Nicholas Wilcox Cundy

“ Then if there were a Railroad established between two such towns as London and Birmingham, have you any reason to doubt an equal increase of travelling by passengers would take place?
I think most probably it would?
62. Has the value of land increased or decreased since the Railroad has been open?
It is a matter of notoriety that it has increased.
63. Do you know any instance in which land has been depreciated in value?
No. I do not know of one.
72. Do you know an instance of troops being transmitted with great facility along the Manchester and Liverpool Railroad? ”

“ Mr. Henry Booth, Treasurer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.—p. 3.
1. Are you acquainted with the Manchester and Liverpool Railway?
I am treasurer.
9. What is the total number of passengers carried within the last twenty-one months?
780,000.
11. What is the average per day?
About 1200.
12. What is the distance of the Railroad from Liverpool to Manchester?
The Railway is thirty miles long, as near as may be. ”

“ Yes; we carried troops: we took a whole regiment at the beginning of the year; there were 800, with a large quantity of baggage, which was necessary to be shipped to Ireland.
73. What was the time occupied, from the time they embarked in the carriages till they embarked at the ships at Liverpool? ”