I was able, and very glad, of course, to tell Mr. Findlay with what
interest Bailey and I had listened for several days to his evidence at
Westminster Hall at the Railway Rates Inquiry, and how much we had
profited by it. This led to some talk on the great rates question, of
which he was a master. I felt he was just a bit surprised to find that I
was rather well informed upon it, which made me not a little proud.
Altogether it was a memorable night, and left me with a feeling of
elation such as I had experienced in the meetings I had in Glasgow some
years before with Mr. John Burns and Mr. John Walker. How little I
thought then, that in less than two years I should follow Mr. Findlay's
remains to the grave.
[Sir George Findlay: findlay.jpg]
Between the London and North-Western and the Midland Great-Western much
good feeling existed. They were natural allies, both greatly interested
in the trade and prosperity of Ireland, and of the port of Dublin in
particular. As time went on many matters of mutual interest brought me
into close relation with the North-Western general manager and other
prominent officers of the company.
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