. The street railway review . unty appt Rapid rransit Rail i Co. i insl In il in v. I) pit ted ■■■ ■ hou 1 on 1 a Annua 1 Rio 1 irandt i1 I-inv ., ,,| ., || . 1 ol it* itystcm. 70 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. Xll, No. i. CORRESPONDENCE PENSION FOR EMPLOYES. SIGNALLING INTERURBAN CARS AT NIGHT. Editoi Review: I suppose thai the Question oi the- relativemerits hi a lighted match and a i < for the purpose of signalling interurban cars at nigln nder the head ol in u bu the Review is always first iii describing iIh-s,. little schemes that follow in the wake of the interurban rail-way, 1 wish
. The street railway review . unty appt Rapid rransit Rail i Co. i insl In il in v. I) pit ted ■■■ ■ hou 1 on 1 a Annua 1 Rio 1 irandt i1 I-inv ., ,,| ., || . 1 ol it* itystcm. 70 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. Xll, No. i. CORRESPONDENCE PENSION FOR EMPLOYES. SIGNALLING INTERURBAN CARS AT NIGHT. Editoi Review: I suppose thai the Question oi the- relativemerits hi a lighted match and a i < for the purpose of signalling interurban cars at nigln nder the head ol in u bu the Review is always first iii describing iIh-s,. little schemes that follow in the wake of the interurban rail-way, 1 wish explain how we have overcome the difficult; ■ formerly had in stoppingin the country after dark. Our friend the Kansas City-] R road Co. advises its patrons to strike a match d in the a for January, page 60. This is all very well if the in-tended passenger is of the masculine pi 1 nit in a casia woman, how! Oh! how can she strike the match? The writersaw this difficulty when our interurban line from Mansfield to. SIGNAL FOR INTERIRIIAN Shelby was put in operation last summer, ami your readers will doubtless he interested in a description of our mode of signalling We put live lamps in serie- ) enclosed in a m at iron ml are fed from the trolley. I he ground wire 1- brought down the pole in a gas pipe into another small contact box which is supplied with a neat lever. The lamp box and all connected with it arc waterproof and so arranged that no part can with or get out of order. All that thi to do is to down the lever, and this throws on the ! that can he seen any distance and thi nan has lots of time to stop without skidding wheels 01 straining i his car, which always . with very quick stops. \\ In nis released and the lights are out The box and combination therewith will I 11 and the amount of current consumed is one-half ampen for, say, one-fourth minute, and this is 50 tri ! to he taken int These boxes are made bj Matin facturing Co., Mansfield, O.
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