Nord railway organization

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

“...but was also a substantial shareholder in the Nord.…”

“...but also a member of the board of the Nord.…”

“As a member of the boards of both the Zaragoza and the Nord railways, Say was widely regarded as a Rothschild man...…”

“In the summer of 1924 he was openly critical of the Left Cartel government led by Edouard Herriot for what he saw as its soft line towards striking railway workers—an important preoccupation for de Rothschild Frères in their role as major N…”

“The winning of the Nord concession needs to be seen as part of a general carving-up of the primary French railway network—a process in which the Rothschilds played a leading role.…”

“like Salomon, James was building up a substantial portfolio of long-term industrial investments, at the core of which was his stake in the Nord.…”

“But of 225 million francs contributed by French banks to railway capital formation between 1835 and 1846, the Rothschilds accounted for 84.6 million—38 per cent of the total, and nearly a tenth of all capital subscribed.…”

“The 1830s and 1840s saw a spate of odes and hymns to the railway, a classic example of which was composed by an obscure poetaster named Hugelmann to mark the inauguration of the Nord line on June 14, 1846.…”