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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... miles of their Line were opened on the 4th June , 1838. The London and Birmingham Company was earlier in the field . Its Act of Incorporation dates from 1833 ; but , although partially opened before , the whole of the Line to Birmingham ...
... miles of their Line were opened on the 4th June , 1838. The London and Birmingham Company was earlier in the field . Its Act of Incorporation dates from 1833 ; but , although partially opened before , the whole of the Line to Birmingham ...
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... mile which has since been expended . This was the very largest sum which it was then supposed could be required for the London and Birmingham Line : it is hardly necessary to remark that more than twice that sum has actually been ...
... mile which has since been expended . This was the very largest sum which it was then supposed could be required for the London and Birmingham Line : it is hardly necessary to remark that more than twice that sum has actually been ...
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... mile . * But the reduction of the expense of working did not then cease , but is still going on . The Americans had set us an example in the manage- ment of their public works by which we ought to have profited . The Erie Canal , one of ...
... mile . * But the reduction of the expense of working did not then cease , but is still going on . The Americans had set us an example in the manage- ment of their public works by which we ought to have profited . The Erie Canal , one of ...
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... mile , cost £ 4,635 per mile on the Paris and Rouen Line ; that the working of the former Line cost about 1s . a mile , while it was about 1s . 4d . on the Paris and Rouen Line ; that the locomotive power and carriages cost about 144 ...
... mile , cost £ 4,635 per mile on the Paris and Rouen Line ; that the working of the former Line cost about 1s . a mile , while it was about 1s . 4d . on the Paris and Rouen Line ; that the locomotive power and carriages cost about 144 ...
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... mile , may now be constructed for 15 or £ 20,000 . It may happen that a Company could obtain a sufficient return from low fares , calculating on an outlay of £ 15,000 or £ 20,000 , but not on an outlay of £ 50,000 per mile . But this is ...
... mile , may now be constructed for 15 or £ 20,000 . It may happen that a Company could obtain a sufficient return from low fares , calculating on an outlay of £ 15,000 or £ 20,000 , but not on an outlay of £ 50,000 per mile . But this is ...
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