. Electric railway journal . M^tm /// |gfj 1SC » i \4 Saves 70% of OtherwiseWasted Heating Current It automatically maintains pre-detefminedtemperature with minimum consumption ofcurrent. It takes advantage of the heat radiatedfrom the passengers bodies in a well-filledcar, with a corresponding saving in heatingcurrent. It means a reduced heating load at the verytime when the power load is the it for vour road. 4tf k PositiveMercuryContact, PermanentSetting Unaffected by Vibration Adopted by Chicago Surface Lines. Railway Utility Co., Chicago, 111. 16 ELECTRIC RAILWAY
. Electric railway journal . M^tm /// |gfj 1SC » i \4 Saves 70% of OtherwiseWasted Heating Current It automatically maintains pre-detefminedtemperature with minimum consumption ofcurrent. It takes advantage of the heat radiatedfrom the passengers bodies in a well-filledcar, with a corresponding saving in heatingcurrent. It means a reduced heating load at the verytime when the power load is the it for vour road. 4tf k PositiveMercuryContact, PermanentSetting Unaffected by Vibration Adopted by Chicago Surface Lines. Railway Utility Co., Chicago, 111. 16 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [January 2, 1915 Statistics mean little or nothing to you, unless you ANALYZE them. Wepresent for your inspection the following analysis of statistics of allnoted Steam Railroad accidents from July 1st, 1908, to January31st, 1913. Note the large percentage of accidents which occurredunder the following four heads: Open Switch, Disregard of Sema-phore Signal at Danger, Head-on Collisions Due to Neglect ofOrders by Train Crews, and by Operators. The Simmen System offers a COMPLETE signal system. Youcannot over-run a Simmen Signal, because you run with it. Doyou know about it? If not, why not investigate it NOW? Analysis of Causes of All Noted Steam Raifroad Accidents,from July 1, 1908, to January 31, 1913 No. of PercentageCause of Accident Accidents of Total Preventable by a complete signal system: Open switch 38 Disregard of semaphore signal at danger 46 Disregard of caution signal under permissive movement 6
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