History of
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共 82 题- A HISTORY OF
- INLAND TRANSPORT
- AND
- COMMUNICATION
- IN ENGLAND
- BY
- EDWIN A. PRATT
- LONDON
- KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD.
- BROADWAY HOUSE, CARTER LANE, E.C.
- National Industries
- The first volumes in this series will be:--
- EDWIN A. PRATT.
- CHAPTER PAGE
- OF
- INLAND TRANSPORT AND
- COMMUNICATION
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTORY
- BRITAIN'S EARLIEST ROADS
- As regards the routes taken by the Roman roads, Mr. Tylor says:--
- ROADS AND THE CHURCH
- EARLY TRADING CONDITIONS
- Jacob says of this old institution:--
- EARLY ROAD LEGISLATION
- EARLY CARRIAGES
- The indictment he prefers against the coaches is in the following terms:--
- Alluding to the effect of coach-riding on the individual, he says:--
- LOADS, WHEELS AND ROADS
- THE COACHING ERA
- THE AGE OF BAD ROADS
- THE TURNPIKE SYSTEM
- TRADE AND TRANSPORT IN THE TURNPIKE ERA
- In regard to the turnpike system in general he says:--
- SCIENTIFIC ROAD-MAKING
- RIVERS AND RIVER TRANSPORT
- RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
- DISADVANTAGES OF RIVER NAVIGATION
- THE CANAL ERA
- THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- EVOLUTION OF THE RAILWAY
- THE RAILWAY ERA
- RAILWAY EXPANSION
- RAILWAYS AND THE STATE
- Francis himself says of the position thus brought about:--
- Among the conclusions at which the Committee arrived were the following:--
- DECLINE OF CANALS
- DECLINE OF TURNPIKES
- END OF THE COACHING ERA
- 1. Assessed taxes on carriages and horses kept for private use.
- 2. A post-horse duty.
- 5. Mileage duty on stage-coaches.
- 7. An assessed tax on coachmen and guards.
- 8. An assessed tax on draught horses.
- RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES
- THE RAILWAY SYSTEM TO-DAY
- The rates of dividend on ordinary capital in 1910 were as follows:--
- WHAT THE RAILWAYS HAVE DONE
- RAILWAYS A NATIONAL INDUSTRY
- Great Eastern Loco. and carriage Stratford, E. 4578
- Midland Locomotive Derby 3988
- IV. Waterworks (Repairs and Maintenance) 155,000
- VI. Steamboats (Repairs) 323,000
- I. UNITED KINGDOM {435}
- II. ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
- Total 224,586 14 6
- TRAMWAYS, MOTOR-BUSES AND RAILLESS ELECTRIC TRACTION
- CYCLES, MOTOR-VEHICLES AND TUBES
- In the Edgware Road the results for 1906 and 1911 were:--
- THE OUTLOOK
- Parliamentary Reports and Papers:--
- Census of Production (1907). [Cd. 5254.]
- Joint Committee on the Amalgamation of Railway Companies (1872). [364.]
- Local Taxation, by H. H. Fowler (Lord Wolverhampton) (1893). [168.]
- Railway Returns for 1910 (1911). [Cd. 5796.]
- Road Board, First Report of (1911). [292.]
- Select Committee on the Highways of the Kingdom (1819). [509.]
- Select Committee on Turnpike Trusts and Tolls (1836). [547.]
- Rogers, J. E. Thorold: "History of Agriculture and Prices in England."
- Vernon-Harcourt, L. V.: 156-7, 158 {543}
- WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH
- Notes