RAILWAYS. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—As a large portion of the press and a greater proportion of the people are favourable to railway enterprise I again trouble you with a few remarks on the subject…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1856
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Professor Pell on Railways. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—When the Professor's paper appeared I was greatly tempted to reply to it, but being of an indolent disposition and not having a great deal of time for writing I suffered it to pass; but Bucolicus, the writer who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Commissioners of the Railway. Per favour of the Sydney Morning Herald
GENTLEMEN, I fully expected that on the opening of the rai[?]way to Liverpool the inhabitants of the district would have the opportunity of getting to the city by a cheap and expeditious mode of conveyance, and…
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We have seen a very ingenious model of an improved tram waggon, to be used in the interior of the coal mines, and constructed by Mr. John Howden, of the Lake Macquarie-road. It consists of a…
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The Scone correspondent of the Maitland Mercury writing on the 10th instant, says:—" We are not aware of the reasons which dictated the stoppage of the works upon the road, upon…
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Mr. PARKER here enquired whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed that afternoon with the first motion on the paper, having reference to the raising of £200,000 by debentures for the purpose of…
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To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, in Parliament assembled. The Humble Petition of the undersigned, the Members of the East Maitland Improvement Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Madras Railway. (From the Madras Athencum, July 1.)
The inauguration of the opening of the Madras Railway took place on Saturday last. The ceremonies and festivities which ushered in this event will he found faithfully chroniclod elsew[?]re: we are unwilling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Statistics. (CFrom the Times, July 5th.)
THE report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade for the year 1855 is now published. Ten years have elapsed since that fever of speculation, which may be compared with the South Sea madness…
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The report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade for the year 1855 is now published. Ten years have elapsed since that fever of speculation, which may be compared with the South Sea madness or the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fallacies. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—I do not intend to follow "Portorius" through all his arguments appearing in your paper of the 25th ultimo, about the distinction between political and commercial, or your sensible leader of same date as to…
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A Court has recently been sitting at Greenwich on the matter of a claim made by a builder of Lewisham against the south-Eastern Railway Company, for injuries sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways in the United Kingdom. (From the Times, 5th July.)
IN 1846 270 railway acts were passed, authorising the construction of 4538 miles of railway, and the raising of £132,617,368 of capital; in 1847, 190 acts, authorising 1350 miles, and £39,460,128; in 1848, 85 acts,…
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The number of passengers that have travelled by the Sydney and Liverpool Railway during the quarter ended the 30th of September was 95,652. The revenue derived by the passengers' traffic, £8190 10s. 8d.;…
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"We quite agree with Sir William Denison in his notion that it will pay a government to construct railways in thinly populated countries when these undertakings would prove profitless in the hands of public companies…
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OUR readers will probably remember that, during the last session of the late Coucil, and act was passed incorporating the Pyrmont. Bridge Company. In the meantime, through the efficient and vigorous exertions of the Directors, ably seconded by those of the…
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As the ceremony of driving the first pile of the Darling Harbour bridge is appointed to take place at halfpast one to-day, it will perhaps be interesting to some of our readers if we give a detailed description of the…
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The design of connecting the suburb of Pyrmont with the city by means of a permanent bridge has at length been brought into actual execution. After many fruitless attempts a company was formed a little more than…
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ONE of the most auspicious events for the future prosperity of the metropolitan city of the Australias took place yesterday afternoon at Pyrmont in presence of a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen. We…
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One of the most auspicious events for the future prosperity of the metropolitan city of the Australias, took place yesterday afternoon, at Pyrmont, in presence of a large assemblage of…
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