in the first five thousand one hundred and forty-eight yards from its western termination near Glasgow, it is on one inclined plane, rising 116 feet 9 inches; the remaining five miles and a quarter is a dead level. The railway was designed by Mr. Thomas Grainger, who estimated the cost, according to the first design, at £28,497, 17s. 4d.; but subsequently, when it was determined to alter it to the line above-described, at £37,847, 17s. 4d. The subscribers to this undertaking, at the time the first act was obtained, were twelve persons only, who were incorporated by the name of "The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Company," and empowered to raise the amount of the original estimate of £28,497, 17g. 4d. in fifty shares; and if this sum is insufficient, they may borrow the additional sum of £10,000, on the credit of the undertaking. The act is entitled, An Act for making a Railway from the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, by Garnkirk to Glasgow; and by it the following tonnage rates are allowed.
TONNAGE RATES.
| Lime-stone, Dung, Compost, and all Sorts of Manure, and Materials for the repair of Roads | 0s 2d per Ton, per Mile. |
| Coal, Coke, Culm, Charcoal, Cinders, Stone, Sand, Bricks, Slates, Lime, Earth, Iron, Lead or other Metals or Minerals Unmanufactured | 0s 3d ditto. ditto. |
| Timber, Corn, Flour, Goods, Lead in Sheets, Iron in Bars and all other Wares and Merchandize | 0s 6d ditto. ditto. |
For the use of any Waggon, Machinery, Engine, or Power belonging to the Company, One-half of the above Rates in Addition.
TONNAGE RATES.
| For every Description of Goods which shall pass the Inclined Plane | 1s 0d per Ton, per Mile. |
Fractions to be charged according to the Number of Hundredweights, and Fractions of a Mile not less than a Quarter.
| Passengers carried in any Carriage belonging to the Company | 0s 2d per Mile. |
Owners of lands may erect whath; but if they neglect, the company may make them, and demand the following rates.
WHARFAGE RATES.
| Coal, Culm, Lime, Lime-stone, Clay, Iron-stone, Stone, Bricks, Gravel, Hay, Straw, Corn in the Straw or Manure | ½d per Ton. |
| Iron, Lead-ore, or any other Ore, Tin, Timber, Tiles and Slate | 1d ditto. |
| Any other Goods or Merchandize | 2d ditto. |
Goods may remain Six Months, on Payment of the above Rates, but if they continue Six Days beyond that Period, One-half of the above Rates in Addition may be demanded, for every Month such Period is exceeded, and so in Proportion for any less Time than a Month.
