-- -- -- -- Power house at Chelsea, 51-54 -- -- -- -- Rolling Stock of, 55-57 -- -- -- -- Stations and tunnels of, 57-59 -- Mono, Behr’s, 35, 36 -- travelling, Improvements in, 2-4 -- -- in Tubes, Medical objections to, 256, 257 -- Tubes, Annoyance from vibration in, 86-89 -- -- -- -- Official Commission upon, 87 -- -- -- -- -- -- Report of upon, 87, 89 -- -- Depths of, 81 -- -- How they are bored, 77-81 -- Tubing, Claims for damage by, 83-86 Railways, Construction of Metropolitan and Metropolitan District, 48-51 -- Differences of opinion between the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District, 61, 62 -- Electric, Accidents on, 251-256 -- -- Remarkable, 31-46 -- Existing, Effects of electric locomotion upon, 270-272 -- High-speed, 38-40 -- London’s, Royal Commission on, 112-116, 142, 143 Railways, London’s, Selection of Central authority respecting, 115, 116 -- Metropolitan, fifty years ago, 47, 48 -- Mono, 31-38 -- Tube, open for traffic in London, 110 Ramsgate tramcar shock, 264 Rearsby motor-car accident, 265 Rider Haggard and motor vehicles, 219 Rural tramways, 162-185 -- -- and local authorities, 182-185 -- -- New order of, 179-182 -- -- Old order of, 173, 174 -- -- Provincial, 171-174 -- -- Usefulness of, 172, 173 Rush for the London tramways, 138-140 Shallow underground railway, Boston, 190-194 -- -- -- Buda-Pesth, 190 -- -- -- London County Council’s design for, 187, 188 -- -- -- New York, 194-198 -- -- -- Paris, 188-190 -- -- -- system, The, 186-199 -- -- -- -- Board of Trade report upon, 199 -- -- -- -- Its adaptability to London, 198, 199 Ships and steamers, Development in size of, 230-235 -- -- Use of aluminium in building, 234 Signs of the times and electricity, 285 Social results of electric locomotion, 274, 275 Speed of motor-cars, 224-226 -- -- Legislation respecting, 226 Steam railway locomotives, 2, 4 -- in railway locomotives, 4, 5 -- omnibuses, 209, 210 Storage of electricity, 235 -- -- Edison’s system, 235, 236 Street traffic, Improvement in, arising from electric locomotion, 273, 274 Stroud motor-car accident, 265 Subways and suburban lines, 109, 110 Sunderland tramcar shock, 263 Thames Tunnel and Brunei’s shield, 76, 77 Touring in the Tubes (a sketch), 90-106 Traction engine used in Crimean War, 217 Traffic, London’s congested, 186, 187 -- -- street, 141, 142 Tramcar collision at Manchester, 262 -- overturned in London, 262, 263 -- shock at Ramsgate, 264 -- -- Sunderland, 263 Tramcars, Electric, Description of, 137, 138 Tramway accidents, 258-263 Tramway tracks, maintenance of, 150, 151 -- traction, various methods of electric, 131-137 Tramways, Birmingham, 170, 171 -- British Electric Traction Co.’s, 180-182 -- Electric, Accident at Chatham, 259, 260 -- -- -- Devonport, 261, 262 -- -- -- Glasgow, 260, 261 -- -- -- Huddersfield, 258, 259 -- -- Accidents, Official report upon causes of, 261, 262 -- -- accumulators, Haulage of by, 137