. Electric railway review . uried in news-papers as steam railwaytimetables are, the adver-tisements would not be ofany particular value, but thetime of trains could be pre-sented in small space anddo interurban roads good. He believed in a picture that would attract the eye, andthought that trademarks which could be shown every daywere of great value. W. P. Cosper (Lord Electric Company) suggested thatinterurban roads place better information concerning move-ments of trains with hotel clerks and in hotels. F. A. Burkhardt (Ohio Electric Railway) showed a smallS-page timetable which contained
. Electric railway review . uried in news-papers as steam railwaytimetables are, the adver-tisements would not be ofany particular value, but thetime of trains could be pre-sented in small space anddo interurban roads good. He believed in a picture that would attract the eye, andthought that trademarks which could be shown every daywere of great value. W. P. Cosper (Lord Electric Company) suggested thatinterurban roads place better information concerning move-ments of trains with hotel clerks and in hotels. F. A. Burkhardt (Ohio Electric Railway) showed a smallS-page timetable which contained information desirable fortravelers. The booklet cost $ per thousand. Afternoon Session—Telegraph Signal. At the opening of the afternoon session, Chauncey P. But-ton, general manager Telegraph Signal Company, Rochester,X. Y., read a paper entitled The Telegraph Signal System.(To be found elsewhere.) After a detailed description and illustration of the signalby the aid of a working installation of two semaphores, H. F. D. Carpenter, President-Elect. Xicholl (Indiana Union Traction Company) opened the dis-cussion. He related how his company had installed thetelegraph signal system on one division 54 miles long andhad ordered additional equipment for the Muncie-Indianapolisdivision, 57 miles long. G. A. Kelsay, superintendent of power Indiana UnionTraction Company, under whose jurisdiction the installationmentioned by Mr. Nicholl had been placed, outlined its manydesirable qualities. He emphasized the valuable feature ofrepeating to the dispatcher a record that the semaphore bladehad fallen to Danger and that that record in .permanentform showed the number of the particular blade which hadfallen. The dispatcher on the Union Traction lines had foundthe signals to be of great assistance in advancing trains. Mr. Kelsay then described the method of lighting thesemaphore targets. The semaphores are installed at double-ended sidings, on the opposite side of the track from thes
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