. Electric railway gazette . of the road. By referring toFig. U it will be seen that the road is operated by . PIG. 7. WIRING INitioTH. ST. POWER HOUSE. appearance of the signal box at the Sixty-fifthstreet house is shown in the engraving. Fig. tape. Fig. 4, shows that on .Tanuary 34, 1394,at 10:45 A. M., a ^signal of Are was sent from theautomatic On the signal box are placed cards Vol. X. No. 9. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 105 showing the locations of all the automatics andgeneral notices and instructions. The recordingapparatus Is similar to the stock tickers. When a signal is rece


. Electric railway gazette . of the road. By referring toFig. U it will be seen that the road is operated by . PIG. 7. WIRING INitioTH. ST. POWER HOUSE. appearance of the signal box at the Sixty-fifthstreet house is shown in the engraving. Fig. tape. Fig. 4, shows that on .Tanuary 34, 1394,at 10:45 A. M., a ^signal of Are was sent from theautomatic On the signal box are placed cards Vol. X. No. 9. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 105 showing the locations of all the automatics andgeneral notices and instructions. The recordingapparatus Is similar to the stock tickers. When a signal is received, the wrecking wagonfrom the nearest station is sent to the automatic neglect this dutyiis not probable. His work, there-fore, is simple in the and is always thesame: he lifts the cover, raises a handle and re-places the cover, when he waits for those in thewrecking wagon, who take charge. It would (7) _D^0_ ©SL B(sL fi POST; OFFICE Imilc ^- BAYARD ST. POWER HOUSE 1 mile miles -^ 65TH HOUSE 1 miles. Q TELEPHONE i? PLUG SWITCHES 6 WIRES 3 SPARES PLUG SWITCHES n ^™^m>-^ > J s „ , . PLUG SWITCHES 1 PLUG SWITCHES PHONEq S WIRES 4 SPARES from which the signal was telephone by means of which conversation canbe carried on with either telephone station oreither power house. After the trouble has beenremedied the automatic is again brought into useto signal the engine room, the symbols used beingthose shown in Fig. 3. Tht automatic is raised 7 WIRES 2 SPARES 8 WIRES 2 SPARES FIG. 6. CABLE RAILROAD SIGNALING SYSTEM. sent. This carries a seem, under these conditions, that the only errorhe could make would be one of judgment in stop-ping the cable unnecessarily; but as this wouldonly cause a cessation of traffic for a few mo-ments It would not be serious. THE AUTOMATIC. The automatic shown in the broken view, Fig.


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