The Influence of English Railway Legislation of [!] Trade and Industry: With an Appendix of Tracts and DocumentsLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848 - 187 pages |
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... investment of capital in Railways . But , whatever the rate , it is quite clear that the Companies have no right to more ; and if , through the negligence of the legislature , they have been permitted to violate their contract by all ...
... investment of capital in Railways . But , whatever the rate , it is quite clear that the Companies have no right to more ; and if , through the negligence of the legislature , they have been permitted to violate their contract by all ...
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... investments , was not a legiti- mate encouragement of enterprise , but a stimulus to ex- travagant speculation . Had parliament interposed in time , and distinctly told Railway Companies , " You shall be allowed a rate of profit ...
... investments , was not a legiti- mate encouragement of enterprise , but a stimulus to ex- travagant speculation . Had parliament interposed in time , and distinctly told Railway Companies , " You shall be allowed a rate of profit ...
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... investment of the additional capital required for similar undertakings ; but we shall secure to the public a right to participate directly in such further advantages as may result from the inven- tion , " Railway speculation , while it ...
... investment of the additional capital required for similar undertakings ; but we shall secure to the public a right to participate directly in such further advantages as may result from the inven- tion , " Railway speculation , while it ...
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... investment for capital , the eyes of parliament should have been opened to the importance of the invention , and the influence it was likely to have on the interests of the country . Any man possessed of ordinary powers of obser- vation ...
... investment for capital , the eyes of parliament should have been opened to the importance of the invention , and the influence it was likely to have on the interests of the country . Any man possessed of ordinary powers of obser- vation ...
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... would be placed in parliament ; and that those who might otherwise be disposed to invest their money in * Second Report , Railways Acts Enactments , Minutes of Evi- dence , p . 192 . Railways , would feel a repugnance to be so much 15.
... would be placed in parliament ; and that those who might otherwise be disposed to invest their money in * Second Report , Railways Acts Enactments , Minutes of Evi- dence , p . 192 . Railways , would feel a repugnance to be so much 15.
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