. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . st line fromOgden avenue and just north of Division street is provided with automaticblock signals in conjunction with automatic stops and having in all a total of36 signals. All their motor ears, of course are equipped For applying thebrakes should a train run against a signal at danger, and in order to makea confirmatory test of this device, a motor ear was provided for the use of theCommission during the inspection of this property and in no event was itpossible for a train to rua by the signal without being
. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . st line fromOgden avenue and just north of Division street is provided with automaticblock signals in conjunction with automatic stops and having in all a total of36 signals. All their motor ears, of course are equipped For applying thebrakes should a train run against a signal at danger, and in order to makea confirmatory test of this device, a motor ear was provided for the use of theCommission during the inspection of this property and in no event was itpossible for a train to rua by the signal without being automatically stopped. This company also has the junction at Market street, its drawbridge overthe Chicago river, its tracks at canal street, the junction at Marshtteld avenueand the junction at Robey street protected with mechanical interlockingsystems, all of which are maintained in excellent condition. The stations on this road are all of neat design, commodious and alwaysmaintained in a clean and excellent condition, and are provided with coveredplatforms of ample CONCLUSIOX. On January 20, 1897, this property was placed in the hands of a receiver;since that time it has been placed on a firm basis financially, and on Febru-ary 2. 1899, it passed into the hands of the present company. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, there were a total of 25,841,995passengers handled on this road, during which time one employe was killed,one passenger committed suicide and another one was killed through negli-gence of his own in attempting to board a moving train. The few casualtiesas compared with the number of people handled speaks well for the manage-ment. BBE Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co. The Mobile & Ohio R. R. extends southeasterly and south from East to Cairo, Illinois, a distance of miles, with branch extending fromMilstadt to High Prairie, a distance of 9 miles, making a total of milesowned and operated by this company. The line has a great num
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