TEE RAILWAY ARMY.
On the 30th June 1855 there was an army of 136,498 men employed on the Railways opened or in course of construction in the United Kingdom. The Parliamentary return supplies some interesting particulars.
Length of Slumber Line. of Persons
Name of Railway. Miles. Stations. Employed.
Eastern Counties 575 Great Northern 313 Great Western 450 Lancashire and Yorkshire 293
London and North-Western 698
London and South-Western 264
London and Brighton 164 Midland 651
North-Eastern 704 South-Eastern 258 Caledonian 196
Edinburgh and Glasgow 92
North British 147 Great Southern and Western of Ireland 203 Midland Great Western of Ireland 126
Totalfor England and Wales 6,167
„ Scotland 1,052
,,Ireland 897
8,116 Railways in course of Construction 879 8,995 There were 3601 miles of railway authorized, which at the end of June last were "neither open nor in course of construction."
To show the classes of persons employed on railways, and their relative numbers, we take the London and North-Western. Ita 12,777 employes were thus divided-secretaries or managers, 3; treasurers 3; engineers, 6; superintendents, 42; storekeepers, 54; accountants or Cashiers, 17; in- spectors or timekeepers, 51; stationmasters, 176; ticket-collectors, 43; draughtsmen, 14; clerks, 1012; foremen, 218; engine-drivers, 489; fire- men, 492, guards, 377; artificers, 3210; switchmen, 562- gatekeepers, 157; policemen, 226; porters, 2016; platelayers, 398; labourers, 3)41; miscellaneous employment, 170.
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166
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87
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119
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126
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345
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72
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234
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262
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75
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61
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2,246
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347
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205
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2,798
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6,409 4,939 7,425 4,322 12,777 2,842 3,009
6,603
7,602 3,841 3,270 1,410 UST 1,616 748 80,877 11,403 5,672 97,952 38,546 136,498
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