. The road-master's assistant and section-master's guide: . Office and Works^ Nos. 16 and 18 East Seventli Street, CINCINNATI, O. All sizes Ratchets, Wrenches and Drills made to order, An ounce of prevention is wortii a pound of Latimers Safety-Guard. The safety-guard is placed at each end of bridge, or at dan-gerous places, and, unlike guards generally, is for the pur-pose not only of protecting the bridge, but of bringing a de-railed train upon the track again the moment it is reached. It has been practically useful on the Chicago & MichiganLake Shore Railroad, at St. Joseph, Michigan
. The road-master's assistant and section-master's guide: . Office and Works^ Nos. 16 and 18 East Seventli Street, CINCINNATI, O. All sizes Ratchets, Wrenches and Drills made to order, An ounce of prevention is wortii a pound of Latimers Safety-Guard. The safety-guard is placed at each end of bridge, or at dan-gerous places, and, unlike guards generally, is for the pur-pose not only of protecting the bridge, but of bringing a de-railed train upon the track again the moment it is reached. It has been practically useful on the Chicago & MichiganLake Shore Railroad, at St. Joseph, Michigan, in saving trainsfrom going into the river. Also has been useful in saving abridge on the Atlantic & Great-Western Railroad, and is alsoin use on the Louisville & Nashville and the Michigan Cen-tral Railroads. \ Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore Railroad,^ General Managers Department, St. Joseph, Mich., Feb. 28, Latimer, Esq. Dear Sir: The safety-guard which you placed at each end of the bridgeacross the St. Joseph River at this place has upon tv/o occasions saved ourpassenger-train from going into the river by bringing it back on to the trackafter it had been derailed, thus probably saving the drawbrid
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