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
4. Passengers on the Road Stations will only be Booked conditionally;
that is to say, in case there shall be room in the Train for which
they are Booked. In case there shall not be room for all the
Passengers Booked, those Booked for the longest distance shall have
the preference, and those Booked for the same distance shall have
priority according to the order in which they are Booked.
5. Every person attempting to defraud the Company by travelling upon
the Railway without having previously paid his Fare, or by riding
in or upon a Carriage of a superior Class to that for which he has
Booked his place, or by continuing his Journey beyond the destination
for which he has paid his Fare, or by attempting in any other manner
whatever to evade the payment of his Fare, is hereby subjected to a
Penalty not exceeding =Forty Shillings=.
6. No Passenger will be allowed to get into, or upon, or to quit any
Carriage after the Train has been put in motion; and any person doing
so, or attempting to do so, is hereby made liable to a Penalty of
=Forty Shillings=.
7. Dogs will be charged for according to distance, but they will on
no account be allowed to accompany Passengers in Carriages.
8. Smoking is strictly prohibited both in and upon the Carriages,
and in the Company’s Stations. Every person Smoking in a Carriage
is hereby subjected to a Penalty not exceeding =Forty Shillings=;
and every person persisting in smoking in a Carriage or Station
after having been warned to desist shall, in addition to incurring
a Penalty not exceeding =Forty Shillings=, be immediately, or, if
travelling, at the first opportunity, removed from the Company’s
Premises and forfeit his Fare.
9. Any person found in a Carriage or Station in a state of
Intoxication, or committing any Nuisance or wilfully interfering
with the comfort of other Passengers, and every person obstructing
any Officer of the Company in the discharge of his duty, is hereby
subjected to a Penalty not exceeding =Forty Shillings=, and shall
immediately, or, if travelling, at the first opportunity, be removed
from the Company’s Premises, and forfeit his Fare.
10. Any Passenger cutting the Linings, removing or defacing the
Number Plates, breaking the Windows, or otherwise wilfully damaging
or injuring any Carriage on the Railway, shall forfeit and pay a sum
not exceeding =Five Pounds= in addition to the amount of damage done.
_Sealed by Order of the Directors._
R. CREED, _Secretary_. [Illustration: Seal.]
_Allowed by the Commissioners of Railways this Twentieth
day of August, 1847._
EDWARD STRUTT,
EDWARD RYAN. [Illustration: Seal.]
SECTION XV.
Extract from the Act, the 3rd and 4th VICTORIA, Chap. 97, entitled
“An Act for Regulating Railways:”--
_Punishment of Servants of Railway Companies guilty of Misconduct._
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