Shareholders, numbers of, in Indian railways, 276.
Sheffield, rainfall in, note, 281.
Ships, of the United Kingdom, statistics of, note, 182.
Shipwreck, losses of life from, 182, note, 183.
Shoddy-shoebility of Northampton, 233.
Shrewsbury Grammar School, note, 217.
Shropshire, production of coal in, note, 49.
Sicily, mountains of, note, 8.
Sierra Nevada Mountain, 19.
Simplon, the, 8;
height of, note, 319.
Skye and Dingwall Railway, note, 239.
Sleeping railway car, note, 303.
Sleepers, railway, iron in India, 282.
Sletvio Pass, the, 11.
Slow trains, difficulty of keeping time with them, 113.
Sœmmering Pass and Railway described, 12;
gradients upon, 344.
Somersetshire, production of coal in, note, 49.
South Australia, railways in, 310.
South Austrian and Alta-Italian Railway, length, 23;
described, ib.;
cost of construction, 27;
traffic receipts, 29;
rolling stock, 37;
engine mileage, ib.
South-Eastern Railway, the, 15;
its locomotive and carriage establishment, 209.
South Wales, production of coal in, note, 49.
Southampton, its progress since 1840, note, 259;
distance to Alexandria, 429.
Spain, mountains of, note, 8;
postage stamps in, note, 142;
mileage of railways in, 297;
railway tunnels, 381;
its water canal, Isabel II, 384;
roadway communications, ib.
Speed on railways, 109;
if accelerated, position that Mr. Frederick Hill should take, 132.
Spezzia, the Italian Portsmouth, 433;
unfinished railway to, 438.
Spiers and Pond, Messrs., of buffet celebrity, 228.
Splugen Pass, the, 10;
height of, note, 319.
St. Etienne, population of, note, 31.
St. Germain and Paris, first railway in France, 25.
St. Gothard Alpine Pass, the, 9;
height of, note, 319;
proposed tunnel through, 409.
St. John’s Wood Railway, the, described, 390.
St. Michel, distance from London and Paris, 318.
St. Paul’s Cathedral, height of, 219, 321.
Staff, the, of Indian railways, its composition—insufficiency of the provident fund for, 292.
Staffordshire, production of coal in, note, 49; canal navigation.
Stage coaches, their speed, 56, 109;
passengers carried by them in 1837, 57.
Stamps, newspaper, note, 80;
letter, first use of, note, 141;
the author of those now in use, 141;
premium for the first design of, note, 142.
Steam Vessels, British, number of, 50;
passengers carried by them in 1837, 57;
statistics of, note, 162.
Steel rails, manufactory of, at Crewe, 201;
value and importance of, note, 202;
use of in India, 284.
Stephenson, the late Robert, M.P., extract from his inaugural address to the Institution of Civil Engineers, 83;
upon railway tunnels, 370;
answer to the report of Mr. Page, Inspector General of mails, 454;
tendency of his report, 455;
errors respecting the Dover day mail train, 456;
travelling post offices, 457;
payments to railways not higher than to mail coaches, ib.;
services to the Post Office and the public compared, 460, 464;
cost of running trains, 461;
mail bags by ordinary trains, 463;
argument that the penny postal system would be cheaper by horse than by railway power, refuted, 465;
unjustifiable competition of the Post Office, 470;
Post Office threats against the railways, 475;
alleged monopoly, 476;
treatment of the railways by Government, 477;
unjustifiable tone towards railways, 478.
“Stokers and Pokers,” by Sir Francis Head, Bart., quotations from, 196, 197, 198, 224.
Storrow, Mr. Charles, his interesting information upon tunnel ventilation, 411;
his report upon the tunnel of the Alps, 426.
Strasbourg, population of, note, 31.
Stratford locomotive and carriage establishment, 209.
Strickland, Miss Agnes, on crinoline, note, 210.
Strike upon the Eastern Counties Railway in 1849, note, 161.
Strikes, their injurious effects upon workmen, note, 159, note, 161.
Sturgey, the immaculate, note, 243.
Styria, mountains of, note, 8.
Subways and tunnels between France and England, 396.
Suez Canal, note, 95, note, 265.
Suez, Isthmus of, Railway, 95;
Eastern mails, how conveyed upon, note, 269;
iron sleepers upon, 282.
Sugar, imports of, 72.
Suicide upon Railways, 177.
Sultan, the, his views on railways, 270.
Susa, Porta Cæsaris Augusti, at, 6;
the centre rail at, 352.
Sutherland Railway, the, 239.
Sweden, mountains of, note, 8;
postage stamps in, 142.
Swindon, locomotive and carriage establishment, 209.
Switzerland, mountains of, note, 8;
postage stamps in, note, 142;
locomotive building establishment in, 194;
railway tunnels in, 380;
Hauenstein Tunnel described, 415.
Tarento, the Italian Plymouth, 433.
Tea, imports and consumption of, 71;
passage of, between London and Liverpool, 155.
Telegraph between London and California, 19.
Telegraphs in India, great expenses and difficulties connected with them, note, 281.
Tenders of engines, their water holding capacities, 219.
Teneriffe, Peak of, its height, note, 10.
Thames subway, Mr. Barlow’s, 395.
Thames Tunnel, the, 376.
Third class carriages used by people for whom they were never intended, note, 61.
Third class passengers, their enormous increase on British railways, 47;
cause, 61.
Thouvenot, M., his colossal engine, 190.
Thull Ghaut, the, 254.
Thurn and Taxis, postal privileges of the house of, note, 143.
Thurso, sleepy, 240;
the most northern town in Scotland, its postal facilities, note, 241.
Timber, advantages of railways in the conveyance of, 155;
inapplicable for sleepers in India, 282.
Timbromaniacs, note, 142.
Time, difference of, between London and Dublin, note, 111;
between London, Paris and Rome, note, 158.
Tinsley, Brothers, Messrs., publishers of “Some Habits and Customs of the Working Classes,” 205.
Toulouse, population of, note, 31.
Traffic, receipts of English railways incorrectly published, note, 3;
of South Austrian and Alta Italia, 29;
of Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean, ib.;
of Orleans Company, ib.;
London and North-Western, 39;
of British railways, 40.
accidents to, 175;
cost of running them, 461.
Transmission, postal, gives value to letters, 141.
Travelling post offices, their introduction on English railways, note, 77;
superiority of arrangements connected with them all over the continent, as compared with those in England, ib.;
staff of, 78;
Trespassers on railways, killed and injured, 177.
Trinidad Railway, the proposed, 311.
Trollope, Anthony, 104.
Trotting horses, American, the pace of, 188.
Trough for watering engines, 111, 232.
Tunnel of the Alps, the, described, 403;
progress, 404;
ventilation, 405;
gradients, 406;
their effects in working the railway, 417;
time to be occupied in going through, 418.
Tunnels, their antiquity, 358;
under the Euphrates, 359;
at Jerusalem, 360;
the earliest in Europe, 364;
the first under the Alps, 366;
canal tunnels, 368;
Highgate, 369;
length of, in Great Britain, 370;
the chief enumerated, 371;
cost, 375;
the Thames Tunnel, 376;
tunnels in France, 377;
Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, 380;
Spain, 381;
United States, 385;
New Zealand, 386;
Metropolitan Railway, 387;
Metropolitan district, 388;
St. John’s Wood, 390;
Britannia Tubular Bridge, 391;
Victoria ditto, ib.;
tunnels suggested under the Mersey, 393;
the Liffy, the Thames, 394;
at Attock, 395;
tunnels in mines, 396;
between France and England, 397;
under the Atlantic, 400;
ventilation of, 411.
Turkey, railways for, 270.
Turpin’s ride to York, note, 215.
Tyler, Captain, R.E., his experiments on the Mont Cenis, 339;
practical deductions therefrom, 342;
his comparisons of working expenses, 346;
of costs of construction, 347;
extract from his Report to the Board of Trade, ib.;
his views on costs of the tunnel of the Alps, 408;
his opinion as to the Brindisi route, 430;
does not visit Otranto, 432.
Ulcers, Post Office, remedies suggested to cure them, 146.
Undertakers at Crewe, 204.
Union Pacific Railroad, the, described, 17;
by whom constructed, 21;
cost, ib.
United States Mails in 1839 and 1855, 91;
railway mileage of, note, 211;
proportion to population, 305;
railway tunnels, 385.
Utah, contribution of, to the Union Pacific Railroad, 21.
Vandal, Monsieur, Directeur-General des Postes Françaises, note, 98;
on railway distances in France and England, 240;
his views upon contract packet services, 268.
Varne, Islet de, its proposed sub-aqueous railway station, 398.
“Vede Napoli e Mori,” 438.
Ventilation of tunnels, 411;
means to ensure its efficiency in the Metropolitan Railway, 423.
Vesuvius, height of, note, 9.
Victoria Bridge, Montreal, the, described, 391.
Victoria, railways in, 308;
amount of traffic, 310.
Vignoles, Mr. Charles B., first patentee of the centre rail, 336.
Volcano, extinct, railway tunnel through, 386.
Volcanoes in the world, 10.
Von Reaumont, Alfred, History of Rome, 436.
Wales, North and South, production of coal in, note, 49;
unpronounceable post towns in, note, 144.
Wallis, the late Robert, Esq., M.P., his committee on postal reform, 137.
Warren, Lieut., R.E., his explorations at Jerusalem, 360.
Warwickshire, production of coal in, note, 49.
Watches and engines compared, 244.
Water supply to Crewe in 1849, 197, in 1867, 205.
Water supply to Madrid described, 384.
Water tower, the, of the Crystal Palace, railway tunnel under, note, 375.
Weedon, its deadly liveliness, 234.
Wellington, the Duke of, sends to Rome in 1834;
time occupied in the journey, 157.
West India mails, the, in 1839 and 1855, 91.
Westbourne, its frequent use in London street nomenclature, note, 36.
Westminster school, note, 217.
Widows from Wolverton, 229;
married, “no cards,” 230.
Winchester school, note, 216.
Worcestershire, production of coal in, note, 49.
Word-coining approved of by the Archbishop of Dublin, note 167.
Wolverton carriage establishment, 199;
station and repairing shops, 221;
statistics of, ib.;
churches and schools, 222;
the refreshment rooms, 224.
Working expenses of British railways, 40, 147;
per centage of, to receipts, 55;
rate per cent. for twelve leading companies, 56.
Working expenses of Indian railways, causes why they must be high, periodical inundations, 280;
iron sleepers, 282;
fuel, 284;
differ very much on different lines, 289;
on the Alpine and Apennine railways, 346.
Workman’s trains, 62.
Wynter, Dr., the London Commisseriat, 70.
Yard, its proportion to the French metre, 331.
Yates, Edmund, note, 104.
Yonge, the Rev. T. E., note, 169.
York, the locomotive and carriage establishment of the North-Eastern Company at, 209.
Yorkshire, production of coal in, note, 49.