. Electric railway journal . p; Traffic Association, has sent to member com-panies part of the report of the committee on interurban rules,showing the changes made from the code adopted at the Denverconvention in 1909. The report shows the old rule and theproposed substitute rule in parallel columns and also gives thereasons for the changes recommended in each instance. It is urgently requested by the committee that operatingofficials give the subject and the report careful attention andsubmit written criticisms promptly. A digest of such criticismswill be prepared in advance of the meeting an
. Electric railway journal . p; Traffic Association, has sent to member com-panies part of the report of the committee on interurban rules,showing the changes made from the code adopted at the Denverconvention in 1909. The report shows the old rule and theproposed substitute rule in parallel columns and also gives thereasons for the changes recommended in each instance. It is urgently requested by the committee that operatingofficials give the subject and the report careful attention andsubmit written criticisms promptly. A digest of such criticismswill be prepared in advance of the meeting and, the committeebelieves, will be an aid toward decisive action at the Octoberconvention. June 24, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNALS ON THE ILLINOISTRACTION SYSTEM BY JOHN LEISENR1NG, SIGNAL ENGINEER ILLINOIS TRACTIONSYSTEM On Jan. 18, 1911, the signal department of the Illinois Trac-tion System began the installation of 131 automatic blocksignals which will protect trains and facilitate their Illinois Traction Signals—Home Signal, Showing Locationwith Respect to Siding Operation under signal protection was first begun on April 20between Peoria and Mackinaw Junction and on the approachesto Mackinaw Junction, a total of miles of track havingbeen signaled. One-half of this signal equipment has been inservice since April 1. Under the supervision of the writerthe work of installing the signal apparatus is being carried onactively and about 65 miles of track will be operated undersignal control by July I. These signals will protect practically all of the track out-side of towns which is not on tangents. The first an-nouncement of plans for this installation was made in theElectric Railway Journal for Nov. 26, 1910, page 1070, andsubsequent articles have reported the progress of the erectionwork. Train operation on the Illinois Traction System istypical of interurban roads with heavy traffic. On each divi-sion the daily service includes hourly
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