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" Belgium is the first State in Europe in which a general system of railways has been planned and executed by the government, at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honorable distinction to have given the first example of such a national and systematic... "
Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine ... - Page xxviii
by George Bradshaw - 1853
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 16

1847 - 654 pages
...been planned and executed by the government, at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honorable distinction to have given the first example of such...provision of the means of rapid communication.''! The number of railroads now in progress and projected, added to those already in operation, is really extraordinary....
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 16

Commerce - 1847 - 634 pages
...been planned and executed by the government, at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honorable distinction to have given the first example of such...systematic provision of the means of rapid communication. "f The number of railroads now in progress and projected, added to those already in operation, is really...
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Statistics of Coal

Richard Cowling Taylor - Coal - 1848 - 928 pages
...State in Europe in which a general system of railways has been planned and executed by the government at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honourable...provision of the means of rapid communication."} The number of railroads now in progress and projected, added to those * r.rny's Operative Chemist. t Bulletin...
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Statistics of Coal: The Geographical and Geological Distribution of Mineral ...

Richard Cowling Taylor - Coal - 1848 - 950 pages
...State in Europe in which a general system of railways has been planned and executed by the government at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honourable...national and systematic provision of the means of rapid communication."J The number of railroads now in progress and projected, added to those * Gray's Operative...
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The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for Travellers in ..., Volumes 11-12

William Pembroke Fetridge - Europe - 1872 - 1210 pages
...government at the public cost; and certainly it is an honorable distinction to have given the iirst example of such a national and systematic provision...communication. The undertaking was first projected in ÏSiïu, and the object proposed was to unite the principal commercial towns on one side with t!:e...
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The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for ..., Volume 13, Part 1

William Pembroke Fetridge - Europe - 1874 - 586 pages
...government at the public cost ; and certainly it is an honorable distinction to have given the iirst example of such a national and systematic provision...was first projected in 1833, and the object proposed ivas to unite the principal commercial towns on one side with the sea, and on the other with the frontiers...
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