▁output ▁in ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁coming ▁of ▁the ▁railway ▁to ▁Bur ton ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 ▁helped ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁business ▁by ▁reducing ▁transport ▁costs . ▁The ▁company ▁had ▁four ▁agents ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s ▁in ▁London , ▁Liverpool , ▁Sto ke - on - Tr ent ▁and ▁B irmingham . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁this ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁twenty - one ▁in ▁Britain ▁and ▁another ▁in ▁Paris . ▁The ▁export ▁trade ▁was ▁supplied ▁by ▁the ▁ag encies ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁Liverpool . ▁ ▁Under ▁Bass ' s ▁leadership , ▁company ▁production ▁and ▁sales ▁had ▁grown ▁enorm ously . ▁Production ▁of ▁ale ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁ 3 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁bar rel s ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁and ▁to ▁almost ▁a ▁million ▁bar rel s ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 7 0 s . ▁By ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁the ▁company ▁had ▁three ▁bre wer ies ▁and ▁ 2 6 ▁m alth ouses ▁covering ▁ ▁in ▁Bur ton ▁upon ▁Tr ent . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁Britain ' s ▁biggest ▁bre wer y ▁and ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁best ▁known ▁companies . ▁ ▁Member ▁of ▁Parliament ▁ ▁Bass ▁was ▁first ▁elected ▁as ▁the ▁member ▁for ▁Derby ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁and ▁served ▁until ▁ 1 8 8 3 . ▁His ▁ob itu ary ▁in ▁the ▁B rew ers ▁Journal ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁known ▁more ▁" in ▁the ▁House ▁of