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'''William Patrick Andrew''' (c.1807-1887), director of the [[East Indian Railway]] and founder of the [[Scinde Railway Company]], later to become the [[Scinde, Punjab and Delhi Railway]]. Born in Aberdeenshire, and was educated at Edinburgh and Oxford.
==Railway Achievements==
*1855; The Government granted a concession Mr W P Andrew and the ‘[[Scinde Railway Company]]’ was formed under the Guarantee system. The concession included under its management <ref name=Brunton>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=1WsEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books ‘The Line and Works of the Scinde Railway’ by John Brunton, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1862-63 Page 4]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref> :-
**the line from [[Karachi|Kurrachee(Karachi)]] to [[Hyderabad]] upon the Indus - the ‘[[Scinde Railway]]’;
**the line from [[Multan|Moultan(Multan)]] to [[Lahore]] and [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] - the ‘[[Punjaub Railway]]’
**a flotilla of steam boats to complete the through communication the ‘[[Indus Flotilla|Indus Steam Flotilla]]’
*1856; concluded an arrangement with the Home Government for the establishment of telegraphic communication with India, and in the following year he advocated on strategic grounds the construction of lines to the Bolan and the Khyber<ref name=Grace>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Patrick_Andrew "Grace's Guide - William Patrick Andrew”]; Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018</ref> .
*1862; another concession was granted to the the ‘Scinde Railway Company’:-
**the ‘[[Delhi Railway]]’, being an extension of the line from [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] to [[Delhi]], where it formed a junction to the northern terminus of the ‘[[East Indian Railway]] <ref name=Brunton/>.
*1870; ‘[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway|Scinde, Punjaub and Delhi Railway]] Company’ was formed with Mr A P Andrew as Chairman by amalgamating the ‘[[Scinde Railway]]’, the ‘[[Punjab Railway]]’ and ‘[[Delhi Railway]]’
*1873; be led the discussion on the question of the gauge of Indian railways - a subject he had already treated in pamphlets - at the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, when a resolution in favour of his views with regard to a gauge of 5ft. 6in. was passed by a large majority
*1878; In treating of the connection of the Khyber and Bolan Passes with the railway system of India, the 'Times October 13th, 1878, said:- "Had the views so persistently advocated by Mr. Andrew, repeatedly brought forward by us, been adopted at the commencement of the struggle last October, as we then ventured to insist upon, vast sums would have been spared in the hire of transport, and we should have been spared the ignominy of feeling that a British army, nominally on active service, has occupied five weeks in covering less than seventy miles."<ref name=Grace/>
*1879; Sir W. Andrew was chairman of the Stafford House Committee for promoting the construction of a railway from the Persian Gulf to Constantinople and the Mediterranean. Sir W. Andrew to the last took an interest in everything relating to the East and he was a Fellow of many scientific societies <ref name=Grace/>.
1882; knighted when he received the Companionship of the Order of the Indian Empire <ref name=Grace/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railway People|Andrew, William Patrick]]
[[Category:People|Andrew, William Patrick]]
==Railway Achievements==
*1855; The Government granted a concession Mr W P Andrew and the ‘[[Scinde Railway Company]]’ was formed under the Guarantee system. The concession included under its management <ref name=Brunton>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=1WsEAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books ‘The Line and Works of the Scinde Railway’ by John Brunton, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1862-63 Page 4]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref> :-
**the line from [[Karachi|Kurrachee(Karachi)]] to [[Hyderabad]] upon the Indus - the ‘[[Scinde Railway]]’;
**the line from [[Multan|Moultan(Multan)]] to [[Lahore]] and [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] - the ‘[[Punjaub Railway]]’
**a flotilla of steam boats to complete the through communication the ‘[[Indus Flotilla|Indus Steam Flotilla]]’
*1856; concluded an arrangement with the Home Government for the establishment of telegraphic communication with India, and in the following year he advocated on strategic grounds the construction of lines to the Bolan and the Khyber<ref name=Grace>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Patrick_Andrew "Grace's Guide - William Patrick Andrew”]; Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018</ref> .
*1862; another concession was granted to the the ‘Scinde Railway Company’:-
**the ‘[[Delhi Railway]]’, being an extension of the line from [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] to [[Delhi]], where it formed a junction to the northern terminus of the ‘[[East Indian Railway]] <ref name=Brunton/>.
*1870; ‘[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway|Scinde, Punjaub and Delhi Railway]] Company’ was formed with Mr A P Andrew as Chairman by amalgamating the ‘[[Scinde Railway]]’, the ‘[[Punjab Railway]]’ and ‘[[Delhi Railway]]’
*1873; be led the discussion on the question of the gauge of Indian railways - a subject he had already treated in pamphlets - at the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, when a resolution in favour of his views with regard to a gauge of 5ft. 6in. was passed by a large majority
*1878; In treating of the connection of the Khyber and Bolan Passes with the railway system of India, the 'Times October 13th, 1878, said:- "Had the views so persistently advocated by Mr. Andrew, repeatedly brought forward by us, been adopted at the commencement of the struggle last October, as we then ventured to insist upon, vast sums would have been spared in the hire of transport, and we should have been spared the ignominy of feeling that a British army, nominally on active service, has occupied five weeks in covering less than seventy miles."<ref name=Grace/>
*1879; Sir W. Andrew was chairman of the Stafford House Committee for promoting the construction of a railway from the Persian Gulf to Constantinople and the Mediterranean. Sir W. Andrew to the last took an interest in everything relating to the East and he was a Fellow of many scientific societies <ref name=Grace/>.
1882; knighted when he received the Companionship of the Order of the Indian Empire <ref name=Grace/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railway People|Andrew, William Patrick]]
[[Category:People|Andrew, William Patrick]]
