Railway transport
Found in 225 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 14 Aug 1911
Draft telegram from [WSC] describing the deterioration of the dock strike and rioting in Liverpool. He discusses the strike among tram workers which has not taken place and the possibility that the general manager of one of the railway companies has negotiated with the leader of the strike committee. Includes covering sheet giving the date and time of the dispatch of the telegram. Manuscript.
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1911
Copy of a report on the railway strike. Subjects covered include: the suspension of goods trains which threatens the food supply to South Wales and the area between Newcastle, Liverpool, Nottingham and Hull and the lack of accurate information from the railway companies concerning efforts to resume services and the extent of the strike. Typescript with manuscript alterations and a note on the dorse concerning the return of troops and the enlistment of special constables.
(Untitled), [Aug] [1911]
Notes [?by WSC] about the railway strike including the areas in which the majority of railway workers are on strike and where there is a threat of famine. The help of the population in the affected regions is appealed for and a promise is made that "there is nothing that the Government will not do that is in their power". Unsigned typescript annotated by WSC "Secret. Put by".
(Untitled), [19] [Aug] [1911]
Section of a draft telegram to be ciphered and sent from [WSC] to King George V detailing the extent of the railway strike and the percentage of railway workers on strike in individual areas, and warning that the stoppage of goods trains in the strike areas threatens an estimated 20 million people with famine. Typescript.
(Untitled), [17] [Aug] [1911]
(Untitled), [17] [Aug] [1911]
(Untitled), [18] [Aug] [1911]
Copy of a telegram from [WSC] to King George V covering various subjects including: the restoration of essential services on the railway network; the numbers of railway workers still on strike; the refusal of offers of service by the railway managers; the continuing movement of the troops and enrolment of Special Constables and [WSC's] hopes of resolving the London docks strike. Typescript.
(Untitled), 31 Aug 1920
Reprint of an article in the Hong Kong Daily Express on Sir John Jordan's speech on the need to expand the railway network in China and Sir Robert Ho Tung's suggestion that the Boxer indemnity be spent on railway building and other improvements.
(Untitled), [1920]
Reprint of an article from the North China Daily News (Shanghai) on Sir Robert Ho Tung's suggestion that the balance of the British portion of the Boxer Indemnity applied to the completion of the Canton-Hankow railway.
(Untitled), 17 Jan 1921
Letter from W H Himbury, general manager of the British Cotton Growing Association (333-350, The Royal Exchange, Manchester) to WSC expressing delight that WSC could become Colonial Secretary because as Under-Secretary he had done much to promote cotton growing and other industries, for instance by being responsible for the construction of the Northern Nigerian Railway [Africa].
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1921
Letter from [WSC] to W H Himbury of the British Cotton Growers Association expressing pleasure at the success of the Northern Nigerian Railway [Africa] and referring to his continued interest in the promotion of cotton growing within the British Empire. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1919
Letter from WSC to Andrew Bonar Law on an apparent misunderstanding about the Government's commitment to the nationalisation of the railways, which WSC supports.Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [Oct] [1921]
List of the consultative committee and special contributors to the proposed history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route. Sent with CHAR 2/116/123-124.
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1921
Letter from [WSC] as president of the Early Closing Association (34-40 Ludgate Hill, London) to the press approving the extension of Christmas holidays for shop workers and appealing to the public to do their Christmas shopping as early as possible and to the railways to provide cheap and extensive services for the holiday period. Draft by Captain Albert Larking [secretary of the Association] amended by WSC. Sent with CHAR 2/118/39].
(Untitled), 12 Dec 1921
Letter from Lord Ashfield [earlier Albert Stanley] (Electric Railway House, Broadway, Westminster, London) to WSC enclosing a copy of proposals of the City and South London Railway Company, the London Electric Railway Company and the Cental London Railway Company for various improvements to their lines [see CHAR 2/118/49-53].
(Untitled), 12 Dec 1921
Letter from Lord Ashfield [earlier Albert Stanley] (Electric Railway House, Broadway, Westminster, [London]) to the Trade Facilities Act Advisory Committee setting forth proposals by the City and South London Railway Company, the London Electric Railway Company and the Central London Railway Company for improvements to their lines, which will alleviate unemployment. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/118/47.
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1922
Letter from Leo Weinthal (801 Salisbury House, London Wall, London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) enclosing a copy of General Jan Smuts's introduction to the proposed history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa] [see CHAR 2/123/50-54] and asking WSC for a contribution to the work and the loan of one or two of his Egyptian paintings for reproduction in it.
(Untitled), 26 May 1922
Introduction by General Jan Smuts to the history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa]. Sent with CHAR 2/123/48-49.
(Untitled), 16 May 1911
Letter from Louis Brennan (Brennan Factory, Gillingham, Kent] to WSC (Home Office) on his work to produce improved designs for the construction of his [monorail] cars in Germany. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 08 Jan 1911
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1910
Letter from Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] (War Office) to WSC reporting that he is going to Aldershot [Hampshire] to examine the airship construction department there, and that he does not think the Government can usefully intervene in the deveopment of [Louis Brennan's] monorail system. States that he is ready to take up WSC's plan of a police territorial brigade.
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1910
Letter from General Sir William Nicholson [later Lord Nicholson] (War Office) to WSC on the shortcomings of [Louis] Brennan's monorail system.
(Untitled), 07 Nov 1910
Letter from F B Behr (20 Bury Street, St James's, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) describing the advantages of his monorail system over that of Louis Brennan. Encloses the prospectus for the Manchester and Liverpool Electric Railway Company [see CHAR 2/46/92-93]. Signed typescript annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), 07 Nov 1910
Letter from S H Pollen (7 Embankment Gardens, [London]) explaining the shortcomings, from a commercial point of view, of Louis Brennan's monorail system. Signed typescript. Annotated that WSC replied on 27 Jan [1911].
(Untitled), [1910]
Description by Louis Brennan of the technical and commercial development of his monorail system. Typescript.