Inland Transit/Moss
Mr. John Moss, Director of the London and Manchester Railway.—p. 91.
1. Do you live at Liverpool?
I do.
2. You are well acquainted with Liverpool, Manchester, and the county of Lancaster?
Very well.
9. Tell us whether, in your judgment, it would be of the greatest possible advantage to Liverpool if the mail arrived there on the morning next after it left London?
Of the greatest possible advantage.
10. You are aware of the rate at which locomotive engines travel?
Yes.
11. Can they easily command twenty miles an hour?
Yes.
12. With certainty and precision?
Yes.
59. Do you go the same rate by night as by day?
Exactly the same.
13. Calculating on a Railroad all the way, what time would the mail leaving London arrive in Liverpool?
In about eleven hours.
14. Is it contemplated to have a Railroad from Birmingham to Liverpool?
It is quite arranged for it.
21. If the mail arrived at Liverpool at seven o'clock in the morning, could they arrive the same evening at Dublin?
Perfectly well.
52. Do you know any thing of the transport of bullion from Manchester to Liverpool; has bullion been sent?
Certainly.
53. In a considerable quantity?
A considerable quantity.
54. Do you know whether that has been found of great advantage to the bankers?
It has been a great service to every one.