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Madras, Nellore, And Argot Railway Company.
are among the most wealthy and populous in India , are severally as follows : —North Arcot , 559 , 000 ; South Arcot , 620 , 000 . The population of the remaining territory , through which the railway will pass , may be further estimated at 1 , 500 , 000 _ while that of the adjacent districts ( not to mention the mountainous countries beyond ) to which , so far as it went , the railway would be either the great highway , or with which it would have a more or less intimate connexion , may be computed at 550 , 000 , which will give a total of upwards of 4 , 000 , 000 .
This line of railway will unite ( in its course ) the city of Madras with Palava , Cheneamoor , Goompooly , Akkermapett , Nyaurpell , Survapelly , and Nellore , from whence a branch will proceed along the left bank of the Pennair to the mouth of that river . The other towns , & c , which it will either skirt —or afford accommodation for—on its course from Madras to Nellore , are Peripollium , Pulicat , Calastry , Droorajapatam , and Kadoor . Proceeding to the westward from Nellore , it will pass along the valley of the
above-mentioned river , direct to the important town , collectorate , and military station of Caddapah , where it will be connected with Hyderabad , by means of the line promoted by a separate company to that capital ; from Cuddapah it will communicate , in a southern direction , with Dinnapaud , Rachootee , Gunnymitta , Chittoor , Annanpilly , Vellore , Walajanuggur , and Arcot , besides accommodating the towns , & c , of Raupoor , Cullvai , Chittavail , NundaloorGolapully & c . At Arcotthe line will be connected with
, , , Madras by means of the proposed railway ( promoted by a separate Company ) from that place , via Wallajanuggur , to Arcot . It will be united , also , by means of the branch line ( projected by a separate Company ) , from that place to Pondicherry , with the Madras , Sadras , and Pondicherry Railway , as well as with that from Pondicherry , via Tanjore , to Cape Cormorin , and the proposed line from . Negapatam , via Tanjore , Trichinopol . With the country to the S . S . Wincluding TringricottaSalemand
y ., , , Trichinopoly , the country to the S . W ., including Bangalore , Seringapatam , Mysore , & c , it will be connected , by means of the railways promoted by the Madras Railway Company , which will tend to render the important town of Arcot the centre , from whence ( with few exceptions ) every railroad in the presidency of Madras will radiate , and increase , beyond calculation , a traffic that is already considerable .
The last Indian mail bears full testimony to the interest excited in India ( and not the least in the Madras presidency ) , with reference to this topic ; and the desire expressed by natives , no less than Europeans , to obtain the benefits which a railway would bestow . The promoters of the present scheme , without professing to have the minute knowledge which can be obtained by actual survey and local investigation alonehave convinced themselvesbmeans of satisfactory data
, , y , that the existing traffic along the line ( more especially from the north , via Chittoor and Vellore to Arcot , and from Madras , northward ) , would , alone , realise a profit for this undertaking of 6 per cent , per annum , excluding passengers , mails , troops , military material , & c . The minimum rate of the carriage of merchandise in India is found to he 3 d . per ton per mile ; the maximum 8 d . per ton per mile . Assuming 4 d . per ton as the charge to he made by the Company , the per centage above-mentioned is arrived at .
The estimate for passenger traffic is calculated at the extremely moderate rate of 6 d . per head per annum for each native ( which will by itself yield the sum of 100 , 000 / . ) , and 5 s . per head per annum for each European ( who would be able , by means of this railroad , to reach the mountains in four or five hours from Madras ) , which , from a population of 10 , 000 Europeans , will yield the further sum of 2 , 500 / .
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Madras, Nellore, And Argot Railway Company.
are among the most wealthy and populous in India , are severally as follows : —North Arcot , 559 , 000 ; South Arcot , 620 , 000 . The population of the remaining territory , through which the railway will pass , may be further estimated at 1 , 500 , 000 _ while that of the adjacent districts ( not to mention the mountainous countries beyond ) to which , so far as it went , the railway would be either the great highway , or with which it would have a more or less intimate connexion , may be computed at 550 , 000 , which will give a total of upwards of 4 , 000 , 000 .
This line of railway will unite ( in its course ) the city of Madras with Palava , Cheneamoor , Goompooly , Akkermapett , Nyaurpell , Survapelly , and Nellore , from whence a branch will proceed along the left bank of the Pennair to the mouth of that river . The other towns , & c , which it will either skirt —or afford accommodation for—on its course from Madras to Nellore , are Peripollium , Pulicat , Calastry , Droorajapatam , and Kadoor . Proceeding to the westward from Nellore , it will pass along the valley of the
above-mentioned river , direct to the important town , collectorate , and military station of Caddapah , where it will be connected with Hyderabad , by means of the line promoted by a separate company to that capital ; from Cuddapah it will communicate , in a southern direction , with Dinnapaud , Rachootee , Gunnymitta , Chittoor , Annanpilly , Vellore , Walajanuggur , and Arcot , besides accommodating the towns , & c , of Raupoor , Cullvai , Chittavail , NundaloorGolapully & c . At Arcotthe line will be connected with
, , , Madras by means of the proposed railway ( promoted by a separate Company ) from that place , via Wallajanuggur , to Arcot . It will be united , also , by means of the branch line ( projected by a separate Company ) , from that place to Pondicherry , with the Madras , Sadras , and Pondicherry Railway , as well as with that from Pondicherry , via Tanjore , to Cape Cormorin , and the proposed line from . Negapatam , via Tanjore , Trichinopol . With the country to the S . S . Wincluding TringricottaSalemand
y ., , , Trichinopoly , the country to the S . W ., including Bangalore , Seringapatam , Mysore , & c , it will be connected , by means of the railways promoted by the Madras Railway Company , which will tend to render the important town of Arcot the centre , from whence ( with few exceptions ) every railroad in the presidency of Madras will radiate , and increase , beyond calculation , a traffic that is already considerable .
The last Indian mail bears full testimony to the interest excited in India ( and not the least in the Madras presidency ) , with reference to this topic ; and the desire expressed by natives , no less than Europeans , to obtain the benefits which a railway would bestow . The promoters of the present scheme , without professing to have the minute knowledge which can be obtained by actual survey and local investigation alonehave convinced themselvesbmeans of satisfactory data
, , y , that the existing traffic along the line ( more especially from the north , via Chittoor and Vellore to Arcot , and from Madras , northward ) , would , alone , realise a profit for this undertaking of 6 per cent , per annum , excluding passengers , mails , troops , military material , & c . The minimum rate of the carriage of merchandise in India is found to he 3 d . per ton per mile ; the maximum 8 d . per ton per mile . Assuming 4 d . per ton as the charge to he made by the Company , the per centage above-mentioned is arrived at .
The estimate for passenger traffic is calculated at the extremely moderate rate of 6 d . per head per annum for each native ( which will by itself yield the sum of 100 , 000 / . ) , and 5 s . per head per annum for each European ( who would be able , by means of this railroad , to reach the mountains in four or five hours from Madras ) , which , from a population of 10 , 000 Europeans , will yield the further sum of 2 , 500 / .