Inland Transit/Preface
To
The Landowners, Cultivators,
Manufacturers, Merchants, and Bankers
of
Great Britain.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
The march of science and the mind of man have opened new lights in the field of domestic improvements. The construction of Railroads is a new era in our history; and the beneficial effects already produced by all the Railroads established, give sufficient guarantee for their extension.
I venture to submit to your consideration the expanded advantages that would emanate from the establishment of five railroads from the metropolis; viz.—a Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western, and Midland. These Railroads would connect the great agricultural, grazing, and manufacturing districts, with a proximity to trade, like a single community.
These Railroads would extend agriculture and manual labour, and send forth the produce of the soil, the loom, and the factory, to the best markets, at a third of the former expence, and by giving cheapness extend consumption, to the benefit of all.
I respectfully lay the following pages before you, pointing out some of the advantages and effects of Railroads and Steam transits, for your perusal and kind indulgence.
I have the honour to be,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your devoted and faithful servant,
N. W. Cundy.
London, December, 1833.