 He was awarded £4,100 at arbitration, resulting in his resignation from the railway company, causing nervousness among the railway's proprietors, who had expected the wealthy member of the local hierarchy to take a large shareholding.He held 50 shares in the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton company.The minutes of the railway company held at the National Archives, Kew, reveal that the contract to build more substantial stone station buildings along the branch line in 1859 included a 'station and cottage attached' for The Oaks at the estimated cost of £270.