Excerpt from What Will Parliament Do With the Railways?Ou the first introduction of the system it was received with distrust by all, and with aversion by many. The proprietors and occupiers of land were alarmed, and the depreciation and ruin of their property were foretold. Under such circumstances the difficulties in obtaining Acts from the legislature were great, and it was only after a succession of failures that a Company could hope to obt...
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