. Staffordshire pottery and its history . now occupy theposition of Crewe as a universal junction. How-ever that may be, in 1846 a company was formedfor giving the potteries direct railway communica-tion with the main trunk lines. The moving spiritin this enterprise was Alderman Copeland, Stoke, and senior partner in Messrs Copelandand Garrett—the pottery firm that had once beenSpodes. William Taylor Copeland (1797-18 6 8) ,* son ofWilliam Copeland, the partner of the second Spode,had become sole owner of the old Spode chinafactory at Stoke in 1833. He had been Lord Mayorof London in 1
. Staffordshire pottery and its history . now occupy theposition of Crewe as a universal junction. How-ever that may be, in 1846 a company was formedfor giving the potteries direct railway communica-tion with the main trunk lines. The moving spiritin this enterprise was Alderman Copeland, Stoke, and senior partner in Messrs Copelandand Garrett—the pottery firm that had once beenSpodes. William Taylor Copeland (1797-18 6 8) ,* son ofWilliam Copeland, the partner of the second Spode,had become sole owner of the old Spode chinafactory at Stoke in 1833. He had been Lord Mayorof London in 1835, and from 1837 till ^65 hewas generally Conservative member for Stoke-on-Trent. With the help of his partner, ThomasGarrett, Lord Ingestre, Richard Cobden,and someLondon financiers, the North Staffordshire Rail-way was formed. Bills were passed through Parlia-ment in 1846, and by the end of 1849 Stoke wasconnected up with Stafford, Derby, Crewe, andManchester. They were forced by Parliament to * Di£L Nat. Biog.: W. T. ALD. W. T. COPELAND, i797-1868 To face p. 178 STEAM POWER AND STRIKES buy out the Canal Companys monopoly at a veryhigh figure—^1,700,000—which large additionto the capital of the company has always beenurged as an excuse for any exceptionally hightransport rates on this railway. We may add here that the loop line throughTunstall was finished in 1875; while the tramwayswith horse draft were commenced in 18 61, turnedinto steam traction in 1895, and into the presentelectric system by the British Electric TractionCompany in 1902. The railway at first affected principally thepassenger traffic, and it was only gradually that itcame into use for the carrying trade of the district,as the following figures show: Canal Rail Year Total weight of goods 1370 — 1819 and minerals carried 1286 — 1840 by in 1,000 1356 — 1849 tons 1259 273 1850 1595 1245 i860 1563 2324 1870 1244 3369 1880 1076 4309 1890 1168 5587 1900 1130 6515 1906* * E
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