Index 



53 1 



Smith, Sydney : 67 



Social conditions : See under 

 "Transport, Influence of " 



Society of Motor Manufacturers and 

 Traders : 477 



Soil, Nature of, in England : 5 



South Africa, Railways in : 402 



" Southampton case," The : 353 



South-Eastern and Chatham Rly. : 

 289, 367 



Spencer, C. J. : 469 



Stamford, The Earl of: 173 



Staple : 29 



Starley, J. K. : 472 



State policy: Roads, 9-10, II, 33- 

 4, 43~5> 481-2 ; railways, 

 2S8-9J, 33 6 -43 364-75, 

 509-11; canals, 295-6, 299- 

 3 33. 3 11 I coaches, 329- 

 34; tramways, 454~6, 459, 

 461-2 ; self-propelled road 

 vehicles, 475-7 



State purchase of railways, Enact- 

 ments respecting : 280-1 



Statute labour on roads: 30-1, 

 312-3 



Steam-coaches : Introduction of, 

 473 ; anticipations in regard 

 to, 474 ; opposition to, 474 ; 

 withdrawal from roads, 475 



Stephenson, George : 225, 226 n 



Stephenson, Robert : 251 



Stockton and Darlington Rly. : 

 225-8, 290 



Stow, John : 38 



Stratford-on-Avon : Repair of 

 bridge, 13 n. ; river transport, 



"5 



Stukeley, Dr William : 143 ., 209 

 Sturbridge Fair : 23-6 

 Suburban passenger traffic : 496-7, 



5 02 , 507 

 Superannuation funds, Railway : 



438 



Surrey Iron Rail-way : 223-5 

 Surveyors, Road: 30, 31, 83-4, 



105 

 Sutherland, The Duke of: 173 



TaffValeKly. : 261 

 Taunton, Lord : 254 

 Taxation, Railway, 263-4, 311, 

 364-75> 5 8 



Taylor, John (" The Water Poet ") : 

 58-61 



Telford, Thomas: 50, 99, 100-1, 

 106, 174 ., 192,220,318, 325 



Terminal charges on railways : 336, 

 340, 349-50 



Textile industries : Reasons for 

 location of in the north, 141-2 : 

 influence of canals on their 

 development, 180 



Thames watermen : 57-63 



Thoresby, Ralph : 145 



Thome, W. B. : 332 



Tin industry : 6, 7, 9, 26 



Traction engines : 475, 480 



Train, George Francis : 453 



" Tram," Derivation of word : 204 



Tramways, Street : Introduction of, 

 453; early lines, 454; State 

 policy, 454 ; Tramways Act, 

 1870, 454-5 ; local authorities' 

 veto, 455 ; electric traction, 

 455-6; Light Railways Act, 

 1896, 457 ; " price of assents," 

 457, 459-61 ; municipal tram- 

 ways, 461-5 ; competition of 

 motor-omnibuses, 466-7 ; rail- 

 less electric traction, 467-70 ; 

 tramway competition with rail- 

 ways, 496, 497-8, 502 



Transport, Influence of on social 

 conditions : Isolation of com- 

 munities, 16-18, 92-4,108,170, 

 175; effect of coaching facili- 

 ties, 41 ; country gentry, 94 ; 

 county towns, 95-6 ; coaches 

 and " country manners," 96-7; 

 beginnings of "Greater Lon- 

 don," 97 ; civilising effects of 

 improved communication, 175- 

 7 ; political results of rail com- 

 munication, 397 ; social results, 

 397-8 ; a factor in national 

 life* 398-400 ; country homes 

 for town workers, 496-8 



Transport, Influence of on trade 

 and industries : general, 1-3, 

 16-19, 27, 31, 73, I02;/., 109, 

 192 ; roads, 4, 6-9, 85-7, 88- 

 92, 104, 129-30, 139, 160, 

 162, 169, 249 50 ; rivers, 108, 

 109-10; H2, 114-6, 119-27, 

 129, 137-49, 153-4, 159-64, 



