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Page ix
... railway wagons and trucks in this country ! Only think of it ; it hardly seems conceivable that 97 per cent . of the time of a railway truck should be absolutely unproductive ! With the 22,000 locomotives the case is not much better ...
... railway wagons and trucks in this country ! Only think of it ; it hardly seems conceivable that 97 per cent . of the time of a railway truck should be absolutely unproductive ! With the 22,000 locomotives the case is not much better ...
Page x
... Railway Company , says : " I have not yet found one who can see that either a central Clearing House or Mr. Gattie's machinery would be an im- provement upon the present arrangements . " This was written in Railway News of April 22 ...
... Railway Company , says : " I have not yet found one who can see that either a central Clearing House or Mr. Gattie's machinery would be an im- provement upon the present arrangements . " This was written in Railway News of April 22 ...
Page xv
... railway revolution . I , at the time , attached small importance to the statement , as I had heard of many wondrous cures for railways evils . A closer examination of the scheme , and a further acquaintance with Mr. A. W. Gattie's ...
... railway revolution . I , at the time , attached small importance to the statement , as I had heard of many wondrous cures for railways evils . A closer examination of the scheme , and a further acquaintance with Mr. A. W. Gattie's ...
Page xix
... railway level , parallel with the railway tracks , disclosing the crypt beneath the railway level . Cranes are shown hoisting containers from one level to another . The under side of the lowest sorting floor is just visible at the top ...
... railway level , parallel with the railway tracks , disclosing the crypt beneath the railway level . Cranes are shown hoisting containers from one level to another . The under side of the lowest sorting floor is just visible at the top ...
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... railway rates gives the whole facts of the case . True , such a list might show that the railway freight charge of the finished article was only a fraction of the selling price ; but how far from the actual truth , and how misleading ...
... railway rates gives the whole facts of the case . True , such a list might show that the railway freight charge of the finished article was only a fraction of the selling price ; but how far from the actual truth , and how misleading ...
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Page 134 - But man, proud man ! Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, — like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 43 - Reports of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the position of the.
Page 138 - This department is practically under the direction of a president and vice-president ; the other members of the Board or Committee are, — the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the First Lord of the Treasury, the principal Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Speaker of the House of Commons...
Page 228 - About ;,*»" miles are not railway-owned or controlled ; 1,360 miles, or nearly a third of the whole extent, are so owned or controlled. The net revenue from these waterways in...
Page 71 - Metropolitan area, in addition to extensive widenings of other existing roads, would be very large, but states that it is difficult to see how it can be avoided if congestion is to be relieved and proper provision made for the needs of the future. " Large as the expense may be, it should be remembered that the cost of inaction is also heavy. The time lost daily by millions of people, through insufficient road accommodation, is alone equivalent to a loss of money which, though impossible to estimate...
Page 278 - I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the...
Page 128 - there are three things which make a nation great and prosperous — a fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyance for men and commodities from one place to another"; "to which," says Bishop Hall, "let me add knowledge and freedom.
Page 231 - Leeds, it will fa.il altogether, as it will be stopped at either Wigan, Sowerby Bridge, or Cooper Bridge by the locks of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, or Calder and Hebble navigation, which, although of twice the width required by the narrow boat, are 10 feet too short. Again, the narrow boat occasions a large amount of transhipment, as it is not safe to send it on wide estuaries or tidal waters. When goods are to be sent from London to Liverpool direct, narrow boats to load them cannot be sent...
Page 93 - Railway (1 share, as successor to the London and South Western and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways), and London Midland and Scottish Railway (1 share, as successor to the London and North Western Railway).
Page 231 - Tidal rivers and estuaries, where rough water is at times encountered, and where the tide ebbs and flows often with *» considerable velocity, which may, as in the case of the Severn estuary, amount to as much as 12 knots an hour on spring tides. As almost all through routes between important centres at the present time contain links of narrow canal, the effect of these diversities of gauge is to confine any long-distance through traffic to narrow boats. Nothing but a narrow boat can navigate between...