CHAPTER V REJUVENATING THE METROPOLITAN INNER CIRCLE 47 CHAPTER VI THE CENTRAL LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY 63 CHAPTER VII THE TUBULAR SYSTEM 74 CHAPTER VIII TOURING IN THE TUBES 90 CHAPTER IX LONDON’S TANGLED TUBES 107 CHAPTER X LONDON’S LATEST AND LONGEST TUBE 117 CHAPTER XI ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS GENERALLY 128 CHAPTER XII LONDON’S TRAMWAYS 141 CHAPTER XIII PROVINCIAL TRAMWAYS 162 CHAPTER XIV THE SHALLOW UNDERGROUND SYSTEM 186 CHAPTER XV HORSELESS VEHICLES--ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE 200 CHAPTER XVI HORSELESS VEHICLES--ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE (_continued_) 214 CHAPTER XVII HORSELESS VEHICLES--ELECTRICAL AND OTHERWISE (_continued_) 224 CHAPTER XVIII ELECTRICITY APPLIED TO NAVIGATION (A FORECAST) 230 CHAPTER XIX SOME ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION DRAWBACKS 250 CHAPTER XX SOME ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION DRAWBACKS (_continued_) 258 CHAPTER XXI ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION AND OUR NATIONAL LIFE 269 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE ELECTRICITY. BY H. L. SHINDLER _Frontispiece_ 1. QUEEN VICTORIA’S TRAIN ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 3 2. NINE WILLANS-SIEMENS DYNAMO SETS FOR ELECTRIC TRACTION, 700 H.P. EACH 7 3. THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 12 4. WATERLOO AND CITY RAILWAY’S NEW PATTERN CAR 25 5. THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD ELECTRIC RAILWAY 29 6. PLAN OF A BEHR MONO-RAILWAY CAR 35 7. INTERIOR OF A BEHR MONO-RAILWAY CAR 44 8. ELECTRICAL POWER HOUSE (THE LARGEST IN THE OLD WORLD), LOT’S ROAD, CHELSEA, TO SUPPLY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND OTHER RAILWAYS WITH CURRENT 53 9. A 2,000 H.P. WESTINGHOUSE STEAM TURBINE, RESEMBLING THE TURBO-GENERATORS (EACH OF 7,500 H.P.) IN THE CHELSEA POWER HOUSE 55 10. A NEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY CAR 56 11. A TYPICAL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR--TWO DYNAMOS, EACH OF ABOUT 1,600 H.P. 69 12. A 3,000 H.P. TRIPLE EXPANSION CENTRAL VALVE ELECTRICAL ENGINE 76 13. SHIELD AT WORK IN A TUBE RUNNING TUNNEL 79 14. THE WESTERN APPROACH TO PICCADILLY 123