INDEX.

Accidents Compensation Act, 1846 52 Accounts, form of railway 53, 193 Acts of Parliament, general railway 49 Acworth, W M 145, 166, 183 Advertisements on railway stations 66 Alcorn, J., Great Southern & Western Railway 137 Allerton, Lord 109 Allport Commission, 1887 91, 93, 107, 109 Allport, Sir James 15, 22, 35, 39, 76, 77 Analysis of railway accounts 59 Anderson, Alexander, surfaceman poet 79 Andrews, Thomas, and the Titanic 101 Andrews, Thomas, Right Honorable 100, 109, 111 Apollo Belvidera 24 “Appeal unto Cæsar” 22 Arbitration, my first case 99 Ardglass Light Railway 108 Aspinall, Sir John 181, 183 Athenry and Ennis Junction, railway rates and charges, Order Confirmation Act, 1892 138 Athenry and Ennis Railway 121, 134, 155 Atmospheric railways 195 Atock, Martin 119, 126, 127 Austria, Empress of 125

Bailey, Walter 99, 151, 193, 194 Bailie, the, Glasgow 61, 79 Baillie, G L 110 “Balfours Act”—Light railways, Ireland 107 Ballinasloe Fair 125 Barrington, Croker 179, 190 Bateman, Sir Alfred, K.C.M.G. 201 “Battle of the Gauges” 52 Beach, Sir Michael Hicks 142 Beaux 77, 98 Belfast and County Down Railway 91, 94 Belgium, a tour in 113 Benedict, a youthful 25 Benefit Society, Midland Great Western Railway 130 “Bigg’s General Railway Acts” 48 Birt, Sir William 153 Block working 106 Board of Trade inquiry as to railway rates 104 Board of Trade, the 139 Bowring, the Hon Sir Edgar 202 Boyhood, pleasures and amusements 7 Boyhood, Schoolmaster “Jessie” 9 Bridge Street Station, Glasgow 47, 66 Brother to a baronet 45 Browne, Balfour, K.C 150, 155, 159, 160, 180 Buchanan Street Station, Glasgow 40 Buncrana to Carndonagh Railway 152 Burns, Mr. John (Lord Inverclyde) 73, 133 Burtonport Railway 152, 215 Bushe, Seymour 155, 159 Butterley Tunnel, the 29 Butterworth, Sir Alexander 105

Caledonian Railway Stores Superintendent 32, 44 Cambuslang, our lodgings at 42, 43 Campbell, Donald 201 Campbell, the Right Hon. Sir James, Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 180 Cane, Arthur B 192 Carlyle, Thomas 80 Carriages, four-wheeled 5 Carriages, second-class, abolition of 38 Carriers’ Act, the 1830 49 “Champagne Charley” coats 19 Charles Lamb, “plumb pudding” 49 Cheap Trains Act, 1883 89 City of Dublin Junction Railway 120 City of Glasgow Bank, failure of 76 Clerks in office, Derby 23 Colhoun, R G 137, 153 Collier, Dr. 110 Committee Rooms, Westminster 135, 136 Committee, Select, 1840 50 Companies Clauses Act, 1845 51 Competitive traffic 65 Concealed bed, a 40 Connemara 129, 173 Constantinople 162 Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878 88 Continuous brakes, a trial of, at Newark 87 Continuous Brakes Act, 1878 87, 106 Conveyance of Mails, Railways, Act, 1838 50 Cook, Thomas, & Son 170 Cooper, David 68 Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway 170 Cotton, Edward John 97, 98, 115, 122 Country walks 18, 30 Cowie, James 199 Cromford Canal and Butterley Tunnel 28 Culverwell, G P 152 Curtsey, the 18 Cusack, Major H C 175, 199 Cusack, Sir Ralph 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 129, 136, 138, 175 Cynicus 42, 43, 78, 126

D’Abernon, Lord 200 Dan Godfrey’s band 62 Dargan, William 124 Delicate health 5, 17, 21, 91, 181 Dent, Charles 174 Derby, General Manager’s Office 57 Dickens, Charles 8, 17, 30 Dickie, David 65 Directors, railway 34 Directorship, my first 194 Diseases of Animals Act, 1894 144 Drudgery of the desk 29 Dublin & Kingstown Railway, opposition to 195 Dublin & South Eastern Railway 157 Dundreary whiskers 19 Dunoon, bazaar at 42

Edinburgh 41, 44 Egypt and the Nile 170 Elliott, Thomas 120 Employers’ Liability Act, 1880 88 Engineer, Midland Railway 32

Family album 20 Fares, first-class, reduction of 37 Farmer, Ned 22 Fashions, Victorian days 18 Father, my 4 Fay, Sir Sam 191 Fenton, Sir Myles 76 Findlay, Sir George 131, 136, 141 “First-footin’” 40 First public speech 46 Fitzgibbon, G 180 Forbes, Sir William 191 Foster, the Right Hon. Sir George 201 Franks, Temple 193 Friends in Glasgow 78 Funeral customs 20

Galloway, Andrew 86 Galway, “City of the Tribes” 129 Galway, Trans-Atlantic Steamship Service 129 Garnett, Tom 201 Garrotters 20 Gauge of railways 51 General managers’ conference 191 General managers in Ireland 90 General Manager’s Office, Derby 57 General Railway Acts of Parliament 49 Gibb, Sir George 158 Gill, W R 113, 114 Gillies, F H 69 Glasgow & South-Western Railway 37 Glasgow & South-Western Railway, my removal to the 47, 57 Glasgow Bailie, the 61, 79 Glasgow, Bridge Street Station 47, 66 Glasgow, Buchanan Street Station 40 Glasgow flats 41 Glasgow landlady, our 41 Glasgow, S. Enoch Station 58, 66 Golf, its introduction in Ireland 110 Gooday, J F S 192 Goods-train-delays Clerk 22 Goulding, Right Hon. Sir William 179, 180, 190 Grand Canal, arbitration 151 Granet, Sir Guy 57, 193 Great Eastern Railway 35, Great Eastern steamer 7 Great Northern Railway to King’s Cross 37 Great Southern & Western Railway 134, 156 Great Western cooking depôts 44 Greene, George William 119 Gresham, Thomas Michael 195 Grierson, James 76, 83, 103 Guinness & Co., a stout resistance 139 “Gumpots” 24 Gweedore Hotel 1

Haggard, Sir Rider 201 Harcourt, Viscount 198 Harding, E J, C.M.G 202 Harrison, Sir Frederick 77 Health, delicate 5, 17, 21, 28, 91, 181 Healy, T M, K.C. 180 Hogmanhay 40 Holland, Cologne and the Rhine 151 Holliday, William 157 Hopwood, Sir Francis (Lord Southborough) 139 Hornsby, John P 120 Horsemanship 5, 102 Hospitality, Ballinasloe 126 Hours of work of railway men 107, 142, 143 Hudson, George, the “Railway King” 12 Hunt, Henry 217

Imperial Development Board 213 Income Tax, 3d in the £ 45 Ingram, Joseph 179 Interference of outsiders 95 Interlocking points and signals 106 International Railway Congress 144, 150, 166 Inverclyde, Lord (Mr John Burns) 73, 133 Ireland, general managers in 90 Ireland, holiday 66 Irish Board of Works 148, 174, 180, 216 Irish Department of Agriculture 154 Irish Railway Clearing House 15, 97, 148 Irish railways abused 178 Irish railways, progress of 169, 190 Isle of Man, a steamboat service 112

Jekyll, Sir Herbert, K.C.M.G. 183 Johnstone, Mr. Glasgow & South-Western Railway 56 Jubilee, the railway 62 Junior clerk, salary 21

Kaiser, the 177 Kedleston Inn 31 Kelly, R W 85, 94 Kempt, Irvine 65 Kilkelly, John 177 King Edward, visit to Ireland 173 Kinnegar, the first golf links in Ireland 110 Knox, Vesey, K.C. 155, 180

Ladies’ manners, Victorian days 18 Lands Clauses Act, 1845 51 Langerman, Sir Jan 201 Letterkenny to Burtonport Railway 152, 215 Light Railway Acts, Ireland, 1860-1883 108 Light Railway, definition of 109 Light Railways Act, 1896 150 Light railways in Connemara, Kerry, Mayo and Donegal 108 Light railways in Great Britain 109, 167 Light Railways (Ireland) Act, 1889 107 Limerick, the joybells 161 “Little Jim” 23 Littler, Sir Ralph 135, 136, 155, 157, 159 Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the 13, 50, 195 Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company 152, 215 Long Jack 26 Lorimer, Sir William 201

McCorquodale & Co 42 McDermott, Edward 141 McDermott, F 141 MacLaren, James 65 Mann, Sir Daniel 206 Martin, Robert, of Ross 128 Martin, Sir Theodore 161, 162 Mathieson, John 64 Maximum rates and charges 104, 106 Maypole, the 31 Meerschaum pipe, colouring of 20, 35, 102 Midland and Glasgow and South-Western Alliance 58 Midland Great Western Railway and “Balfour Lines” 108 Midland Great Western Railway Benefit Society 130 Midland Great Western Railway, extent of, &c. 113, 116 Midland Railway, comparison with year 1851 11 Midland Railway, present general manager 4, 57 Midland Railway, progress of 36 Midland Railway, proposed amalgamation with L & NW 12 Miller, R G 92 Mills, A E 123 Mills, W F 121, 123 Mills, W H 169 Ministry of Transport 179, 187 Money grants for light railways, Ireland 107 Monte Carlo 177 Montreal Herald, the 67 Moore, Charles A 99 Morris, Sir George 128, 163 Morrison, Robert 120 “My old Wife’s a good old cratur” 23 Mylchreest, Joseph, the “Diamond King” 112

National Insurance Act 131 New Year’s Day 44 Newcastle golf links, County Down 111 Newcomen Junction battle 120 North British Railway 75 North West Donegal 1, 218 Notice of Accidents Act, 1894 143 Nugent, the Hon Richard 153, 175, 186, 199 Nugent, Sir Walter, Bart 198

Oakley, Sir Henry 76, 77, 193 O’Connor, Sir Nicholas 163 Office hours, 1868 22 Office life, beginning of 21 O’Neill, Michael 130 Owens, Sir Charles 198

Parcel post receipts, Irish railways 137 Paris 80, 166, 198 Parker, William 22, 23 Parliament yields to popular clamour 105 Parliamentary Committee, evidence before 135, 156 Pay-day in office 26 Pease, Edward 62 Peel, Isle of Man 112 Pember, Mr. K.C. 135, 155, 159 Penmanship, imitation of 22 Pim, F W 182 Pinion, James 94, 99 Pirrie, Lord 85, 92, 183 Pitman’s shorthand 29, 32 Plews, Henry 97, 150, 153 Poë, Colonel Sir Hutcheson 183 Poetical productions 6 Pope, Mr Samuel, K.C. 135, 155, 159, 160 Portrush golf links 110 Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882 88 Power, John F 157 Practical railway work 97, 103 Pratt, Edwin A 105, 182, 193 Prince and Princess of Wales 34, 145 Privy Council Order, Burtonport Railway 217 Prize fights, trains for 54 Pullman Cars 36, 38, 58

Quirey, John 179

Railway Accounts, analysis of 59 Railway Accounts, form of 53, 193 Railway and Canal Commission 54, 120 Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 52 Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888 103, 113, 121, 132 Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1894 144 Railway Benevolent Institution 67, 84, 121 Railway Clauses Act, 1845 51 Railway Clearing House 15 Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act, 1911, 193 Railway Companies’ Association 192 Railway Companies’ Powers Act, 1864 53 Railway Construction Facilities Act, 1864 53 Railway Employment (Prevention of Accidents) Act, 1900 161 Railway Gazette, the 141 Railway life in Ireland 115 Railway mania, 1845 14, 50 Railway News, the 67, 100, 141 Railway Ramblers 67 Railway Regulation Act, 1840 50 Railway Regulation Act, 1844 50 Railway Regulation Act, 1893 142 Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act, 1846 52 Railway Societies 68 Railway Statistics 59 Railway system of Scotland 63 Railways (Electric Power) Act, 1903 176 Railways Fires Act, 1905 176 Railways, Inspection of 54 Railways Ireland Act, 1896 149 Railways of the Dominions 207 Railways, Scotland, England and Ireland compared, 64, 142, 169 Railways, State purchase of 51 Railways, the future of 187 Rates and fares 32, 82 Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 53 Regulation of Railways Act, 1871 54 Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 54 Regulation of Railways Act, 1889 106 Reid, A G 65, 157 Revision of railway rates 104, 138 Roberts, William 152 Robertson, Tom 65, 91, 98, 137, 148, 150, 151 Robson, Sir Mayo 181 Rock Villa 32 Rolling stock, County Down Railway 92 Running powers 135, 156, 159, 160 Russell, George 69 Russell, Lord John 126 Ryan, Martin, cattle dealer 135

Sabbath, breaking the 41 St. Enoch Station, Glasgow 58, 66 St. Pancras Station, opening of 36 St. Rollox, Glasgow, lunch 45 Saloon, the Dargan 124 Schooldays, country walks 18 Schooldays, reading and drawing 17 Scotter, Sir Charles 180, 183 Scottish railways 63 Second-class carriages, abolition of 37 Select Committee, 1840 50 Select Committee on railway charges, 1881 82 Select Committees, 1858 and 1863 53 Settle and Carlisle line 36, 37, 38 Sexton, Thomas 183 Shanahan, George 180 Shaw, Sir Alexander 157 Shorthand, Pitman’s 29, 32 Sighthill Cemetery, lunch on a tombstone 45 Sinclair, the Hon Sir John 201 Sinclair, Right Hon Thomas 110 Skipworth, W G 97, 113 Sleeping cars 38 Smiles, Samuel 141 Smoking compartments 53 Smyth, G E 179 Southborough, Lord (Sir Francis Hopwood) 140 Spain and Portugal, visit to 146 Speech, first in public 46 Spencer, Lord 158 State purchase of railways 51 Stephens, Mr Pembroke K.C. 136, 147 Stephenson, George 62 Stevenson, Sir George, K.C.B 216 Stirling, James 65 Stockton & Darlington Railway 50, 62, 195 Superannuation funds 39, 116 Swarbrick, Samuel 35 Swearing, an accomplishment 20, 26

Tailor’s dummy, a perambulating 24 Tatlow, Frank 57 Tatlow, William 132 Terminals 82 Theodore Hook’s old joke 22 Third-class carriages by all trains 36, 38 Thompson, Sir James 77, 138 Time-tables and train working 33 Tom 29, 70 Trade unionism 22 Trades Disputes Act, 1906 176 Trans-Atlantic steamship service, Galway 129

Ulster & Connaught Railway 174

Visinet, Tony 80

Wainwright, Mr W J 46, 56, 59, 60, 66, 73, 76, 86 Waldron, the Right Hon Laurence A. 194 Wales, Prince and Princess of 34 Walker, John 75, 133 Walklate, Thomas 22 Walks, favourite 18, 30 Warming pans 20 Waterford & Limerick Railway 134, 135, 155, 156 Watkin, Sir Edward 56, 76, 77 Way bills 21 Wells, E W 57 Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906 177

Young, Right Hon John 99 Youthful benedict, A 25