. The Street railway journal . s the telephonedespatching system, of which details are presented in thisarticle by the courtesy of E. S. Loomis, superintendent of thecompany. Owing to the proximity of the high-tension transmissionwires, it was considered advisable to install the telephone sys-tem with a complete metallic circuit. The telephone wires arealso attached to the transmission wire poles, and are trans-posed at every fifth pole to neutralize the effects of the despatchers office at the Albion shops, which are lo-cated about the middle of the railway, the telephone line is
. The Street railway journal . s the telephonedespatching system, of which details are presented in thisarticle by the courtesy of E. S. Loomis, superintendent of thecompany. Owing to the proximity of the high-tension transmissionwires, it was considered advisable to install the telephone sys-tem with a complete metallic circuit. The telephone wires arealso attached to the transmission wire poles, and are trans-posed at every fifth pole to neutralize the effects of the despatchers office at the Albion shops, which are lo-cated about the middle of the railway, the telephone line isdivided into two sections—a call from the west being indicatedby a bell signal, and one from the east by a buzzer. There-fore, the line is normally cut at the despatchers office so thatif an outsider wishes a through telephone connection, the des-patcher is requested to insert the necessary plug in the boxshown in the accompanying illustration of the despatcherstable. A train despatcher is always on duty when any cars are on. INTERIOR OF THE DESPATCHERS OFFICE AT THEALBION SHOPS the road, and no cars are allowed to run over any portion ofthe line without his instructions. Before starting out, the con-ductors report for orders at one of the terminals. Should therebe no orders for them the agent gives them in duplicate theclearance card, form , reproduced herewith. If the des- patcher desires to give out a train order, he calls up the agentand gives him the necessary instructions as per the accom-panying form Upon receiving this order, the agent re-peats it to the despatcher, gives his name, and thereafter mustnot give a clearance card to the train specified. Upon receiv- Jackson !Traction Company i Clearance Card. 190 To Conductor and Motorman No I have No Orders for your Train. Operator. Time ...... m. CLEARANCE CARD GIVEN TO TRAIN CREW BY STATION AGENT TRAIN ORDER. Jackson& Company Albion Shops Complete at, —. . IV Signed TRAIN OR
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