CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, MANAGER London: FETTER LANE, E.C. New York: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Bombay, Calcutta and Madras: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. Toronto: J. M. DENT AND SONS, LTD. Tokyo: THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA All rights reserved THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN MODERN ENGLAND BY W. T. JACKMAN Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Toronto VOLUME II Cambridge: at the University Press 1916 Organization of goods and passenger trade on that line Work of William James Benefits conferred by railways Some reasons why many railways were unprofitable Amalgamation of railways differed from that of canals or roads Decreased revenues of some turnpike trusts and increase of trusts' debts Competition of steam vessels in rivers and around coast reduced business and Description of the various carrying systems on railways Railways working to exclude private carriers from their lines Reasons for failure of canals to successfully compete with railways Plans devised to enable canals to keep their trade—usually unsuccessful |