The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-25 00:00:00

THE ARGUMENT.

PART I.—Shows how Mr. Brunel, in 1838, persuaded the Directors
of the Great Western Railway to adopt the Broad Gauge, assuring
them that this railway would have " no connexion with any other
of the main lines;" and how, in 1845, he attempted to force a con-
nexion between it and the main lines, at Wolverhampton, Rugby,
Dorchester, &c.—How Mr. Brunel stated that carriages and trucks
would not pass from one railway to another, being different pro-
perties, whereas more than half a million are passing annually at the
present time.—How Mr. Brunel, in 1838, adopted the Broad Gauge,
for the express reason that the railway would be nearly level, and
have very slight curves; and how, in after years, ho applied the
Broad Gauge to Railways having the steepest gradients and the
sharpest curves.—How. Ir. Brunel said, in 1839, that " he never re-
commended the Bread Gauge for the purpose of having larger en-
gines ;" and how, in 1845, it was his boast that he was building en
glues wider and larper. How Mr. Brunel selected the Broad
Gauge because he could place the bodies of the carriages within the
wheels, and how he has always brought them outside the wheels.—
How Mr. Brunel advocates the atmospheric system, which in all
essential peints is the exact converse of the Broad Gauge System.
PART IL—Shows what Mr. Saunders thought of competition in
1844, when he was a disintereSted party, and what he said about
Competition when he was an interested party.
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