. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. n number 29,was made to look like ?and number 29 was the ringmaster that made allhands hunt for plowed ground. Too much care in writing and re;idingtrain orders cannot he used. I Ik- writer has often thought that somesystem of orders where the conductor orthe engineer had to write the body of theorder himself and have it O. Kd. orcorrected by the operator would pre-vent mistakes in reading and understand-ing orders, hs greatest disadvantagewould be tiiat it is a slower |)rocess thanthat now in use. There are now in successful operationseveral sys:
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. n number 29,was made to look like ?and number 29 was the ringmaster that made allhands hunt for plowed ground. Too much care in writing and re;idingtrain orders cannot he used. I Ik- writer has often thought that somesystem of orders where the conductor orthe engineer had to write the body of theorder himself and have it O. Kd. orcorrected by the operator would pre-vent mistakes in reading and understand-ing orders, hs greatest disadvantagewould be tiiat it is a slower |)rocess thanthat now in use. There are now in successful operationseveral sys:c;rs rf receiving and sendin,telcgran-s on moving trains, and in thi-case the order received could be writtenby the conductor if necessary. Mistakes and blunders in this line arecalling for mary vicliirs per year, andmeans ..liould at once be taken to cutdown the death-roll. are accustomed to looking upon South.\merica as being in its infancy in railwaydevelopment. It is n it necessary to dwellon the scenic wonders of this ttrana:e. lUl,Ili:.sT (IX UV. OF PERU. above sea level. On the Railroads of : The ancient home of the Incas is com-ing more prominertly into notice, as theincreasing tourist traffic shows, and thereare man\ peculiarities in railroad engi-neering that are a surprise to those ofus who ha\e lieen in mauv lands and who
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