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Show Beginning of Time Tables It In Jnat alxl) the yeara ago Mnce tleorge llradshnw Ihe quukcr engraver engrav-er nnd tnap-mnker of MaucheMrr, Iceland, wn Or! Inspired to publish till "Time Tuble' It was a liny pamiimVl bound In green cloth, mid wnt nothing more than a collection of the montl) lme tables laaticd by the aeven railway lonipntilca then In ex-IMcnce ex-IMcnce In Kngland Of thla volume there are now onl) four coplea In existence, ex-istence, but the) aro worth their weight In gold So cncourage-el wn llrndshaw b) the aucceaa of thla lime table that In 1810 he pul.llshe-d hla "llnliwn) Companion," Com-panion," n olume of thlrl)-elght IHigea with tuapa which Bold at a shilling Hume carl) guldoa were puhlUheil i.lher Irregularl) became of Ihe illtlcult) of lenrnltiK the cbangra In rlmea from the railway nil-thorltlaa. nil-thorltlaa. They resented llrndthnw' Interference and put ever) obalncle In Ihe way of hla obtaining Informa lion. At InM, through tho Quaker's pereverance they finally agreed to ndjuit their time table by the beginning begin-ning of the month Thereafter It waa moolh ailing. The guide continued In grow nnd prosper and to mako Iter-lf a necessll) Those earl) railway guide make. Interesting reading The Iralna aro described us llrat class, aecond-clnu, mixed, faat nnd mall Third-class travelers had the choice of Bluing on the roof or In open wngona retem hllng cattle truck (Icntlcmen riding in their own cnrrlagva were charged e-ceind-class fare llaggaga was carried car-ried on the roof, and imaaengera who at there were cnutloned to wear their overcoat and provide them selve wllli gnuio apectaclea. Flrt- etas, fare lietween lindon and lllr ttilngham wan nearly dnttblo whnt It ll linlny nnd nn annual subscription ticket from Uimloti to llrlghtun and back coat $MH. |