Railway Reform, and Rights of Shareholders and the Public in the Railway Highways of the United Kingdom (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: James Troup
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ISBN: 9781331977063
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Excerpt from Railway Reform, and Rights of Shareholders and the Public in the Railway Highways of the United Kingdom The importance of direct or indirect control of the Public Highways, by Government, has hitherto been considered by our legislators as being worthy of more than ordinary attention, and during the last fifty years numerous Acts of Parliament have passed for their regulation, in all of which the rights of the public have been preserved, up to the period of the formation of the new description of highways called Railways. Why the public interests in such undertakings are now sacrificed to the purposes of creating a 10 per cent. gambling stock, when the government funds produce but 3 per cent., is a fit subject for serious consideration by every landowner, merchant, and tradesman in the country; and the object in publishing this pamphlet is to prove the fraudulent working of the present system, for the information of those who have not given the same attention to the proceedings of persons hitherto so improperly exercising the absolute control of the existing railways, and to prove, beyond all reasonable doubt, that the present system is a disgrace to a great commercial country like England: and although the facts stated are, to a certain extent, confined to the south-eastern district, in which the author resides, they are a fair example of most lines in the East, West, and Northern counties. In making these remarks, it must be understood that they are not intended to reflect on the majority of Directors, who are honourable men, but more or less influenced by the patronage they possess, and by some of the more active and jobbing class with whom they become associated in the management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.