He established the Underground Electric Railways Company of London to take control of the District Railway and the partly built Baker Street and Waterloo Railway; Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway; and Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
Он получил контроль над линией Дистрикт и непостроенными ещё линиями (Бейкер-стрит-энд-Ватерлоо (Baker Street and Waterloo Railway), Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway и Большой Северной железной дорогой (Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway).