 | Samuel Smiles - Collection locomotives - 1857 - 576 pages
...about the accounts, he was summarily put down by the chair, and hissed by the proprietors. Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares,...proprietors. His entertainments at Albert Gate were crowded ; and he went his round of visits among the peerage like any prince. Of course Mr. Hudson was a great... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Locomotives - 1858 - 604 pages
...about the accounts, he was summarily put down by the chair, and hissed by the proprietors. Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials and surplus shares, alike liberally ; and scarcely a word him could find a hearing. He was equally popular the circle of railway proprietors. His entertainments... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 552 pages
...about the accounts, he was summarily put down by the chair, and hissed by the proprietors. Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares,...sycophants, many of them titled ; and he went his round of visits among the peerage like a prince. Of course Mr. Hudson was a great authority on railway... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Engineers - 1862 - 558 pages
...about the accounts, he was summarily put down by the chair, and hissed by the proprietors. Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares,...against him could find a hearing. He was equally popular outeide the circle of railway proprietors. His entertainments at Albert Gate were crowded by sycophants,... | |
 | John Timbs - London (England) - 1865 - 348 pages
...power of the companies over which he presided: he was chairman, board, manager, and all. Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares,...scarcely a word against him could find a hearing. " The Hudson Testimonial was a taking thing ; for Mr. Hudson had it in his power to allot shares (selling... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Anonyms and pseudonyms - 1865 - 462 pages
...was voted praises, testimonial.«, and surplus shares alike liberally ; and scarcely a word agaicst him could find a hearing. He was equally popular outside the circle of railway proprietors. His entertainment» wtrt crowded ; and he went his round of Tints among the peerage like any prince. Of... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1884 - 362 pages
...presided; he was chairman, board, maneger, and all. lie was voted praises, testimonials, and fjarplus shares alike liberally ; and scarcely a word against him could find a hearing. Ho was equally popular outside the circle of railway proprietors. His entertainments were crowded;... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - London (England) - 1892 - 606 pages
...his own hands almost the entire administrative power of chairman, board, manager, and all. Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares...scarcely a word against him could find a hearing. "The Hudson testimonial was a taking thing, for Mr. Hudson had it in his power to allot shares (selling... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Anonyms and pseudonyms - 1893 - 490 pages
...administrative power of the companies over which he presided ; he was chairman, board, manager, and all. He was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares...circle of railway proprietors. His entertainments were crowded ; and he went his round of visite among the peerage like any prince. Of course, Mr. Hudson... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Transportation - 2001 - 240 pages
...question about the accounts, he was snubbed by the chair and hissed by the proprietors. The Ballway King was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus...rounds of visits among the peerage like a prince. at tlie height of his power, it was triumphantly said of him, that " he walked quietly thiough Parliament... | |
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Mr. Hudson was voted praises, testimonials, and surplus shares, alike liberally ; and scarcely a word against him could find a hearing. He was equally popular outside the circle of railway proprietors. His entertainments at Albert Gate were crowded ;... 
