Sentence:  [W]hat would not be the effect on the goods, and even on the passenger traffic, of the Grand Junction and London and Birmingham lines, if "two miles" of the rails were to-morrow taken up through the town of Birmingham, so that the first (good) had all to be "carted", and the second (passengers) had all to be <WSD>"omnibused</WSD>", over the breach! Yet, such is the present state of the communication at Manchester! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To travel or be transported by omnibus.