Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-03-02
WcToRIA.s TOME LIFE.
Her Majesty stm CIngs to Wax Candles
and Wood Fires.

Her Majesty stnI Ciings to Wax Candles
and Wood Fires.
For lighting Windsor castle four
methods are available, all of which are
more or less in operation-viz, gas, oil,
candles and the electric light-while for
warming and cooking wood. coal and
gas are used. During the residence of
the court some hundreds of persons are
in the castle besides the royal family and
the visitors. Consequently the adequate
provision Of all these processes is of a
somewhat gigantic nature, keeping
many persons constantly employed.
For tho general lighting and heating
gas and coal are adopted, but this is not
so in the queens own rooms nor in
many other Of tho royal apartments In
the matter of fires for her own rooms
tho queen strictly banishes coal. She
has confirmed preference for wood
only. Special supplies of wood have to
be obtained for this purpose from the
thickly timbered hills a few miles up
the river above Windsor, where a mum.
on this task. The timber, when felled
and roughly trimmed on the spot, is
brought down TO wharf OIL tho river
side, where it is dressed and cut up into
blocks of fixed sizes. IL is then stacked
to get seasoned. and as required sup
plies are brought down TO the castle for
consumption i'll the queens rooms.
nal ~ har
majesty s apartments. Here light is pro-
vidcd by means of wax candles, all of
one special pattern. their daily removal
being the duty of special officer. In
some of tho other apartments gas is
utilized, and in other parts oil lamps are
burned. gas supplying the quarters of
the staff generally. Moreover, although
the queen bars all but candles for her
own private use, she has permitted the
introduction of an electric light plant
This is placed underneath the north ter.
race and is in-charge a special engineer
under tho general supervision of
prominent electrician. This plant has
never been largely used. but the light
has been led into and applied to the
main corridors, to one or two Of the
royal apartments and 10 the library.
Electric bells and telephones abound
throughout the castle, but electric light
is allowed very limited play.
Tho coal required for Windsor castle
chiefly comes from certain collieries in
North Wales. brought i'll trainloads of
perhaps 800 tons Mt time From the
station it is carted to the castle. in VA.
rious parts of which are deep and spa.
cious cellars, into which it is tipped.
Thence it is conveyed rs required TO the
different rooms and offices. numbering
some hundreds.
Lifts are almost unknown in the cas-.
tie. Consequently the coal has to be
hoisted from the cavernous cellars and
carried hither and thither by coal por-
tiers. The replenishing of the fires is
carried out upon a most careful and
efficient plan, footmen and other high
er servants receiving the coal from the
porters and passing it on TO the royal
apartments ut intervals throughout the
day.
Each official connected with heating
and lighting the castle has his allotted
duties and recognized position. and
thus the residence of the highest lady
in the land is lighted and warmed in
efficient manner by many and various
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