How the Bill
proceeded, and what was its fate, will be set forth in another chapter.
Very soon after I settled in Dublin I was able to carry out a long
cherished wish. Ever since I first arrived in Ireland I had hoped to be
able to establish an Irish branch of the Railway Benevolent Institution,
such as Mr. Wainwright and I had succeeded in forming in Scotland in the
year 1880, but whilst I remained in Belfast my efforts were of no avail.
When, however, I moved to Dublin and became manager of one of the
principal railways, the difficulties disappeared, and _The History of the
Railway Benevolent Institution, its Rise and Progress from 1858 to 1897_,
by _Mr. W. F. Mills_, its late Secretary, contains the following:--
"In February, 1891, Mr. Joseph Tatlow proposed to establish a
Committee in Ireland, where supporters were few and far between, and
in the report presented at the annual meeting in June, it was stated
that 'The Board have great pleasure in announcing the appointment of a
Committee in Dublin, presided over by Mr. Tatlow, the manager of the
Midland Great-Western, and the founder of the successful Branch in
Scotland.
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