CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

p. 1CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY

p. 4CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD

p. 11CHAPTER III. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY AND “KING HUDSON”

p. 17CHAPTER IV. FASHIONS AND MANNERS, VICTORIAN DAYS

p. 21CHAPTER V. EARLY OFFICE LIFE

p. 28CHAPTER VI. FRIENDSHIP

p. 34CHAPTER VII. RAILWAY PROGRESS

p. 40CHAPTER VIII. SCOTLAND, GLASGOW LIFE, AND THE CALEDONIAN LINE.

p. 48CHAPTER IX. GENERAL RAILWAY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT

p. 56CHAPTER X. A GENERAL MANAGER AND HIS OFFICE

p. 62CHAPTER XI. THE RAILWAY JUBILEE, AND GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN OFFICERS AND CLERKS

p. 70CHAPTER XII. TOM

p. 73CHAPTER XIII. MEN I MET AND FRIENDS I MADE

p. 81CHAPTER XIV. TERMINALS, RATES AND FARES, AND OTHER MATTERS

p. 87CHAPTER XV. FURTHER RAILWAY LEGISLATION

p. 90CHAPTER XVI. BELFAST AND THE COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY

p. 97CHAPTER XVII. BELFAST AND THE COUNTY DOWN—(continued)

p. 103CHAPTER XVIII. RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES, THE BLOCK, THE BRAKE, AND LIGHT RAILWAYS

p. 110CHAPTER XIX. GOLF, THE DIAMOND KING, AND A STEAM-BOAT SERVICE

p. 115CHAPTER XX. THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND

p. 124CHAPTER XXI. BALLINASLOE FAIR, GALWAY, AND SIR GEORGE FINDLAY

p. 134CHAPTER XXII. A RAILWAY CONTEST, THE PARCEL POST, AND THE BOARD OF TRADE

p. 141CHAPTER XXIII. THE “RAILWAY NEWS,” THE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS, AND A TRIP TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

p. 148CHAPTER XXIV. TOM ROBERTSON, MORE ABOUT LIGHT RAILWAYS, AND THE INLAND TRANSIT OF CATTLE

p. 155CHAPTER XXV. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION AND CONSTANTINOPLE

p. 166CHAPTER XXVI. A CONGRESS AT PARIS, THE PROGRESS OF IRISH LINES, EGYPT AND THE NILE

p. 173CHAPTER XXVII. KING EDWARD, A CHANGE OF CHAIRMEN, AND MORE RAILWAY LEGISLATION

p. 178CHAPTER XXVIII. VICE-REGAL COMMISSION ON IRISH RAILWAYS, 1906-1910, AND THE FUTURE OF RAILWAYS

p. 190CHAPTER XXIX. THE GENERAL MANAGERS’ CONFERENCE, GOODAY’S DINNER, AND DIVERS MATTERS

p. 197CHAPTER XXX. FROM MANAGER TO DIRECTOR

p. 200CHAPTER XXXI. THE DOMINIONS’ ROYAL COMMISSION, THE RAILWAYS OF THE DOMINIONS AND EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT

External Trade of the Self-Governing Dominions

Natural Resources of the Dominions

Conservation and Development of Natural Resources in the Future

Scientific Research in Relation to the Development of Natural Resources

Migration

Oversea Communications

Telegraphic Communications

Improvement in Commercial Practice

p. 215CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION

p. 219INDEX.

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