Manchester Ship Canal Co

Manchester Ship Canal Company v Midland Railway Company. Exceptional rates, Court of the Railway and Canal Commission, 1897: Manchester Ship Canal Company's application to the Railway and Canal Commission for through rates on grain and timber; answer of Midland Railway Co and reply, January 1897; opinion of the evidence, 25 January 1897; Marshall Steven's case for exceptional rates in the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission, Feb 1897; minutes of a meeting between managers regarding Canal Company policy on rates, Aug-Dec 1896; extract from Clearing House regulations regarding terminal and special allowances, n.d.; particulars of Ship Canal railways - staff, equipment, traffic, rates, 1896; comparisons of railway rates on the Midland Railway and the Manchester Ship Canal railways; minutes of the proceedings of the case in the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission, 4-8 February 1897; judgement 10 April 1897; copy of an order by the court, 19 May 1897