Note 56 — Chapter V · None of Mr. Scudamore’s Financial Forecasts Were Realized
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Miscellaneous Statistics of the United Kingdom, current issues from 1872 to 1882.
Telegraph Stations open to the public:
1869 1871 1872 1873 1874 1878 1880
Telegraph Companies A2,155 0 0 0 0 0 0
Post Office Telegraphs 0 2,441 3,369 3,659 3,756 3,761 3,929
BRailway Stations 1,226 1,833 1,804 1,815 1,816 1,555 1,407
3,381 4,274 5,173 4,474 5,572 5,316 5,336
Miles of Line 21,751 ? C22,000 ? D24,000 ? E23,156
Miles of Wire 90,668 68,998 91,093 104,292 106,730 114,902 114,242
A In 1,882 places.
B For the benefit of the traveling public, and of persons residing in the immediate vicinity of railway stations, the Post Office made arrangements whereby the railway companies received messages from the public for transmission to the postal telegraphs, and received messages from the postal telegraphs for delivery to the public.
C Report of the Postmaster General, 1895, p. 36.
D The Fortnightly Review, December, 1875, W. S. Jevons.
E Report of the Postmaster General, 1880, p. 16.