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'''William Smith Betts''' Agent, 1861-95
<br> Capt. R.E.(1880)
==Railway Achievements==
*1861, Agent of [[Great Southern of India Railway]] (formed in 1859) with its Headquarters at [[Negapatam]]. #p.9
*1874, Agent of [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) formed by amagamation with the [[Carnatic Railway]] Company. p#13
*1879, Agent of [[Pondicherry Railway|Pondicheri Railway Company]], joint with SIR. #p.18
*1880, 'the Agent of the company moved his Headquarters from [[Negapatam]] to [[Trichinopoly]] #p.19
*1880 , 6-13 Jan ‘[[Railway Conference]]’, Calcutta. Delegate as Agent SIR<ref> “Railways in India for the year 1880-81” by Juland Danvers , Government Director of the Indian Railways’-– presented to both Houses of Parliament’ by HM Command. Extract from Annual Report 1880-81; pages 4-5 </ref>.
*1895, retired, returned to England #p.214
