His services as witness and expert adviser were in great request by
railway companies. At the long Board of Trade Inquiry in connection with
the _Railway and Canal Traffic Act_ and Railway Rates and Charges, in
1889, he was the principal railway witness and was under examination and
cross-examination for eight consecutive days. He had a real love for
Ireland, was partly Irish himself, his father being Scotch and his mother
Irish--a fine blend. Fishing was his chief recreation and this often
brought him to the lakes and rivers of Ireland. He asked, was I the son
of William Tatlow of the Midland Railway, whom he had met a good many
years before on some coal rates question? On my saying, Yes, he was
pleased to know that I belonged to a railway family; and said what a fine
service the great railway service was, how absorbing the work and what
scope it afforded for ambition and ability. He asked about my railway
experience, was amused at my reason for leaving Derby and the Midland,
and interested at hearing of my work with Mr. Wainwright, whom he had
known and esteemed. He was sure I had learned nothing but good from him.
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