the expenses of counsel and witnesses were enormous. The original
estimate for the line was 600,000 pounds: 110,000 pounds for land, and
490,000 pounds for works. 8,500 pounds was down for a girder bridge at
Arley, 8,000 pounds for one near Quatford, 9,000 pounds for one above
Bridgnorth, and 10,000 pounds for one at Shrewsbury. The two bridges
near Bridgnorth and the one near Shrewsbury were abandoned, and a
considerable saving was effected by shortening the line at Hartlebury, by
a junction, with the Oxford, Wolverhampton, and Worcester higher up than
was originally intended. The estimated cost of the works, in consequence
of these reductions, and of the determination of the company to make it a
single line, was thus reduced to nearly one-half the original sum.

Although the Severn Valley Railway joins the Main Trunk line at
Hartlebury, Worcester is regarded as its proper terminus; and at that
point we commence our description.



WORCESTER.


[Illustration of Worcester: 4.jpg]

Population, 31,123. Returns two Members to Parliament

Market days--Wednesdays and Saturdays Fair days--Saturday before Palm
Sunday, Saturday before Easter Day, August 15th, September 19th, and
first Monday in December.

Our engraving represents the "faithful city" as it appears from a point