Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-houseHead, Francis Bond, Sir
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Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-house
Head, Francis Bond, Sir
London and North-Western Railway; Railway Clearing House (London, England); Telegraph -- Great Britain
2. He is to obey promptly all instructions he may receive from
persons placed in authority over him by the Directors, and conform to
all the regulations of the Company.
3. He will be liable to immediate dismissal for disobedience of
orders, negligence, misconduct, or incompetency.
4. No instance of intoxication on duty will ever be overlooked, and,
besides being dismissed, the offender will be liable to be punished
by a magistrate.
5. Any person using improper language, or cursing and swearing, while
on duty, will be liable to dismissal.
6. No person is allowed to receive any gratuity from the public on
pain of dismissal.
7. Any instance of rudeness or incivility to passengers will meet
with instant punishment.
8. Every person receiving uniform must appear on duty clean and neat,
and if any article provided by the Company shall have been improperly
used, or damaged, the party will be required to make it good.
9. No Servant is allowed under any circumstances to absent himself
from his duty without the permission of his chief Superintendent.
10. No Servant is allowed to quit the Company’s service without
giving _fourteen_ days’ previous notice. On leaving the service he
must deliver up his uniform.
11. The Company reserve the right to deduct from the pay such sums as
may be awarded for neglect of duty as fines, and for rent when the
Servant is a tenant of the Company.
12. Should any Servant think himself aggrieved, he may memorialise
the Board; but in any such case the memorial must be sent through the
head of his department.
SECTION II.
SIGNALS.
=RED= is a Signal of =DANGER--STOP=.
=GREEN= „ =CAUTION--PROCEED SLOWLY=.
=WHITE= „ =ALL RIGHT--GO ON=.
These Signals will be made by =Flags= in the Daytime, and by =Lamps=
at Night.
In addition to this, any Signal, or the arm, =waved= violently,
denotes danger, and the necessity of stopping immediately.
POLICE SIGNALS.
1. When the Line is clear, and nothing to impede the progress of the
Train, the Policeman on duty will stand erect, with his Flag in hand,
but show no signal, thus--
[Illustration]
2. If it be necessary to proceed with Caution, the Green Flag will be
elevated, thus:--
[Illustration]
3. If it be necessary to proceed with Caution from any defect in the
rails, the Green Flag will be depressed, thus:--
[Illustration]
4. If required to stop, the =Red= Flag will be shown and waved to and
fro, the Policeman facing the Engine.
5. Engine-Drivers must invariably =stop= on seeing the Red Signal.
6. As soon as the Engine passes, the Policeman will bring his flag to
the shoulder.
7. Every Policeman will be responsible for having his =Hand Lamp= in
good order and properly trimmed.
STATIONARY SIGNALS.
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