Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion

by Arthur H. Beavan

Accidents on electric railways, [251-256]
— to motor-cars, [264-267]
— tramway, [258-263]
Adaptability of shallow underground system to London, [198], [199]
Advance of motoring, [202]
Agricultural motor vehicles, [218], [219]
Agriculture, Decay of, [277], [278]
Aldershot trials of motor vehicles, [215-217]
Aliens and overcrowding, [279], [280]
American capital and London’s railways, [61], [160], [161]
Balfour’s, Mr., views on motor-cars and public highways, [228], [229]
Ballybunion and Listowel Railway, [36], [37]
Barnet motor-car accident, [266]
Birmingham electric tramways, [170], [171]
Black country, Facts and statistics respecting the, [177-179]
Board of Trade Committee upon vibration in Tubes, [87]
— — Report of upon shallow underground system, [199]
— — — — vibration in Tubes, [87-89]
Boer war and motor-cars, [214], [215]
Boston shallow underground railway, [190-194]
Brighton Beach Electric Railway, [13], [14]
British Electric Traction Co.’s tramways, [180-182]
Brunel’s shield and Thames Tunnel, [76], [77]
Buda-Pesth shallow underground railway, [190]
Cabs, new and old, [212], [213]
Cars, Curious uses of motor, [221-223]
— Description of various motor, [206]
— — electric tram, [137], [138]
Central London Electric Railway, The, [63-73]
— — — — Description of, [66-68]
— — — — Effect on omnibus traffic of, [70]
— — — — History of, [63-65]
— — — — Its annual sale of lost articles, [72], [73]
— — — — Its City subways, [65], [66]
— — — — Means of exit from cars of, [72]
— — — — Ventilation of, [70-72]
Centres of Great Britain, Manufacturing, [174-177]
Chatham electric tramway accident, [259], [260]
Chester motor-car accident, [266]
City and South London Railway, The, [15-18], [22], [23]
— — — — A trial trip in, [19-22]
Claims for damage by railway tubing, [83-86]
Combination omnibus (electricity and petrol,) [210], [211]
Conveyances, Public, [208-213]
County Council, The London, [143]
— — — and rehousing, [143], [144]
County Council’s, The London, design for shallow underground railway, [187], [188]
— — — tramway system, [140-150]
— — — tramways, Business journey on, [151-156]
Country, Changes produced by electric locomotion in the, [273]
Crimean war and traction engine, [217]
Devonport electric tramway accident, [261], [262]
Earth tremblings, [89]
Electric haulage on tramways by accumulators, [137]
— — — closed conduit, [134]
— — — open conduit, [133], [134]
— — — overhead trolley, [134-137]
— locomotion, Devil’s Advocate and, [250], [251]
— — Drawbacks of, [250-267]
— — our national life and, [269-286]
— — Various forms of, [9], [10]
— motor-cars, [206], [208]
— — vehicles, [214], [219]
— omnibuses, [211], [212]
Electric railway accident in United States, [251]
— — — on Liverpool Overhead, [251-253]
— — accidents, official report upon causes of, [251-253]
— — breakdown on City and South London, [255], [256]
— — breakdowns on Central London, [253-255]
— railways, Accidents on, [251-256]
— — Pioneer, [11-30]
— — Remarkable, [31-46]
— traction undertakings, Investment of capital in, [269], [270]
— tramcars, Description of, [137], [138]
— tramway accidents, Official report upon causes of, [261], [262]
— — traction, Various methods of, [131-138]
— tramways generally, [128-140]
— — Objections to, [258]
Electricity, amount required to cause death, [264]
— Definition of terms used in, [8], [9]
— for traction, how produced, [7], [8]
— Signs of the times and, [285]
— Storage of, [235]
— — applied to navigation, [230-249]
— — Edison’s system, [235], [236]
Emigration and overcrowding, [278], [279]
Factories, Removal from London of, [144-146]
Flourishing state of motor-car industry in Great Britain, [204-206]
General verdict upon drawbacks of electric locomotion, [267], [268]
Giant’s Causeway Electric Railway, The, [11-13]
Glasgow electric tramway accident, [260], [261]
— tramways, [166-168]
Great Northern, Brompton, and Piccadilly Circus Railway, The, [117], [118], [127]
— — — — — — Advantages of, [117], [118]
— — — — — — Aristocratic character of, [126], [127]
— — — — — — Route of, [118-126]
Grimsthorpe motor-car accident, [264], [265]
Haulage on tramways, Various methods of, [130], [131]
High-speed railways, [38-40]
History of tramways, [128-130]
Horseless vehicles, electrical and otherwise, [200-229]
— — in the past, [203], [204]
How railway Tubes are bored, [77-81]
Huddersfield electric tramway accident, [258], [259]
Improvements in railway travelling, [2-4]
Inner Circle, Rejuvenating the Metropolitan, [47-62]
Introduction of tramways by G. F. Train, [128], [129]
Investment of capital in electric traction undertakings, [269], [270]
Legislation respecting motor-cars, [226]
Light Railway Act of 1896, [162-166], [171], [172]
— — — — Effect on rural tramways of, [163], [164]
Liverpool electric tramways, [168], [169]
— Overhead Railway, The, [26-30]
Local authorities and rural tramways, [182-185]
Locomotion, Electric, Changes in the country produced by, [273]
— — — at London termini produced by, [272], [273]
— — Devil’s Advocate and, [250], [251]
— — Drawbacks of, [250-267]
— — — General verdict upon, [267], [268]
— — Improvement of street traffic arising from, [273], [274]
— — Its effect upon existing railways, [270], [272]
— — Our national life and, [269-286]
— — overcrowding, Effect of, on, [257-286]
— — Social results of, [274], [275]
— — Various forms of, [9], [10]
— New and old order of, [1-9]
Locomotives, Steam railway, [2], [4]
— Steam in railway, [4], [5]
London County Council, The, [143]
— — — and rehousing, [143], [144]
— — Council’s tramway system, [146-150]
— — — tramways, Business journey on, [151-156]
— Motor-car accident in, [266], [267]
— Overcrowding in, [279-284]
— Removal of factories from, [144-146]
— termini, Changes at, produced by electric locomotion, [272], [273]
— tramcar overturned, [262], [263]
— tramways in the past, [129], [130]
— United Tramways Company, [156-160]
— — — — Extension to Hampton Court, [156], [159]
London’s congested traffic, [186], [187]
— latest and longest Tube, [117-127]
— railways and American capital, [61], [160], [161]
— — Royal Commission on, [112-116], [142], [143]
— — Selection of central authority respecting, [115], [116]
London’s street traffic, [141], [142]
— tangled Tubes, [107-116]
— congested traffic, suggested remedy for, [108], [109]
— tramways, [141-161]
Maintenance of tramway tracks, [150], [151]
Manchester and Liverpool Electric Express Railway, The, [40-46]
— — — — — — Advantages of, [41], [42], [45]
— electric tramways, [169], [170]
— tramcar collision, [262]
Manufacturing centres of Great Britain, [174-177]
Medical objections to railway travelling in Tubes, [256], [267]
Mercantile motors, [220-223]
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways, Construction of, [48-51]
— — — — Differences of opinion between the New, [61], [62]
— — — — Chelsea power house of, [51-54]
— District Railway, New, Driving power of trains on the, [54], [55]
— — — rejuvenated, Rolling stock of, [55-57]
— — — Rejuvenation of, [51-59]
— — — — Stations and tunnels of, [57-59]
— Inner Circle, Rejuvenating the, [47-62]
— Railway, Rejuvenation of the, [59], [60]
— railways fifty years ago, [47], [48]
Modern social questions, [284], [285]
Mole, Tube at work, The, [81]
— — — — Objections to, [82]
Monmouth motor-car accident, [265], [266]
Mono-railway, Ballybunion and Listowel, [36], [37]
— — Behr’s, [35], [36]
— — Manchester and Liverpool Electric Express, [40-46]
— railways, [31-38]
Motor-car accident at Barnet, [266]
— — at Chester, [266]
— — at Grimsthorpe, [264], [265]
— — in London, [266], [267]
— — at Monmouth, [265], [266]
— — at Rearsby, [265]
— — at Stroud, [265]
— industry, Flourishing state of British, [204-206]
Motor-cars, Accidents to, [264-267]
— Boer War and, [214], [215]
— Curious uses of, [221-223]
— Description of various, [206]
— Electric, [206], [208]
— Private, in country, [203]
— — in town, [202], [203]
— Public highways and, [227-229]
— — — Mr. Balfour’s views on, [228], [229]
— Speed of, [224-226]
Motor-cars, Speed of, Legislation respecting,[226]
— Unpopularity of, [200-202], [226]
— Usefulness of, [226], [227]
Motor-cycles, [220], [221]
Motor vehicles, Agricultural, [218], [219]
— — at Aldershot, Trials of, [215-217]
— — Rider Haggard and, [219]
— — Warfare in, [214], [217], [218]
Motors, Mercantile, [220-223]
Motoring, Advance of, [202], [203]
Municipal tramways in the British Isles, Extent of, [164-166]
Navigation, Electricity applied to, [230-249]
New and old order of locomotion, [1-9]
— order of locomotion, [5-8]
New York shallow underground railway, [194-198]
Official report upon causes of electric railway accidents, [251], [253]
— — — — tramway accidents, [261], [262]
Old and new order of locomotion, [1-9]
— order of locomotion, [1-5]
Omnibuses, Advantages of horseless, [212]
— Combination (electricity and petrol), [210], [211]
— Electric, [211], [212]
— Existing, [208], [209]
— Steam, [209], [210]
Overcrowding and aliens, [279], [280]
— and emigration, [278], [279]
— Effect of electric locomotion on, [275-286]
— in London, [279-284]
— — — Facts and statistics relating to, [283], [284]
— — — Possible remedy for, [284]
— What it is like, [280-283]
— What it is not like, [275-277]
Paris shallow underground railway, [188-190]
Parliament, Tube Bills in (1902), [110], [111]
— — — (1902), Authorised, in, [112]
— — — (1903), Postponed, [114], [115]
Piccadilly, Associations of, [122-126]
Pioneer electric railways, [11-30]
Princess Ida, The, [230-249]
— — Construction of, [239-243]
— — Description of, [239]
— — Provisioning of, [245], [246]
— — Recreations and conveniences on board, [243-245]
— — Visit to, [238], [239]
— — Voyage to the Cape of, [247-249]
Private motor-cars in country, [203]
— — in town, [202], [203]
Provincial tramways, [162-185]
— rural tramways, [171-174]
Public conveyances, [208], [213]
— highways and motor-cars, [227], [228]
— — — Mr. Balfour’s views on, [228], [229]
Questions, Modern social, [284], [285]
Railway accident on Liverpool Overhead Electric, [251-253]
— — in United States, Electric, [251]
— breakdown, City and South London Electric, [255], [256]
— breakdowns, Central London Electric, [253-255]
— Electric, Brighton Beach, [13], [14]
— — Central London, [63-73]
— — City and South London, [15-18], [22], [23]
— — Giant’s Causeway, [11-13]
— — Great Northern, Brompton, and Piccadilly Circus, [117-127]
— — Liverpool Overhead, [26-30]
— — Manchester and Liverpool Express, [40-46]
— — Metropolitan, [59], [60]
— — — District, [51-59]
— — Waterloo and City, [23-26]
— Light, Act of 1896, [162-166], [171], [172]
— — — Rural tramways effect on, [163], [164]
— Metropolitan, Rejuvenation of, [59], [60]
— — District, Rejuvenation of, [51-59]
— — — New, Driving power of trains, [54], [55]
— — — — Power house at Chelsea, [51-54]
— — — — Rolling Stock of, [55-57]
— — — — Stations and tunnels of, [57-59]
— Mono, Behr’s, [35], [36]
— travelling, Improvements in, [2-4]
— — in Tubes, Medical objections to, [256], [257]
— Tubes, Annoyance from vibration in, [86-89]
— — — — Official Commission upon, [87]
— — — — — — Report of upon, [87], [89]
— — Depths of, [81]
— — How they are bored, [77-81]
— Tubing, Claims for damage by, [83-86]
Railways, Construction of Metropolitan and Metropolitan District, [48-51]
— Differences of opinion between the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District, [61], [62]
— Electric, Accidents on, [251-256]
— — Remarkable, [31-46]
— Existing, Effects of electric locomotion upon, [270-272]
— High-speed, [38-40]
— London’s, Royal Commission on, [112-116], [142], [143]
Railways, London’s, Selection of Central authority respecting, [115], [116]
— Metropolitan, fifty years ago, [47], [48]
— Mono, [31-38]
— Tube, open for traffic in London, [110]
Ramsgate tramcar shock, [264]
Rearsby motor-car accident, [265]
Rider Haggard and motor vehicles, [219]
Rural tramways, [162-185]
— — and local authorities, [182-185]
— — New order of, [179-182]
— — Old order of, [173], [174]
— — Provincial, [171-174]
— — Usefulness of, [172], [173]
Rush for the London tramways, [138-140]
Shallow underground railway, Boston, [190-194]
— — — Buda-Pesth, [190]
— — — London County Council’s design for, [187], [188]
— — — New York, [194-198]
— — — Paris, [188-190]
— — — system, The, [186-199]
— — — — Board of Trade report upon, [199]
— — — — Its adaptability to London, [198], [199]
Ships and steamers, Development in size of, [230-235]
— — Use of aluminium in building, [234]
Signs of the times and electricity, [285]
Social results of electric locomotion, [274], [275]
Speed of motor-cars, [224-226]
— — Legislation respecting, [226]
Steam railway locomotives, [2], [4]
— in railway locomotives, [4], [5]
— omnibuses, [209], [210]
Storage of electricity, [235]
— — Edison’s system, [235], [236]
Street traffic, Improvement in, arising from electric locomotion, [273], [274]
Stroud motor-car accident, [265]
Subways and suburban lines, [109], [110]
Sunderland tramcar shock, [263]
Thames Tunnel and Brunei’s shield, [76], [77]
Touring in the Tubes (a sketch), [90-106]
Traction engine used in Crimean War, [217]
Traffic, London’s congested, [186], [187]
— — street, [141], [142]
Tramcar collision at Manchester, [262]
— overturned in London, [262], [263]
— shock at Ramsgate, [264]
— — Sunderland, [263]
Tramcars, Electric, Description of, [137], [138]
Tramway accidents, [258-263]
Tramway tracks, maintenance of, [150], [151]
— traction, various methods of electric, [131-137]
Tramways, Birmingham, [170], [171]
— British Electric Traction Co.’s, [180-182]
— Electric, Accident at Chatham, [259], [260]
— — — Devonport, [261], [262]
— — — Glasgow, [260], [261]
— — — Huddersfield, [258], [259]
— — Accidents, Official report upon causes of, [261], [262]
— — accumulators, Haulage of by, [137]
— — closed conduit, Haulage of by, [134]
— — generally, [128-140]
— — Municipal, Extent of, in British Isles, [164-166]
— — Objections to, [258]
— — open conduit, Haulage of by, [133], [134]
— — overhead trolley, Haulage of by, [134-137]
— Glasgow, [166-168]
— haulage on, Various methods of, [130], [131]
— History of, [128-130]
— Introduction of, by G. F. Train, [128], [129]
— Liverpool, [168], [169]
— London County Council’s system of, [146-150]
— — in the past, [129], [130]
— — United Company, [156-160]
— — — — Extension to Hampton Court, [156-159]
— London’s, [141-161]
— Manchester, [169], [170]
— Provincial, [162-185]
— — rural, [171], [174]
— Rural, Effect of Light Railways Act, 1896, on, [163], [164]
— — Local authorities and, [182-185]
— — New order of, [179-182]
— — Old order of, [173], [174]
Tramways, Rural, Usefulness of, [172], [173]
— Rush for the London, [138-140]
Trial trip in the City and South London Railway, [19-22]
Tube Bills in Parliament (1902), [110], [111]
— — — — Authorised, in, [112]
— — — (1903), Postponed, [114], [115]
— London’s latest and longest, [117-127]
— mole at work, The, [81], [82]
— — — Objections to, [82]
— Railway, Central London, [63-73]
— — City and South London, [15-18], [22], [23]
— — Great Northern, Brompton, and Piccadilly Circus, [117-127]
— — Waterloo and City, [23-26]
— railways, Depths of, [81]
— — How they are bored, [77-81]
— — open for traffic in London, [110]
Tubes, London’s tangled, [107-116]
— — — Suggested remedy for, [108], [109]
— Railway travelling in, Medical objections to, [256], [257]
— Touring in the (a sketch), [90-106]
Tubing, Claims for damage caused by railway, [83-86]
Tubular system, The, [74-89]
— — Origin of, [75], [76]
Unpopularity of motor-cars, [200-202], [226], [227]
Usefulness of motor-cars, [226], [227]
— of rural tramways, [172], [173]
Vehicles, Electric motor, [206], [208]
— Horseless, electrical and otherwise, [200-229]
— — in the past, [203], [204]
Vibration of railway Tubes, Annoyance from, [86-89]
— — — — — Board of Trade Committee upon, [87]
— — — — — Report of Board of Trade Committee upon, [87-89]
Warfare, motor vehicles in, [214-218]
Waterloo and City Railway, [23-26]

PLYMOUTH
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON
PRINTERS

FOOTNOTES:

[1] This is by no means the oldest steam-engine at work in the kingdom, the doyen being one built as far back as 1767, and used continuously ever since at Charles Clifford and Sons’ Metal-rolling Mills, Birmingham. It is of beam type, and the oak beam was only replaced at the end of last year by one of iron. In 1812 a new cylinder was put in, but the rest of the engine remains as it was 136 years ago, even to the connecting-rod for rolling-mill purposes. It is said that this G.O.M. is more economical than many of the modern engines used in the trade.

[2] The biggest and most powerful locomotive in the world is stated to be the “Bessemer,” built in 1900 at the Pittsburg Locomotive Works, U.S.A., weighing with its tender 175 tons. Its height is 16 feet from rail to top of smoke-stack, and it is capable of easily drawing a train of 4,000 tons at 25 miles an hour, or 8,000 tons at 15 miles an hour. Its hauling power is therefore enormous, and so it ought to be, as the diameter of the smallest ring of the boiler is 7 feet 10 inches. The nearest approach in size to this monster was constructed in Great Britain for the Santa Fé Railway in Argentina, and weighed 150 tons.

[3] See [Chapter I.]

[4] These have since given place to motor-cars built in America.

[5] Report of Parliamentary Committee on Housing of the Poor, 1902.

[6] vide Chapter V.

[7] One of the largest tramway schemes ever promoted is contained in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Bill, which came before Parliament in March last. The routes have a total length of 80 miles, and pass through a district with a population of close upon three-quarters of a million. The idea is to connect, by means of electric tramways, the towns of Nottingham, Long Eaton, Derby, Ilkeston, Ripley, Alfreton, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Pleasley, Mansfield, Eastwood, Bulwell, and Hucknall Torkard.