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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... Robert Stephenson , the expenses of work- ing trains on the London and Birmingham Line , had fallen , in the course of only five or six years , from 6s . or 6s and 6d . , to from 3s . to 5s 14.
... Robert Stephenson , the expenses of work- ing trains on the London and Birmingham Line , had fallen , in the course of only five or six years , from 6s . or 6s and 6d . , to from 3s . to 5s 14.
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... Robert Stephenson before the same Com- mittee , that " you increase your income by diminishing your fares up to a certain point ; and beyond that point , if you go on diminishing the fares , you diminish your income . " One Railway may ...
... Robert Stephenson before the same Com- mittee , that " you increase your income by diminishing your fares up to a certain point ; and beyond that point , if you go on diminishing the fares , you diminish your income . " One Railway may ...
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... Robert Stephenson , * " that the London and Birmingham ought to have been commanded some years ago to have made their Northampton and Peter- borough Line . The London and Birmingham , again , have a branch to Aylesbury ; I think they ...
... Robert Stephenson , * " that the London and Birmingham ought to have been commanded some years ago to have made their Northampton and Peter- borough Line . The London and Birmingham , again , have a branch to Aylesbury ; I think they ...
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... Robert Stephenson , in his evi- dence , * observes very significantly , " It may be said , that * Second Report Railway Acts Enactments , Min . of Ev . p . 197 . the cost of the Railway has , in one point D 2 35.
... Robert Stephenson , in his evi- dence , * observes very significantly , " It may be said , that * Second Report Railway Acts Enactments , Min . of Ev . p . 197 . the cost of the Railway has , in one point D 2 35.
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... Robert Stephenson , by way of illustrating the inconvenience of the pre- sent system , stated in his evidence that he could " quote a case at Wisbeach , where , within half a mile of that town , there were actually fourteen different ...
... Robert Stephenson , by way of illustrating the inconvenience of the pre- sent system , stated in his evidence that he could " quote a case at Wisbeach , where , within half a mile of that town , there were actually fourteen different ...
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