. The street railway review . railway passenger signal, which consists oa switch to be operated by the pros,K;c:ive passenger, a c uster ollamps which lights when the switch is closed and a device for auto-matically extinguishing the lamps after they have served their pur-pose, the stations thus lM:ing lighted only when actually n-ed by a •l-hc switch for operating the lights is by fu-,es and in a water-tight iron Ih-x, thoroughly with porce-lain and vulcanized rublK-r. The box is Imated .m a trolley |K, the switch projects through the front within
. The street railway review . railway passenger signal, which consists oa switch to be operated by the pros,K;c:ive passenger, a c uster ollamps which lights when the switch is closed and a device for auto-matically extinguishing the lamps after they have served their pur-pose, the stations thus lM:ing lighted only when actually n-ed by a •l-hc switch for operating the lights is by fu-,es and in a water-tight iron Ih-x, thoroughly with porce-lain and vulcanized rublK-r. The box is Imated .m a trolley |K, the switch projects through the front within easy reach,.{ any one standing on the ground. .Stamped on the ever of hel,.,x i. the instruction, -lo stop cars at push .lown the handle. After the cluster l^ lighted by the prospective passenger he can-not extinguish it nor aflect the mechanism in any way. 1 his pre-vent, boy. or mischievously inclined person, from playing me. -d^ig with the mechanism, a. would be the case ,f the switch couldIk manually WIKINl. DIACKAM 1K IAK Sli;NAI,. lached to the pole, the other ,ur:niKe(l lo be llie span wire. 1,1 Mr Painter also makes signals for road-crossiiigs, wlucli ringing a bell as a warning turns on a cluster of red lights,using the railway current to operate it. This device is also suit-able for a caution signal on sharp cuiAes, and viaducts. *♦♦11 IK CKNTKAI- KLECTUlt <-l),, ,if Chicago, reports a mostgratifyi^ng business the oulg-iiig year, iw. ad asserts ihal 1004will witness still further and .levelopmeiils of its inmiense business. The company slates that it will conlinneto push the same specialties wilh which its name is already so , Okonite and 1 X I. wires, I). & W, enclosed fuses, Pilts-burg transformers and Columbia lamps. p-our passenger cars and two motor cars were burned al the terminus of the Douglas Park branch of the Melrupolitan West SideKIcvaled Kailro
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