The Archive · 1901

A Railway Carriage for the Empress

The Universal Gazette" states that it is intended to build a special carriage for the Empress to be used when 1 Court arrives in the autumn at Chénting travel from thence to Peking by rail.

are already two Imperial carriages ich were built in 1897, but they are for the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. Aproprs of the railway between Chénting and Peking, this road has only been built as far as a place eviled Tingchou, some 60 miles distant from Chénting which will be required to be ready against the arrival of the Court at the latter city in the autumn,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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