. The road-master's assistant and section-master's guide: . ,^ General Managers Department, St. Joseph, Mich., Feb. 28, Latimer, Esq. Dear Sir: The safety-guard which you placed at each end of the bridgeacross the St. Joseph River at this place has upon tv/o occasions saved ourpassenger-train from going into the river by bringing it back on to the trackafter it had been derailed, thus probably saving the drawbridge and the livesof passengers. On one occasion when an excursion train arrived at the north end of thebridge one of the coaches jumped the track. The pulling of the bell-co
. The road-master's assistant and section-master's guide: . ,^ General Managers Department, St. Joseph, Mich., Feb. 28, Latimer, Esq. Dear Sir: The safety-guard which you placed at each end of the bridgeacross the St. Joseph River at this place has upon tv/o occasions saved ourpassenger-train from going into the river by bringing it back on to the trackafter it had been derailed, thus probably saving the drawbridge and the livesof passengers. On one occasion when an excursion train arrived at the north end of thebridge one of the coaches jumped the track. The pulling of the bell-cordconfused the engineer so that he did not stop until tl^e train had passed overthe safety-guard and was on the track all right. It is an invaluable improvement to prevent accidents, and especially when abridge is approached by a curve, as is the case with both ends of the bridge atSt. Joseph. Yours truly, A. H. MORRISON, General Manager. Address CHARLES LATIMER, Cleveland, Ohio. METCALF, PAUL & CO. MAKE A SPECIALTY OF SOLID STEEL RAILROAD TRACK TOOLS. ALSO, SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE PATENT YEEONA KUT LOCK. Send^forouf* New Catalogue, 331 PENN AVE., PITTSBUEG. BRANCH OFFICES:38 Dearborn Street^ Chicago; 720 North SecondStreet, St. Louis. THE PATENT VERONA NUT LOCK, MANUFACTURED ONLY AT PATENTED:April 28,1868. March ax, 1875. ^
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