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AVater Cotton Spinning Company , were laid with Masonic honours at Greenock . As only a few days notice had been given of the intended ceremony , it was generally supposed that the procession would have been confined almost exclusively to the parties interested in these great undertakings : but , contrary to expectation , the turn-out was one of the most respectable , and evinced the enthusiasm of the inhabitants at the commencement of works which will most unquestionably conduce to
the prosperity of Greenock . By one o ' clock the master wrights and the master coopers , hearing their respective banners—the managers , office-hearers , ancl members of the Mechanics' Institution , and Trades' Library , carrying a very neat model of a railroad carriage and train—the trades marshalled under their respective flags—the Port-Glasgow Doric Kilwinning , and the Greenock StJohn ' s Lod of Free and Accepted
Masonsaccom-. ges , panied by Mr . AA ells' equestrian company , beautifully attired as a Chinese cavalcade , carrying each of them a banner , the horses superbly caparisoned , assembled with hands of music opposite the Town Hall , where they were joined by the Magistrates and Town Council , the Harbour and Water Commissioners , the Railway Directors and Shareholders , ancl the Proprietors of the Shaws AVater Cotton Spinning
Company . The procession proceeded to Dei'inghurn Street where the foundation stone ofthe Greenock , Paisley , and Glasgow Railway was laid with Masonic Honours by the Depute Provincial Grand Master , Adam M'Leish , Esq ., Provost of Greenock , amidst the enthusiastic cheering of the Brethren of the Mystic tie ancl the vast concourse of spectators , ancl the discharging of cannon . Provost M'Leish addressed the assemblyand in a neat and comprehensive manner alluded to the great
im-, provements that had been made in steam navigation since the appearance of the Comet , the first steamer on the Clyde , ancl contrasted the then quick passage of four hours with the tide , and the impossibility of effecting the passage against the tide , with the expeditions manner in which the voyage is performed at present . He in a very happy way turned the attention cf tiie people to the mode of conveying passengers by land conveyance between GreenockPaisleyand Glasgow in the
, , clays of his youth , ivhen it was customary to stop for breakfast and dinner at Bishopton , which is only half way to Glasgow , and compared it with the acceleration of speed of conveyance attained by railways , and ' the surety of transit between Glasgow ancl Greenock , in one hour or less via the railway . The procession after giving three times three cheers , and one cheer more for the succesa of the undertaking , and being thanked in the name
of the Railway Directors by John Kerr , Esq ., proceeded to the site on the Shaws Water , on which the Shaws AVater Cotton Spinning Company ' s Mill is to be erected . The foundation stone of this truly laudable undertaking was also laid with Masonic Honours , and Provost M'Leish , in addressing the spectators , congratulated them on the commencement of such an important work as the Cotton Mill , which would give employment to the youth of
the community who were at present going about the quays and streets in idleness . He paid a well-merited compliment to Mr . William Allison , the builder and contractor , and alluded to it as a proof that the building would be executed to the satisfaction of all concerned—an announcement that was received with great cheering . He , in a feeling man-
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Scotland.
AVater Cotton Spinning Company , were laid with Masonic honours at Greenock . As only a few days notice had been given of the intended ceremony , it was generally supposed that the procession would have been confined almost exclusively to the parties interested in these great undertakings : but , contrary to expectation , the turn-out was one of the most respectable , and evinced the enthusiasm of the inhabitants at the commencement of works which will most unquestionably conduce to
the prosperity of Greenock . By one o ' clock the master wrights and the master coopers , hearing their respective banners—the managers , office-hearers , ancl members of the Mechanics' Institution , and Trades' Library , carrying a very neat model of a railroad carriage and train—the trades marshalled under their respective flags—the Port-Glasgow Doric Kilwinning , and the Greenock StJohn ' s Lod of Free and Accepted
Masonsaccom-. ges , panied by Mr . AA ells' equestrian company , beautifully attired as a Chinese cavalcade , carrying each of them a banner , the horses superbly caparisoned , assembled with hands of music opposite the Town Hall , where they were joined by the Magistrates and Town Council , the Harbour and Water Commissioners , the Railway Directors and Shareholders , ancl the Proprietors of the Shaws AVater Cotton Spinning
Company . The procession proceeded to Dei'inghurn Street where the foundation stone ofthe Greenock , Paisley , and Glasgow Railway was laid with Masonic Honours by the Depute Provincial Grand Master , Adam M'Leish , Esq ., Provost of Greenock , amidst the enthusiastic cheering of the Brethren of the Mystic tie ancl the vast concourse of spectators , ancl the discharging of cannon . Provost M'Leish addressed the assemblyand in a neat and comprehensive manner alluded to the great
im-, provements that had been made in steam navigation since the appearance of the Comet , the first steamer on the Clyde , ancl contrasted the then quick passage of four hours with the tide , and the impossibility of effecting the passage against the tide , with the expeditions manner in which the voyage is performed at present . He in a very happy way turned the attention cf tiie people to the mode of conveying passengers by land conveyance between GreenockPaisleyand Glasgow in the
, , clays of his youth , ivhen it was customary to stop for breakfast and dinner at Bishopton , which is only half way to Glasgow , and compared it with the acceleration of speed of conveyance attained by railways , and ' the surety of transit between Glasgow ancl Greenock , in one hour or less via the railway . The procession after giving three times three cheers , and one cheer more for the succesa of the undertaking , and being thanked in the name
of the Railway Directors by John Kerr , Esq ., proceeded to the site on the Shaws Water , on which the Shaws AVater Cotton Spinning Company ' s Mill is to be erected . The foundation stone of this truly laudable undertaking was also laid with Masonic Honours , and Provost M'Leish , in addressing the spectators , congratulated them on the commencement of such an important work as the Cotton Mill , which would give employment to the youth of
the community who were at present going about the quays and streets in idleness . He paid a well-merited compliment to Mr . William Allison , the builder and contractor , and alluded to it as a proof that the building would be executed to the satisfaction of all concerned—an announcement that was received with great cheering . He , in a feeling man-