. The Street railway journal . pointed out, an automatic block signal system isa necessity on a road of this character. One needs only toexamine the list of accidents which have occurred on electricrailways during the last year or two to be convinced of certainly seems strange that a property which is providedwith costly safeguards against low water and high water inboilers, over or under speed of engines, overload and reversalrelays on generators, precautions against lightning and reso-nance damages and all the numerous list of such devices, willnot usually spend one cent in an effort
. The Street railway journal . pointed out, an automatic block signal system isa necessity on a road of this character. One needs only toexamine the list of accidents which have occurred on electricrailways during the last year or two to be convinced of certainly seems strange that a property which is providedwith costly safeguards against low water and high water inboilers, over or under speed of engines, overload and reversalrelays on generators, precautions against lightning and reso-nance damages and all the numerous list of such devices, willnot usually spend one cent in an effort to avoid the most costlyof all accidents—collisions. No doubt this is due in goodpart to the fact that until recently no satisfactory block signalsystem at a reasonable price had been on themarket, but this argument will no longer hold,as it is now possible to obtain them. It is truethat none of these systems have stood the testof time; they are all too new as yet, but as nonenn exists which has stood this test and which is. FIG. , SIDE AND END ELEVATIONS OF A STATION AND PLATFORM FOR FLAG STOP able phones on cars. No talking is to be done over this lineexcept strictly train despatching. For general business eitheranother line must be run or connections made with local tele-phone systems. In view of the fact that stations will serve thenumerous other purposes before enumerated it would seemadvisable to have connections with the local telephone systems,and it is recommended to install this service in preference to aduplicate private line. To a live road reaching out for businessof all classes such connections are a profitable investment. Toomuch care cannot be taken to secure an absolutely reliable tele-phone system and to install it in such a way that it shall beuseful at times when it is most needed, during wind and snow-storms. Any reader of this article can no doubt cite a numberof roads which are equipped with perfect telephone serviceduring fair weather. When sto
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