Nicholas Wilcox Cundy

“ Do you know of any instance in which this Railway has gone through farming land, in which the value of that land has been raised or depreciated?
Wherever there is any thing like a station it is improved in value; you see advertisements recommending a site because the Manchester and Liverpool line runs near it or through it. ”

“ I certainly should not; my opinion is entirely changed, from what I have seen.
33. Are you of opinion that the construction of a Railroad between Birmingham and London would be of great public utility? ”