 | 1856 - 632 pages
...at which great injustice would be done to Railway Companies. LEGISLATION FOR RAILWAYS. Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament...admiration, of future generations. The London and North \Vestern Railway alone is regulated, as is shown by a return of Mr. Hadtield's, by no less than one... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 550 pages
...may be carried to a point at which great injustice would be done to Railway Companies. Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament...of future generations. The London and North Western Railway alone is regulated, as is shown by a return of Mr. Iladfield's, by no less than one hundred... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 576 pages
...may be carried to a point at which great injustice would be done to Railway Companies. Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament...of future generations. The London and North Western Railway alone is regulated, as is shown by a return of Mr. Iladfield's, by no less than one hundred... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1866 - 390 pages
...possession of the Presidential chair at the Institution in 1856, Eobert Stephenson observed i Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since Parliament...the admiration of future generations. The London and North-Western Eailway alone is regulated, as is shown by a return of Mr. Hadfield's, by no less than... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - 1878 - 360 pages
...to legislate for railways. In that period a multitude of laws has been placed upon the statute book, which will certainly excite the wonder, if they fail...shown by a return of Mr. Hadfield's, by no less than 186 different Acts. But it is not so much the number of the statutes regarding railways that excites... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - 1878 - 348 pages
...the chair as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in January, 1856. He said, "Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since Parliament...legislate for railways. In that period a multitude of laws has been placed upon the statute book, which will certainly excite the wonder, if they fail to be the... | |
 | Joseph Parsloe - 1878 - 346 pages
...chair as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in January, 1856. He said, " Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since Parliament...legislate for railways. In that period a multitude of laws has been placed upon the statute book, which will certainly excite the wonder, if they fail to be the... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1889 - 472 pages
...may be carried to a point at which great injustice would be done to Railway Companies. Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament...began to legislate for railways. In that period a .iiuli.il uelc' of laws have been placed upon the statute-book, which will certainly excite the wonder,... | |
 | Guy Morrison Walker - 1917 - 104 pages
...locomotive, in his inaugural address as President of the British Engineers' Association, said: "Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since Parliament first began to legislate for railways, but in this period a multitude of laws has been placed upon the statute book which will certainly excite... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1856 - 562 pages
...at which great injustice would be done to Railway Companies. LEGISLATION FOR RAILWAYS. Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament...future ^generations. The London and North Western Railway alone is regulated, as is shown by a return of Mr. Hadfield's, by no less than one hundred... | |
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Little more than a quarter of a century has elapsed, since Parliament first began to legislate for railways. In that period a multitude of laws have been placed upon the statute-book, which will certainly excite the wonder, if they fail to be the admiration,... 