. The Street railway journal . the shops on Wabash lines terminate at his board, one from the Clinton line,one from the Brazil and one from the switchboard in the officesof the company down town. The sidings of the north or Clin-ton branch are equipped with stationary telephones, while onthe Brazil line each car is supplied with a telephone and cut-inboxes are located at the sidings. Formerly the Brazil line wasoperated without a despatcher, the car obtaining right to theblock by throwing a switch at each siding. This system havingbeen abandoned, the wires formerly used will In- u
. The Street railway journal . the shops on Wabash lines terminate at his board, one from the Clinton line,one from the Brazil and one from the switchboard in the officesof the company down town. The sidings of the north or Clin-ton branch are equipped with stationary telephones, while onthe Brazil line each car is supplied with a telephone and cut-inboxes are located at the sidings. Formerly the Brazil line wasoperated without a despatcher, the car obtaining right to theblock by throwing a switch at each siding. This system havingbeen abandoned, the wires formerly used will In- utilized as 196 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 5. duplicate wires to the despatchers office in case of accident tothe present one. Each telephone cut-in box will be equippedwith a double-throw switch. In case one of the telephone linesbecomes deranged, all the cut-in boxes may be connected to theother line by throwing the double-throw switch in the oppositedirection. On the Brazil line, the conductor receives the orders. FIG. 25.—FREIGHT AND EXPRESS CAR BEING LOADED AT THETERRE HAUTE FREIGHT STATION from the despatcher and repeats them to the motorman. TheEgry system of receiving despatches is employed on the Clintonbranch. The motorman receives the orders and the conductorwrites them down on the triplicator. Three copies are made,one of which is given to the motorman, while the conductor re-ceives another, and the third remains locked in the machine. The cars on regular schedule have regular meeting places,and despatching is resorted to only in case the cars get behindtheir scheduled time or extra trains are run. Although it isusually customary on other roads to give the car on scheduledtime the right of way over the one behind time, in arrangingpassing points on this system no definite plan is pursued. In storage section. They are well equipped for repair work, andpractically all of it is done here, notwithstanding the fact thatseveral large industrial plants of Terr
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