. Jubilee memorial of the railway system, a history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and a record of its results . 957,311 1866 „ „ „ „ 1,043,529 1867 „ „ „ „ 1,156,953 1868 „ „ „ „ 1,233,418 1869 „ „ „ „ 1,459,508 1870 „ „ „ „ 1,695,377i87r „ „ „ „ 1,884,239 1872 „ „ „ „ 1,968,972 1873 „ „ „ „ 1,999,491 1874 „ „ „ „ 2,001,233 The total quantity of pig-iron produced in the UnitedKingdom in the latter year was 6,566,451 tons, so thatCleveland contributed nearly one-third of the \\holc. The growth of the finished iron trade generally followsthat of the pig-iron trade in districts suited fo
. Jubilee memorial of the railway system, a history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and a record of its results . 957,311 1866 „ „ „ „ 1,043,529 1867 „ „ „ „ 1,156,953 1868 „ „ „ „ 1,233,418 1869 „ „ „ „ 1,459,508 1870 „ „ „ „ 1,695,377i87r „ „ „ „ 1,884,239 1872 „ „ „ „ 1,968,972 1873 „ „ „ „ 1,999,491 1874 „ „ „ „ 2,001,233 The total quantity of pig-iron produced in the UnitedKingdom in the latter year was 6,566,451 tons, so thatCleveland contributed nearly one-third of the \\holc. The growth of the finished iron trade generally followsthat of the pig-iron trade in districts suited for its develop-ment, and Cleveland has formed no exception to this rule. The Fi7iishcd Iron Trade. 187 We find, on the contrary, that within twenty years, nearly2CXX) puddling-furnaccs have been built in the North of Vav^-land. These are unitedly equal to the production of morethan a million tons of finished iron per annum, and, withtheir accessory appliances, furnish employment to nearly20,000 hands. DIVISION II. PIONEERS OF THE RAILWAY /^cxU-^yvc/v^ (y^.-co^^^ PIONEERS THE RAILWAY SYSTEM. EDWARD PEASE, THE FATHER OF RAILWAYS. Edward Pease, the father of railways, belonged to aQuaker family of high respectability, although making nopretensions to patrician lineage. Of their antecedents littleis known that dates beyond the eighteenth century. Awriter, who has bestowed more than usual attention on thestudy of genealog}-, has put on record that the Darlingtonfamily of Pease has descended from a West Riding familyof that name, settled near Wakefield, where an old housecalled Pease Hall is still extant ; that they and thePeases, bankers, at Hull, are of the common stock ; thatthe Darlington branch particularly trace from an austerefather who considered himself qualified to think for hischildren as well as himself, and turned the Darlington an-cestry from house and home for becoming Quakers, some-where,
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