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‘ .[nerqy Strive for
My
. Railroad signalling. as witnessed on
., the lines of the New York. New Ha-
.“ yen and Hartford Railroad Co.. is a de-
.. partsient of railroad management with
“ which . only a comparatively small
; number, of Tn are directly conderned.
: ‘ wh ch
, bu filth a much larger number
. .th e obe definitely acquainted.
The
, withing man who Is preparing himself
2 10!.th prolesslon of railroad engineer-
, In]. the-engineering that plans and
~‘ grants great railroad systems. bridges.
.rlvers..t_unnels mountains and lays out
terminal stations with all their bewil-
dering multiplicity of trtmks. .may nev-
or. have to ptand in the signal tower
1. and actually direct. the movements of
thetfain' . 3 every bi 'slntion must
Illa . .' wn final ‘a tame.» manu-
f , r ..s‘spdci ly.to-,solye the prob-
”disconnected with the running of Its
one trains. and it. is the. railroad sig-
: nskopginaer upo’n‘Whom Idevoives the
III! ’19! .misotingthh mechanism. not
' uni deciding the expenditure of thous-
;" Ill 8 of dollars for 8. single piece of ap—
,. 'Watu.--.,butluauatln indirectly the
' £2 at illty for, the safety, of the
1‘ his horn the app ratus is design-
tito: protect. {the engineer. agsbl.
w , he called upon toircpalr, or own
\tdwmapufasture forltemporury service
sislgnslllng system necessitated by
amino piece of Vlork up i which he is
, engaged. often many d ys' journey
t': morally regular manufacturer. ills
Ihowi‘edge‘ must be event more cxnct.
;, "(1 much more comprehensive than
‘l‘ .. at of the man Who'llvemlll thc sig-
g’ialf house and operates the lcvcrs_of
‘ single sy tom .with'which .be is per-
' ’tly‘ famil r., ‘ , '
fl‘hemodeitn system of {railroad sig-
,ssiins‘ has to do with the train tics-
Atehars...the towermen and with any
umber of tralnrnen. Th'c chlcf lrnln
i patcher of the Consolidated sys-
I. from New York to New Haven is
narrett H. Wilson. of New York, and
last of New Haven the dcspatcher is
Nathaniel E. Smith, of New Haven.
d each have their small tery of'men
dor their mend.
' a train dispht’clief's brain has been
is , to a humiln map. it is his
uty among other things to kccp the
glowtrains out of the way of the fast
' ‘ For instance, the fast flying
fisherman" over the Shore Line
‘ . .‘ion'comes tearing westward from
Boston. An insignificant local freight
at tottering along the road. it is -
at that the local freight gets in.
.hidetrack' and stays there until
. ,"riotls “Knish" sails by. Then
t significant local may again re-
“the .t 6 main track. It was the
ainddwltfller that ordered the local
OI the way of the "Knickerbookcr"
.. rough the towerman or station agent.
11 in nine cases out of ten the men
an the local freight will swear at the
. atcher and declare that they
d have m p the next station with-
t interfere p with'the “Knickerboc-
r." But the dispatcher had thought.
what would occur if the local had
lied to get to the next station in time
.“olear” t e fast train.
’ ficdern system pf__.
ing'train dispatchers wor Sight
,f‘l a day. The eigth-hour period
’ called a "trick." The three “tricks"
«constitute the 24 hours in a day. The
mt trick" man usually goes to work
'l;o'clock in the afternoon. At mid-
t‘tlie‘“third trick‘" man cornea on
I the "first trlc .. an
id: critical if]
mini
patcher. out“ 'W'Jsrtth:
trains of the schedule and blank
‘ " Dim" for astrarthst'msy be new
sary to ha la the road's business.
On the t in sheet are the names of
the stations. and the train dosputcher
knows the length of the aide tracks at
each station and how many cars the
sittings can accomodate: He has to
figure out how nearly he can clear tint
main track for the superior trains
Early in the morning he sees the
local freights start Mind division
points or terminals. Then there go the
through freights. the accommodations
and the extras. The fast passenger
trains-always on the road—~arc the
first to be considered. Uncle Sam‘s
mull trains mllst be carefully guarded
uguinst delay. He sees in his mind's
eye all of these trains rushing toward
each other. And he must arrange to
haw them pass along the road with-
out serious delay to any of them. Day
In. day out. night In. night out, the
train dispatchers watch the trains hur-
ry on. The operators at the lltllc sta-
tions and towers alongtbc way are
his guides. and he figures his schedule
according to the telegraphic. reports
from the operators. if any of them
makes a mistake. the dispatcher mallet.
a mistake, Anti human lives are crush-
ed out by mistake. .
’i‘hc duties or a tower man are no
less important lhan those of the train
dispatcher. bill of course the field is
not sllchpn extended one for action.
In taking up a study of railroad sig-
naling thc student begins with lhc
altomutic signals; which any Bitten
t sin operatcs for itself. The Condol-
l sled railroad system is divided into
bocks. or sections: varying in length
flom a quarter of a mile. in the neigh-
borhood of a big city where trains are
few and widely separated. No two
trains urc permitted in any onc block
lit lbc same time. The purpose of the
signals. of which there are several vu-
‘rleties all working on the general prin-
cipal. Is to keep chch train informed as
to the condition of the block ahead of
it. Anybody who has watched a soma-
phorc signal—tho wooden arm that
rises as if by magic when a train has
passed—~hns noticed that the arm docs
not fall until some little limc aftcr the
train is well out of sight. thn the
arm falls the train is not only ollt of
sight bill has left the particular lilOcks
of which the semaphore is the guar-
dian. so than fhc man ill the cab of
an approaching locomotive knows that
his train can enter without duugcr of
collision.
The semaphore is workcd by tho
train iisclf. As it passes over the
track it breaks an electric circuit at
one end and connects it again all the
other. ..
When the circuit. is brotten lbe hid-
den mechanism connected with thc
semaphore reverses the arm. which ris-
es by the force of gravity and remains
at right angles to the post until tho
train passes out of the block and the
mechanism again forces the arm to tho
position of safety. But if this moch-
nnism gels out of order thc signal im-
mediately sets itsclf at danger and no
train is allowed to enter cxccpi by
special orders and with additional prc-
cautions. Near a large city station
the blocks. are shortest to allow the
passage of trains close together; far
away from the city. they increase in
length. .
in some cases these signals are so
arranged that they cannot be disre-
garded even if a locomotive enginccr
should be willing to take chances.
When. for example. such disregard of
a signal might precipitate an approach-
ing train Into an open draw. or into a
collision with anolller train crossing
its path on a track running at right
angles. the derailing switch stands
guard to prevent such a catastrophe.
This switch may cilhcr completely dc-
rail the train, leaving it actually stands
ing to one side of the rails, or it may
transfer the wheels to another set of‘
.trnclts deeply imbedded in sand which
soon stops its progress. Neither. the
dcrailing switch nor the and track are
often heard of from the very fact that
a locomotive engineer is the last per-
son in the world to misunderstand the
reading of s semaphore signal.
.Deraillng switches are placed at all
fthe drawbridges on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad so as to
t" has befom dis.
veers. .
Staircase“
lorevent a repetition of the fatality at,
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m'flOI-‘I WIT“ ""0th an open
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But this is all very simple when com-
pared with the system of. signals ne-
cessary to move the trains that pass
in and out of a terminal station like
New Haven, New York or Boston. Here
the man in the signal tower takes the
place of the moving trains, automati-
cally adjusting his own signals. and
the row of lovers that anyone can sel-
from without the lower becomes' the
means of switching and signalling a
constantly moving crowd of passen-
ger trains. freight trains and shifting
locomotlrca. The row of levers is the
center of an electrical or mcchanlcsl
system connected with all the switch-
es and signal posts catering and lcar-
ing the station. “interlocked" to use
the technical phrase. in such fashion
that no one section of track can be op-
oped to a train without at the same mo-
ment definitely closing it to any other
train that might collide with the first.
Suppose, for example. that a train In
due at such a terminal station at such
and such an hour. Tho train has its
prescribed place in the system and
would ordinarily come into the station
say. on track No. 3. although track No.
2 and l are unoccupied at the same
period. llul an accident has happened
on track No. 3; a car has been derail-
ed and there is no time to get it out
of the way before the arrival of the ex-
pcctcd lluinlosd of passengers. The ex-
pccted lruln passes through the next.
station beyond the terminal and the
fact in reported as usual by telephone
to the man in the sl pal cage. This
man ‘pulls out a car in number of
layers. their connections opens the
switches and will direct the incoming
same time the number appears on the
signal porn, to which the locomotive on-
ginecr looks for instructions as be ap-
proaches tho firstswltoh leading (ll'
recily into the station. The engineer
reading the number on his signal
knows that there is some good and suf-
ficient reason fornot entering ills lla-
cuelomsd part of the station. and the
interlocking system has. moreover.
dcnc more than act this one combina-
tion of switches and signals. if has
closed every other avenue by which
another train might possibly come in
collision with the train now entering.
'l‘hc Interlocking system of signals
which means literally both the display
ing of signals for the inforalntion of on
approaching train and the setting of
all the switches necessary to give. it a
pathway through the mate of trucks
that terminate in a big railroad sta.
tion. has always to be adapted lo the
particular station. Sometimes these
complicated mechanisms are operated
lnuuually, sometimes by compressed
air. sometimes by electricity. some
'flmcs by a combination of both.
p”...- ..
For bruiscs, cuts. burns. wounds of
any sort—for rheumatism, stiff joints
and sore musclcs, Ranlon's Ncrvc li'r.
llonc Oil is a prompt remedy. R. ll,
l'laisfed. { , “
REFUSE PITTSBURG MAN'S RE-
QUEST.
.' ST. PETERSBURG. March lil—-ln'-
torior Minister Von Plehwe has inform-
ed the mayor that the government has
refused the application of Murray A.
Vorner. of Pittsburg, Pa. for tho St.
Pctcrsburg and Moscqw traction frau-
chiscs. Both municipalities opposcd
the applications. They desire to con‘
strucl the street railroads themselves.
Accidents, trifling and serious. are
always happening. in homes there is
often need for a quick. effective remedy
for bruises. cuts, burns. scalds, etc.
Ramon's Nerve & Hone Oil is the best
remedy for all sorts of wounds and
hurts. 25c. R. H. l’laisted.
BOSTON, Mar. lS-Arrlved: Steam-
ers Castlemorc from Shields: Castriun
from Liverpool; Pinemore. from Ant-
werp.
body and tone up your system by a
course of Ramon's Liver Pills ,& Tonic
S . «sun
I ,z
' is f A.” 'l
._ ““ffl
Pei ts. These are the best spring
med nos. 26c. it. H.Pi '. "
xi
‘Rfi Men
as
«r
.S‘Zilollln
‘l
"up as
train towards track No. 2 and al rucl
' isprlng medicines lilat arc best.
RECENT ARRIVALS OF VESSELSH
ll Silllwmtf’ .
M‘ County Urine. Dimmed Vision, Irregtdar Heart Actlon,Freqm§t Urinating,
i motion at tits and" L‘sglaisturs.
, HARTFORD. ltlaruh lib-At a meet-
.lng of the h‘lrmera' Association of the
legislature held in the capitol yester-
rcgulsr session of the general assem-
bly, bills concerning trusts. railroads
and telephone companies were discuss-
od. There were about fifty members
present. , . .
Roprescutatlvr- Hitchcock. of Wood-
intended to substitute for the bill for
file resolution of trusts now before the
Judiciary committee. The members
admitted that they were not fdmiliar
with lbc bill and accordingly appoint-
v.) a committee consisting of Mr.
stock. lo consider the bill and report
at a future meeting.
An emphatic expression of sentiment
in opposition to the repeal of the gen-
erui railroad law was evoked by the
members, several of whom said that
they had been approached by persons
working In the interest of existing
railroad companies, urglnfl that they
vote for the passage of the bill. llr.
Bowen. chairman of the association.
was among those who acknowledged
that method been asked to vote for thc
lepcul of the law. He stated that he
ducal and urgcd lhosc prcscut to stand
firm for the dcfoai of the bill. A cool-
| mince consisting of ilr. Woodstock. of
‘Utlswold, of (luill‘ord, and Wurncr. of
-Woodbrldgc. was construed to uppcal'
before the committee which is In
charge of the bill and urge an unfav-
ornhlo rt-port.
‘ THE .TOMACH is THE MAN.
cause it cannot transform the food he
.outs into nourishment. Health and
i strength cannot be restored to any sick
[man or wank woman without first ro-
{storing health and strength to the aid
much. A weak stomach cannot digest
icnollgh food to food the tissues anti re-
vivo the tired ulld run dowu limbs and
.organs of the body. Kotlol Dyspepsia
Ei‘lll‘o cleanses. purifies, swectcna and
'lreugtllens the glands and membranes
. ‘ll the stomach, and cures indigestion.
i‘lyspepsla and all slonlnch troubles.
t'lifford Pharmacy. "
‘ A UNIFORM TRADE LABEL.
iimpertsnt Question Discussed by Bro-
{ thorhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
, NORWICH, March lit—At the sco-
; onti duys‘ session ymferdsy of the Con.
‘ llN'lit‘lll Branch of the motherhood of
it‘llrpculcrs and Joiners, the adoption
'of a l'n'forlu trade label and the regu-
{ llltion of‘ apprenticeships were discuss-
‘cd. if was voted that in ordcr to use
j the union label. ovcrv shop must. have
ran ciglli hour day and be a union shop.
This is regarded as of great importance
.e-t l1 effects not only general carpen-
i lcr work. hul lhc sash. door and blind
I Industry and similar Work. Under the
jiubcl rlllt-~ carpcuicrs cannot handle
:goods not hearing a union label. and
i this label culmol now be uscd in shops
; having a nine hour day. in relation to
fopprcnticoshlps, it .vras agreed that
‘. bosses should have the privilege of in-
gaiunlure. and that an aonrcutice must
slay with the» boss at least three, years
Ialul not as is now sometimes done.
Lil-ave at the end of a year or so to en-
ltsr the ranks of journcylncn.
._..--—-_..——-—.
I ”Springtime is not all flowers and
:bnlmy breezes. bots of ills lhat come
5 with the warmer days. but you can as-
Ecapc them all and rejoice with Nature
jif you'll clean out. your system and
linlild it up with Ramon's Tonic Rogu-
5laior or a court-Io of Rumon's Liver
I Nile and Tonic Pellets. 'l‘hese are the
20C.
0.
in, ii. Plalsted.
I AUTOMOBILE CAUSED. PANIC.
i CHICAGO, March lit—A uespatch to
Ilhc 'l‘ribunc from Phoenix. Aria, says:
."Word has been received here that
.Shirley Christie general manager in
Clean out all the waste matter that i the southwest for an American life
heavy winter eating has left in your
linsurance company, and Ben Shuster.
. who have been touring in Mexico ht an
lsutomoblie. have been thrown into Jail
at Cananea, Sonora. because their au-
tomobile caused a panic "
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Dufflness under Eyes, Pain when Urinating. Aching Pains over l‘iips and Kid.-
“ _. ‘49?- .
X‘" if ;you are.
., '1
i ,_m'.l.'m hastily to its _
“ , a a}:
Baelcaclle. Milky-White iii-inc. Pains in Urethra. §wolien Anklets. Sudden
Urine; Blood and atoms In Brine. Thick or Highiygcolored Urine.
mam ward» in Kidney? Not 1711an out “He Misc"
.t
. youchsve some form of kidney or hidddsr disuse. These" symptoms are very
“MW. “will“ nthlsf in the night. Tanya.» are sympthms coin" in a short
‘ .tlue. ”film. they have developed’llto I diuuedhat four" OI Mitrfiilifim. .lud‘ends
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» .Mqttsrs Discussed by the qumrs' As-
day shortly-before the opening of the .
bury. read an amended bill which it. is ,
Hitchcock anti Mr. Potter, of Wood-'
had declined to comply with the row
A new stom‘ach weakens the man, be- .
~aadologged
Simply ssh to have your purchases charged. Come and
32': what we have and select ifyau are satisfied. If not, go
cum/2m. but be lend» you will not leave without ordering,
’ as the have counters filled with spring clothing“ which will
please and delight every sane person—the insane we don't care
; mfg/79%;...
manner-\of doing business. You will do, too!
WHY
Buying on our plan is a reasonable and easy Way of pro—
curing clothing. as it means paying while wearing.
is in every garment and the clothing is the kind that wears.
The Union Label is on elmy man 's garment. Thousands re-
commend our system of justice, accommodation and liberal
The style
DEATH OF MONSTER ELEPHANT.
NEW YORK, March iii-«Thu lnon~
SlPi' cit-pliant .llngo. sold to lnlvc born
larger than Jumbo. died at sea on the
steamer (leorglc. which arrived today
from Liverpool. .lingo expired March
it! and the huge body was buried In the
scum. An animal show bought Jin-
go ill London. The elephant had not
travelled since Infancy. and from the
time of sailing from Liverpool it lost
all interest in life. After death der-
ricks were erected and the body was
hoisted over the side. Jlngo was twen-
ly-two years old. weighed six to‘us. was
twelve feet high and was valued at
fifty thousand dollars, at which figure
he was insured for sea risk. The
leorgie brought a number of other an-
imals.
‘ WORKING OVERTIME.
Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless. little workers—Dr. King’s
New Life Pills. Millions are always at
work. night and day. curing indiges-
tion. Billousness. Constipation. Sick
Headache and all Stomach. Liver and
Bowel troubles. Easy. pleasant. safe.
sure. Only 25c, at F. H. Baxter's drug
store. - “
\
....
KILLED IV TRAIN iN WINSTED.
WINSTED. March lS—John Feeley.
a laborer, aged fifty. was struck and
fatally injured early today by the en-
gine of a freight train on the Central
New Englandltallrosd. He was lying
on the platform of the trolley station
street railroad. at Its junction with the
Central New England. Feeisy's head.
which was close ,to the track. was hit
by the side of the engine, so that a hole
was made in the skull back of the ear.
He died three hours later. Thomas
Toomey, of Hartford, engineer of the
freight. was unable to stop his train
in time to preventsths accident. though
he saw the man lying on the platform.
AFTER LA ORIPPE—WHA‘I‘f
Usually a hacking cough and a gen-
eral feeling of weakness, often leading
to fatal results after the patient is sup
posed to have passed the downspout.
Foley's Hosanna ’l‘sr is
to cure the :31pr coagh" harsh”
you strong we . nevu- I
stop a cough if taken in time. Take no
substitutes. "Sold‘st Platsted's Dru!
a
u T c
wists
din. who is ottoadla Justice Day. sn-
uouaoed today that a progress of the
justice was'sullrely satisfactory.
With the first warm days of spring
you!» a to feel doll. that! and worn
out. lshecaaaeyo‘urflllodlsthluh
*' with impurities it has col-
- ,r g. n "
D'AY' lMPRovma.
. larch ls—Dr. H
l0 South Main Street.
of the Torrlngwn and Winchester -
teed.
t.
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP.
Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.
"\‘l‘hcn i had an attack of thc gri‘p
last winter ltllc second onc) i actually
cllrcd thyself with one bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy." says
Frank W. Perry. Editor of the Enter-
prlsc. Shortvillc. N. Y. “This is the
honest. truth. i at times kept from
coughing myself to pieces by taking a
teaspoonful of this remedy. and when
the coughng spell would come on at
night i would take a dose and It seem-
ed that in the briefest interval the
cough would pass oil‘sud i would so
to sleep perfectly free from cough and
its accompanying pains. To say that
the remedy acted as a most agreeable
surprise is puttin it very mildly. l
hasLno idea.lhst- t would or could
knock out. the grip. simply because i
had never tried it for such a purpose.
but it did. and It seemed with the sec-
ond attack of coughing the remedy
caused it to not only be of less dura-
tion. but the pains were far less se-
vere. and i had not used the contents
of one bottle before Mr. Grip had bid
me adieu." For sale by all drug-
gists. "
BOY DIED FROM BURNS.
DANBURY. March lit—Harold Gaff-
ney. five years old, died yesterday from
the effects of burns received while
playing about a has fire several days
a!“ -
Success Is the only road on the map
that leads to prosperity.
liil tilt Ii lilillli.
llou In can some that we...
cal-elm ma, cans Ir. Eldridge.
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Lat the speak for Wm
indeed, and a comment would
these who have beencu‘s:
of words. This ll what Ir.
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MUST ANSWER TO DAMAGE SUl'l'.
Judge Wheeler Sets Aside Decision in
New Hampshire-Connecticut Cue.
HARTFORD. March ia.-A decision
was rendered yesterday by Judge
Ralph Wheelcr in' the somewhat fam-
ous cast- of the Sullivan County Rall-
load Company. of New Hampshire.
against the Connecticut River Manu-
facturing Company. , He finds Judg-
ment for the plaintiff. The dissolu-
tion of the Connecticut River Manu-
facturing Company is ordered vacated.
and the corporation is ordered contin-
ued for the purpose of answering to
the suit brought by the ailroad com-
pany. in rendering the decision
Judge Wheeler sets aside a judgment
rendered by the Superior Court April
l2.]900. which ordered the dissolution
of the Connocdcut., River Company.
The suit ls based on damage. said to
amount to 850,000. which is alleged to
have been caused to the Bridge of the
Sullivan county railroad at Windsor.
Vt.. by logs belon ng to the defen-
dant company. .e defendant set up
the claim from ordering a strike on the
Wabash railroad. ’
A number of affidavits filed by ome-
lals of the labor organisations in robot-
tal of affidavits filed by the attorneys
of the Wabash system. were read.
These affidavits stated that no persua-
tion or arguments had been used to
Induct the men ta strike, but. that on
the contrary. every man had express-
3d his desire by a rats which be cast
independently and without dictation
from any source. ‘
——-.
lF YOU DON’T LIKE muslc
you can avoid it: ' if you hate com-
pany you can manage to be alone. But
what are you to do if. after taking a
few mouthfuls of food; you experience
inch keen distress you wish you had
zone' empty sud 'hnnsry? Wily
use Dr. David Kennedy's new modi-
r‘ine. Cal-aura Solvent, and cure the
iyspepsis. ‘ Write to the Cal-cum
Company. Rondolthfl. Y.. for detail:
and a free sample bottle.
PAOOIO WORTHLIu-CHECKQ
WlNSTEDv larch la—W. has final-
ueyer, aged sly-three was .tahen
Into custody the local policee‘yss-
terday on a charge of passing worth ‘
ins-«newts in Mittenssuse. Mass.
Clitoral Police J. J. Sweeney. of West
Hatfield, may}. came here and took
9 .nrisoner’bdclt to Musschusetcs.
it is alleged that Ssatlneyer passed
two worthless checks. a
m and it is believed that he also
“We similar checks in Washington,
. IT SAVED His LEG. '
P. A. Datum. of LaOrauge. 03.. stif-
fcod for st: months with s frigh
mom son on his leg: but an! r.
. vast auction's Arntca SING" whom
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