Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-24
TilE GREAT EVENT.
The Coming Of the Willard Party.

view Of of the preparations being made
to give the party reception worthy OF
Jamestown's wide awake and enterpris-
ing citizens, the following from the Fargo
Argus in reference to the progress Of the
four punderous trains will be of interest
! to our readers:
Superintendent of transportation J. Il.
OdelI, o!lh" North Pacific railroad. has
saiicd !; long letter of instructions to the
division supernlcndcnts on the eastern
portion of the North Pacific road, ,,nform-
ing them of the manner in which the ex-
cursion of President Willard is to be run
over their divisions. Mr.. Odell states
that as Tic party will be composed of
many Of the most distinguished people
both of this country and the old world, 1t
is desired that every prccauton be taken
tion Of the members; in consequence of
special rolling stock having to be secured,
aud .he fact that the date OF the arrival
in St. Paul will not be known until short
" before the trains are there, 1t has been
Impossible to frame time card Tor the
occasion, and the excursion trains will he
run as Il special in four sections of ten
palace coaches each. Upon every section
telegraph operator with climber, and a
relay battery is to be; also an experienced
Car rcpuircr with necessary to is. These
are to be changed on each division and
no passes will be required as they will be
regarded as train men.
The division superlntendents and the
superintcndcnts Of road bed and bridge
foreman of each division will accompany
the train over their departments, but no
two of these officials shall be on the same
section of the tram.
II the trains pass over the divisions at
night tine all telegraph offices shall bc
open and telegraph operators at their
posts. At each Of these offices .hc "hold-
ing" signal shall be dropped Immediately
after the departure of the first section ana
thirty minutes shall elapse before the
next section is slgnaled forward: this
Shall be done with each portion of the
tram until all have passed. At all nom
tclegraphlc stations and blind switches
watchman shall be stationed with white
and red flags for the day and white and
red lanterns for night, a correct time
piece, and torpedocs; he shall examine
each section before the train arrives, and
see that it is in shape and signal the
tram ahead with the white flag or Ian
tern; then place the red flag or lantern
in position and not allow the next Sec
ton to pass until thirty minutes are up,
when he may signal it forward.
This train shall be given "position or
ders" by the train dispatcher, as it shall
have the IL ght of way. No more freight
trains shall be started on the day of the
arrival Of the excursion than is necessary.
Construction and repair trains shall be
kept off the track all day. Passenger
trains must be sidctracked for this special,
and not be allowed to move until all these
specials are passed, unless some are be-
hind over thirty minutes and the advance
of the passenger will not interfere with
the remaining sections.
The speed of this tram shall not exceed
twenty-five miles per hour. Switches
must be approached with train under
full control, and if no signal is seen or
wutchman on hand the train must be
stopped and a man sent ahead to ascer-
tain the condition of tho switch. Every
section foreman shall send man over
his section before The passage of the spec
ial. The bridge foreman shall examine
every bridge and trestle three days be-
fore the arrival of the train,
1t is especially desired that not only
the quick transportation of the party be
seen TO by employees, but every yard and
portion of the track be clear, snow fences
piled no, old ties either burnt or placed
IN piles, and it is further requested that
employees pay special attention to all de :.
tails and instructions given about this
party.
The division uperentendents have
given Instructions by means of circulars
to each class of employees, and it is de-
sired to have the railroad buildings, as
far as possible, decorated, and all means
taken to give the visitors as good an itl-
preston as possible of this great north
western country.
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