Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-02-28
when King Edward Travels.

travels at night Saloon and sleeping
berths are hgnted by electricity. Be-
tween each carriage aud the guard q
van there is electrical communication.
in addition to special cord placing
the driver and the guard instantly IN
communication In a carriage in the
rear the train rides one OF the prln-
cipsl ,ficeis of the company and the
carriage superintendent They are
10 command of full complement Of
arr6crrs, ready to met every one OF
the almost impossible emergencies that
might ariee on the jealousy guarded
journey.
A lookout man star d. on the en-
CINE tender. Differing from a look
out man on board ship, be turns hls
back to the approaching prospect,
keeping watch toward the rear OF the
tram, ready to note any signal that
may be given. There are Two ga ride.
one IN the front van and one In the
lear. 1t would be supposed that with
all these precautions, and others yet
to be described. the oval train might
be left to make It's own way. That ID
not the view taken by thu Sc respousi.
ple for the Kings safety.
Fifty minutes IN advance Of the
royal train runs pilot engine. IT
there be any d4ng-r in the way it
will bear the bruut, and timely warm
ing will be given. A person OF fertile.
not to Say criminal, imagination might
suppose that, accidentally or designed
ly, the rail could be blocked within
the space marked by the passenger
and the pilot engine and the arrival
Of the royal train. This would be
found impossible The intervening
space, at distances not exceeding a
quarter of a mile, is guarded by a
line of platelayers provided with hand
gnals and decorators. E,ch on his
beat carefully examines the line BE-
f,re the royal train approaches.
By an exaggeration of caution, the
obi ct of which is not Immediately sp.
parent, every man must remain at his
post ten minutes after the royal train
nae a .shed by. has disappeared In the
murk of the night. Each keeps with
In sight of bis fellow on the right
hand and on the left So they stretch
living line of the prime of British
workmen, alkthe way from SustoD TO
Ballater, IN the fAr.ofi highlands.
Even there elaborate precautions do
not satisfy the anxiety of the royal.
ty's guardian. II will be seen thai
the line on which the King travels Is
kept under surveillance for at leas,
ten miles ahead, the distance of which
the pilot engine leads the wsy. Blu,
there is the possibility that the train
passing as the King journeys north
ward may break down within the
limit of this je,lously guarded ten
miles and obstruct the parallel line.
The contingency Is met by simple
peremptory edict.
The up rail Of the down parallel
wi b that on which the Kings train
runs is temporarily Invested Of traffic
not only at the actual hour that the
ROYAL train will p4ss, but for pre-
cedent interval. For thirty minutes
before it IL due to pass given point
no engine, train or vehicle Is allowed
to proceed along or across the line.
Heavy traffic is temporarily paralyzed,
II being decreed for similar period
all shutting, operation on lines adj
joining the main road must be SUE
pended.
When, 10 the early days Of Ql-en
Victoria journeys to 'otland, these
rules were drawn up. it was ordered
that no trains or engines might De al
lowed to trayei between any two STA
tions from the time the pilot engine
was due until the royal train bad
passed-that lie to say. for period OF
fifteen minutes. This regulation
proved little too drastic even for 70
royal body of men as those who sit
at the board of railway direction. The
order was modified BY an exception
In favor OF passenger TRAINS, with re-
spect to which special arrangement
is made for rapid unloading at tue
OBVIOUSLY 1t would be
serious thing for train laden with
cod and soles to be pulled up for a
bad quarter ofan hour, while Billings
gate, only partially succeeding in
modifying the language Of its com
mentary, was awaiting for the con-