The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-09

certain formAlities IN tneix
Ionrneya In principlat they fIsvei
only ny sbecisi trains. and have their
own imperial or royal carriages pnhs
and kept up with exceeding care ana
aIvays ready for use ut tho shortest
notice. The railway carriages used py
the Queen of Great Britain In England
and Scotland, are msrvels OF perfect
construotion and arrangement. Ihey
are atted with electric Light, uphoi'
stored. Furnished and decorated IN per
feet harmony aud taste. She can WRITE
read. work. converse, take her meals
and sleep almost az easily and comfor'
tebly an IN any Of her royal residencesi
oven her isyorite flowers and the many
family photographs she loves TO hsse
ahonf her are disposed in the dineren
commandments OF her carriages, IN the
oxact places she is accustomed 10 see
Them at home. The train always siacke
sneed as soon as she retires TO rest,
and IL IA we'll known that she never
.ooma to feel fatigue or discomior'
RON a long night journey. All hei
heavy luggage, the horses, the appur'
| tcpences of her bedroom are sent on
several days ahead, 80 that her apart
ments are quito ready to receive her
on her arrival.
She owns private carriages in
France, left in charge Of the Compag-
ME do rOuest and despatched TO
Cherbourg to meet her when she leaves
} the royal yacht; these convey her 10
Biorritz, Grasse, Hyeres, or Italy, as
, the case may be, without change. Inc
royal trains are built so rs totravei on
, cyery European line Of rail, with the
, exception of the Russian and Spanish
ones. where for military reasons the
gauge is a trifo broader than else
where. Each portion of tho line
assumes the responsibility OF tho roya
trein AZ long as it travels on it's radius
rho Governments, officially informed o
:. The intended journey of the sovereign
oven if no travels incognito, notlfic
the respective companies of tho limo
IL route. The companies in their tnr
IA rive instructions to their staffs of tn
re hours OF arrival and departure of tn
Is train, and they agreo with each othe
W as TO tho best manner OF concordance
When this is satisfactorily settled
he plan is drawn up with the mlnute
ch particulars of time and sent to II
nj Goyernment, which forwards copy
lie the Minister or Ambassador who
&c soyereion is about to pass over the te
ritory. When the moment arrives T.
nm chief engineer of the company, al
led frequently tho director, is at the stati
,nt to receive it; tho engineer OF the II
nm. enters carriage, and the III
Tho mechanician Of the road boards
rst engine. The whole extenT Oh the =
lila. has been previously carefully examiI
40 as to guard against delays a
or1 accidents. -,
1ho Queen Victoria travels with
ser: rhssSN sNSa.tn IN al eise..l---rpsvrra, VINO
, n branz Joseph Is only accompanied
his military suite; if he retires to I
OF OF oil. 1t Is on narrow camp bed,
the .;.t,. go 10 NV ne sPehos the MI
.on carriage.
# William H., of Germany, has la
rom train recently constructed on the m
orv luxurious scale, and really seems to
the apogee of railway coach buildin
Tho Gear, however, is the ri
> pe whose journeys necessitate the m
n'n stringent measures of prudence. I
can der Alexander II. troops used to
'h' posted mt short distances along the |
e"h from st. Petersburg to Moscow ,
low from Moscow to the Crimea. The
egg perlal train was divided into 1
R9s sections, following each other at q
nis minutes interval, and it was ne
known with any certainty into VIII
portion the imperial family had tal
their seats. II was to this precaut
nos that the Gear owed hin escape in
rUH- first started train near Moscow when
"|t was IN the second. Since tho ontrs
"ls OF Borki fresh orders of precauti
n' hayo been given. Where formerl,
l'h soldier stood every hundred yards n
re- 1hero is ono at every fifty along tho ei
'lT less lilo ofrails across the immense CO
'Th of Rnseia, nccsssiitt,ttiin Tin. mo-
on ments OF whole army corps ; this 4,
's' vice works with admirable prccisi
h's and eelerity. The imperial cnrriae
'"t arc .iFon Glad" and within, extreme
Isl comfortable, repleto with every pos
rs Die accommodation, bedrooms. bat
III rooms, sitting and smoking saloons.
H. excellent cuisine and perfect systo
10 OF heating and ventilation. NeyertI
" less the imperial party mover ente
IL one CT these trains without the secr
10 apprehension that their lives are
:. jeopardy and at Tho mercy of the mn
!. aerou5 sectRrlan.
'f ., In the French republiathe Preside,
= Likewise travels by special tra;,
boarded by the Chief Engineer. \
Carnot is not at ell averse to oeremo,
lal state, but M. Grevy made no otbl
2 claims on the companies than tho a,
, ssaa saI"hoe That they would convey hir
Nominally all through Europe tn,
railway companies are supposed K
mako no charges for the transit o.
royal traine. and to undertake at their
own cost tho extra expenses which j,
entails; but as o fact they are the