Difference between revisions of "William Smith Betts"

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William Smith Betts Agent, 1861-95

References from "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951". ^[1] With page numbers indicated #p.

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 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^[2].
1895, retired, returned to England #p.214

↑ Southern Railway Heritage Centre,Trichinopoly "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951". With page numbers indicated #p.
↑ “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; Appendix D, page xxxiv, pdf 318

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 *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>.
+*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; Appendix D, page xxxiv,  pdf 318  </ref>.
 *1895, retired, returned to England #p.214