-- Boer War and, 214, 215 -- Curious uses of, 221-223 -- Description of various, 206 -- Electric, 206, 208 -- Private, in country, 203 -- -- in town, 202, 203 -- Public highways and, 227-229 -- -- -- Mr. Balfour’s views on, 228, 229 -- Speed of, 224-226 Motor-cars, Speed of, Legislation respecting,226 -- Unpopularity of, 200-202, 226 -- Usefulness of, 226, 227 Motor-cycles, 220, 221 Motor vehicles, Agricultural, 218, 219 -- -- at Aldershot, Trials of, 215-217 -- -- Rider Haggard and, 219 -- -- Warfare in, 214, 217, 218 Motors, Mercantile, 220-223 Motoring, Advance of, 202, 203 Municipal tramways in the British Isles, Extent of, 164-166 Navigation, Electricity applied to, 230-249 New and old order of locomotion, 1-9 -- order of locomotion, 5-8 New York shallow underground railway, 194-198 Official report upon causes of electric railway accidents, 251, 253 -- -- -- -- tramway accidents, 261, 262 Old and new order of locomotion, 1-9 -- order of locomotion, 1-5 Omnibuses, Advantages of horseless, 212 -- Combination (electricity and petrol), 210, 211 -- Electric, 211, 212 -- Existing, 208, 209 -- Steam, 209, 210 Overcrowding and aliens, 279, 280 -- and emigration, 278, 279 -- Effect of electric locomotion on, 275-286 -- in London, 279-284 -- -- -- Facts and statistics relating to, 283, 284 -- -- -- Possible remedy for, 284 -- What it is like, 280-283 -- What it is not like, 275-277 Paris shallow underground railway, 188-190 Parliament, Tube Bills in (1902), 110, 111 -- -- -- (1902), Authorised, in, 112 -- -- -- (1903), Postponed, 114, 115 Piccadilly, Associations of, 122-126 Pioneer electric railways, 11-30 _Princess Ida_, The, 230-249 -- -- Construction of, 239-243 -- -- Description of, 239 -- -- Provisioning of, 245, 246 -- -- Recreations and conveniences on board, 243-245 -- -- Visit to, 238, 239 -- -- Voyage to the Cape of, 247-249 Private motor-cars in country, 203 -- -- in town, 202, 203 Provincial tramways, 162-185 -- rural tramways, 171-174 Public conveyances, 208, 213 -- highways and motor-cars, 227, 228 -- -- -- Mr. Balfour’s views on, 228, 229 Questions, Modern social, 284, 285 Railway accident on Liverpool Overhead Electric, 251-253 -- -- in United States, Electric, 251 -- breakdown, City and South London Electric, 255, 256 -- breakdowns, Central London Electric, 253-255 -- Electric, Brighton Beach, 13, 14 -- -- Central London, 63-73 -- -- City and South London, 15-18, 22, 23 -- -- Giant’s Causeway, 11-13 -- -- Great Northern, Brompton, and Piccadilly Circus, 117-127 -- -- Liverpool Overhead, 26-30 -- -- Manchester and Liverpool Express, 40-46 -- -- Metropolitan, 59, 60 -- -- -- District, 51-59 -- -- Waterloo and City, 23-26 -- Light, Act of 1896, 162-166, 171, 172 -- -- -- Rural tramways effect on, 163, 164 -- Metropolitan, Rejuvenation of, 59, 60 -- -- District, Rejuvenation of, 51-59 -- -- -- New, Driving power of trains, 54, 55