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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... projects have already produced , there remains another question too serious to be overlooked ; viz .: whether the railways now in the course of being constructed , and those which are likely to be voted by Parliament during the present ...
... projects have already produced , there remains another question too serious to be overlooked ; viz .: whether the railways now in the course of being constructed , and those which are likely to be voted by Parliament during the present ...
Page 111
... projects which it is supposed will be sanctioned in the course of the present session , will , if they take effect , double , or it may be , treble this expense ; that is they will double or treble the sum which the country can con ...
... projects which it is supposed will be sanctioned in the course of the present session , will , if they take effect , double , or it may be , treble this expense ; that is they will double or treble the sum which the country can con ...
Page 112
... projects is doubtless to be attributed in a greater degree to the increasing desire of all towns and districts for the advantages of railway communication . The prodigious superiority of railways over all former modes of conveyance ...
... projects is doubtless to be attributed in a greater degree to the increasing desire of all towns and districts for the advantages of railway communication . The prodigious superiority of railways over all former modes of conveyance ...
Page 126
... projects to the Government , has placed the remedy within its reach , by enabling the legislature to limit the annual concessions to the schemes most required , and to such only as there may be funds to construct , without unduly ...
... projects to the Government , has placed the remedy within its reach , by enabling the legislature to limit the annual concessions to the schemes most required , and to such only as there may be funds to construct , without unduly ...
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... projects for new railways may be referred , shall require the pro- moters of each to put in statements as to the rates of charge for the conveyance of passengers and goods to which they are con- tent to be limited , and the amount of ...
... projects for new railways may be referred , shall require the pro- moters of each to put in statements as to the rates of charge for the conveyance of passengers and goods to which they are con- tent to be limited , and the amount of ...
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