, to vary, repeal, or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any manner connected with the lands proposed to be purchased or taken, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended railways and works, and to eonfer other rights and privileges. And it is also intended, by such Act or Acts, to incor- porate a company for the purpose of carrying into effect the said intended railways and works,or any of them,and to take powers for the purchase of lands and houses, by compulsion or agreement, for the purposes thereof, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use of the said intended railways and works, and to grant such exemptions from such tolls, rates, and duties, as to such company may seem meet. And it is further intended, by such Act or Acts to enable the company thereby to be incorporated to sell, and transfer, or let the said intended railways and works, or any part thereof, and all or any powers of such com- pany in connection therewith, or in relation thereto, to the South Wales Railway Company, and to enable such last-mentioned company to purchase, or rent, or construct the said intended railways and works, or any part thereof, and to exercise such powers, or any of them, and also to raise and contribute funds for or towards the construction, maintenance, and use of the said intended railways and works, and generally to enter into, and carry into effect, such arrangements in reference thereto, as may be mu- tually agreed on between them and the company intended to he incorporated as aforesaid. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts to enable the com- pany thereby to be incorporated to purchase or lease, all or any private Railways and Tram Roads, which may be interfered with by the said intended Railway or Rail- ways. And it is further intended by such Act or Acts to alter, repeal, or amend so much of the powers and provisions of an Act, passed in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for ex- tending the Neath Canal Navigation, and for amending an Act, passed in the thirty-first year of the reign of His present Majesty, for making the said canal," as prohibits the erection or building of houses or buildings on certain farms or lands therein mentioned of the Right Honorable Lord Vernon, on the east side of the river Neath, called the Demesne Lands of Briton Ferry. And notice is hereby further given, that maps or plans, and sections of the said intended railways and works, and of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of reference to such plans, I containing the names of the owners, lessees, and occu- I pies of such landa, will be deposited, on or before th. I thirtieth day of November 19 the present lear, with <b. | Clerk of the Peace for the county of .Glamorgan, at his >ffice in Cardiff; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Brecon, at his office in Brecon and that a copy of so much of the said maps or plans, sections, and books of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended railways and works are intended to be nrnde, will be deposited, on or before the thirty-first day of December next, with the parish clerk of each such parish, at his residence. Dated this fourth day of November, 1845. W. 0. and W. Hunt, ) Whitehall, London, Solicitors for the Bill. H. S, Coke, Neath, )

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