. Electric railway journal . considering them before recommendingaction for the parent association. At the close of thismeeting it was decided to adjourn until Dec. 3, 1913, whenanother meeting will be held in Chicago. It was also de-cided to hold a session in New York City May 20, 1914. The Bureau of Statistics of the American Iron and SteelInstitute has recently issued its annual report of theAmerican and foreign iron trades for 1912. A gross tonnagetable is given of all kinds of rails, including girder andhigh T-rails for electric railways, produced annually from1897 to 1912, inclusive. The
. Electric railway journal . considering them before recommendingaction for the parent association. At the close of thismeeting it was decided to adjourn until Dec. 3, 1913, whenanother meeting will be held in Chicago. It was also de-cided to hold a session in New York City May 20, 1914. The Bureau of Statistics of the American Iron and SteelInstitute has recently issued its annual report of theAmerican and foreign iron trades for 1912. A gross tonnagetable is given of all kinds of rails, including girder andhigh T-rails for electric railways, produced annually from1897 to 1912, inclusive. The year 1906 shows a maximumproduction of 3,977,887 gross tons. November 22, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1097 AN INSPECTION PIT SAFETY DEVICE The protection of employees has received a large amountof consideration in the Jersey City shops of the Hudson &Manhattan Railroad, which are in charge of P. V. See,superintendent of car equipment. One of the safety devicesin use there is an automatic apparatus which replaces the. Trolley and Snap Switches with Pilot Lamp time-honored practice of calling out in a more or lessaudible voice Juice on car Xo. 732 before the current isput on a car. The new contrivance not only gives a clearwarning whistle ten seconds before the current is put onthe cars, but it also keeps up this warning as long as thecurrent remains on any of them. The whistles used are high-pitched and of disagreeablesound quality. Hence they are more effective than anordinary audible warning because their annoying and per-sistent character forces the repairmen to keep the currenton the car no longer than absolutely necessary. Before theinstallation of this apparatus the current was often on thecontact shoes for an hour or two at a time. Now the cars
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