 English landowners, in the lirst vehement opposition to railways, acquired the habit of being bought off at high prices, and of exacting immense sums for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid 12,000?. per mile for land...  Journal of the Statistical Society of London - 610 ページStatistical Society (Great Britain) 著 - 1866全文表示 - この書籍について
 | William B. Dana - 1867 - 592 ページ
...real value. This habit of exaction has been perpetuated to our own day. As an every day in stance, I may mention that, only a few months ago, a gentleman...land, of which the admitted agricultural value was £100 an acre, and three acres of limestone, of which the proved value to a quarrymam was £300 an... | |
 | 1867 - 412 ページ
...immense suma for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid £12,000 per mile for land through an agricultural country,...has been perpetuated to our own day. As an every day in stance, I may mention that, only a few months ago, a gentleman of great wealth was selling to a... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1867 - 490 ページ
...immense sums for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid ¿12,000 per mile for land through an agricultural country,...has been perpetuated to our own day. As an every day in stance, I may mention that, only a few months ago, a gentleman of great wealth was selling to a... | |
 | 1866 - 788 ページ
...immense sums for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid £12,000 per mile for land through an agricultural country,...day. As an every day instance I may mention that, onlv a few months ago a gentleman of great wealth was selling to a railway company, which he had supported... | |
 | John Noble - 1875 - 386 ページ
...ten times its real value. This habit of exaction has been perpetuated to our own day. As an every-day instance, I may mention that, only a few months ago,...thirty acres of grass land, of which the admitted agricnltural value was £100 an acre, and three acres of limestone, of which the proved value to a... | |
 | John Noble - 1875 - 408 ページ
...immense sums for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid £12,000 per mile for land through an agricultural country, being about ten times its real value. This habit ot exaction has been perpetuated to our own day. As an every-day instance, I may mention that, only... | |
 | James Stephen Jeans - 1887 - 606 ページ
...has been perpetuated to our own day. As an everyday instance, I may mention that, only a fewmonths ago, a gentleman of great wealth was selling to a...land, of which the admitted agricultural value was £100 an acre, and three acres of limestone, of which the proved value to a quarryman was £300 an... | |
 | James Stephen Jeans - 1887 - 626 ページ
...immense sums for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid £12,000 per mile for land through an agricultural country, being about ten times its real value. This habit ' "On Railway Extension and its ResuOs." of exaction has been perpetuated to our own day. As an everyday... | |
 | William Wilson Cook - 1891 - 286 ページ
...Mr. Jeans quotes to the effect that " The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid .£12,000 per mile for land through an agricultural country,...exaction has been perpetuated to our own day. As an every-day instance, I may mention that only a few months ago a gentlemen of great wealth was selling... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1866 - 696 ページ
...immense sums for imaginary damages. The first Eastern Counties line was said to have paid 12,000?. per mile for land through an agricultural country,...land, of which the admitted agricultural value was 100?. an acre, and three acres of limestone, of which the proved value to a quarrymaii was 300?.. an... | |
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