§ MR. JAMES DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Great Northern Railway of Ireland shunt trains over a level crossing entering the town of Castleblaney, causing delay and danger to the people who use this crossing; and, whether his Department have been able to take any steps during the Recess to induce the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland to erect a bridge over the railway there?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonThe Board of Trade have this morning received a letter from the Company, in which it is stated that the Directors have decided to put up a footbridge over this level crossing; and that their engineer has been instructed to communicate with the Town Commissioners at Castleblaney, with a view to coming to an arrangement as to the position of the bridge which will suit all purposes.
§ MR. DALYasked if the right hon. Gentleman would take into account the fact that the railway company shunted over this level crossing, and that it was only a footbridge they were going to erect?
§ MR. RITCHIEsaid he was aware that it was a footbridge the company were going to erect, but he could not give any further answer to the question.