The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-16

IN An exchange crediteG 10 lbe JotiStoWn
CeBIocrat:
| The scurci,y OF nccid. n's OF, The Pennsyivn-
MA Raiir' aa aur!' the p osr+ss OF Ihc xpvs.
siton, " hen IN lions OF v.'s-yng"rs were carried
; block systom OF railway signai'. IL consists
simply In dividing linz OF raiiroad into sec
! tions or biocks. ot such lcugth that the nov'--
ment OF trains Ihcraou can De easily observed
nna tgp 9 a , ea nf cncn bocp
might ne expected, the signal towers are nearly
I eQuat In number 10 the stations, lew "t tue
minor stations only being W tIout signal towers
! In the perfected block system. In acc0rdnuce
wi;hi.s usual tar-sccing policy. tue Pennsyiva-
ni Raiiroatt Comp any wa. ne NEST q ntToIure
on This side OF The Atlantic inc system ~ train
Signals outlined above. The Compiuys hTst
efforts IN this direction re nUs:uH lew
mott hs since. Tue work i'cRifn WAS sure tn tc
Completed, and the hIoci system - ia operation
The New York Division nni on the main tine
between Phiad' tphi.' alnd i't.Dur3ii' On the
! Philadelphia AID Paoii station. 1t was after
i wards extended to Hart ishcrg. and then be-
! u cen Altoona and Pittsburgh, snd rec.utty Il
bee been established Oh tue Middle DiVisIon II
! East of Farrisli,i,g ON the main line, a d!s-
tance of los niies, tbcrc are ~ signal stations,
thus giving an average .1t"rvai ROM 90" t., TIE
| other oT about two and ore-third miles. Fur
iher west un the road the dsttHccs UCt"s,.i t"e
sienai Stations are considerably greater. the
: apparatus of each station cun'pris"s signal
bux, located Lear the trstk So Hs 10 toe easily
Seen hy ,T yinccrs ot t;ans approaching from
either dir ciioH- aud thc telegraph iiistruth"'it
: within The sigma! bux proper StHud~ about
! eighteen feet from the ground, aul consists al
! shding green ANA red Signals, i"o "n cach slice
! OF Giuertnt cOlurs. These siEIiUls cam tr S..n
/ from "a cun.iirrahlr distance during the day,
/ aisd illuminated nt niyht by powerful
lamp at the c.ntrr ot tie box, whCn ~ div i,i,',
into iwo cumpart mcnts iy Il sheet ot thick tir,
B this Hts; InineG TEXTURE serving 10 uluk" more
/ ~ in tie white light or s'gIHlf which appears
when the twootli' r int'uti"nri are wfth''rIwu.
R,'d nVriuo cl'.th il used for the col"rcd gIilS
! nul s;5iu.G glass answers for the Other. Four
+ curis coun'rt the two red ,tuc precp sixuui- ON
"a cli side with tht working room of the lower.
I liy tbis means the operator can conveniently
/ make The necessary changes in tie signuS--
hcd, tk Stationery sl@'hi, ls sliggc>tiNc "I u'i-
ger. and int rIlns the CH2in'e er Il au apprnati-
I ing train that he ctutI't pass unit Il second
! Signal shuws iint the block ~ clear. rus M
| fut nation is conveyed hy shown Z the whIie
signal a gre en- si2t'al l. understood 10 man
;hat IN chginctt can proccet, out WIN i"'l"r'
I the Block not tCiug "ntIr"!H clear ui trains,
Two operations arc required at each signal tow
or. one tfifE "a nuty during tic "aN ana '''e
other ut night. TIE exact time ut which each
train reaches station IL tel grhphc at once to
ttc "!irfa;ur AT ihc hcNt succeeding SiAihh.
II" IS thus informed that the block - not CLEAR,
ANA .f the approaching train bc from III" west
tle stationary frd s'<'i c'tIi'iiS tne 'iSiiic
of II westward hound train Iu &, ne tu II dead
stop =" ":thnut NtniurtE on th' "tC'i,'c! "IVh-
Ihc order conveyed OS lht rec signal - |ut-"tdic
:lud engineer ttrvS t. dis,liIpy il. Il j. tnUs
seen that every engineer in approaching Il
signal tower Knows hey nHi all d"uH5s "a" con-
. ditiOu ut the Track between the given point
ana Tie succeeding station. fhc r,d signal IS
50 arranged az to inIl ia puSition ot rs Own nc
cord, ami ia tcuIain nn!ess drawn upward by
NJ rrss,I gr train is allowed =, pass a st.s-
tiun " EIc another train oi the same cass 5 n
Tie block or tttwcrH the twU stations wit3.utit
u spec To order from The super niCndcrt. The
pre- caution renders collisions Imp, s~ii'le. -
! Fer It iTHiIlt ALLOW !fl+,k IN
quick sncc'sai"t, ironI two To EEe minutes Dc-
Liiid each OtigSr.
WHY ADVERTISE ?-Pcoyle sometimes
ask why does DR.. X. V. Pierce, uf Bufl.,i",
y. Y, spend so much money in AL vert isiu z
his family mc'Icints nhirh are well
kuU"n anti surpaSS all uih"r r.uItdics in
F pnUularity y ard sale. Il iS well kuuvu that
y T. So considered il good policy. and
uudnut'rdiy il paid him, iu sprud many
hundred jloESaId dollars ia advertising Il ;
goods. X't uut,,dy questioned The cxcelrnCp
at his mcrchau ii,r. The grand secret 81!
success lies il offering only goods which
possess merit 20 SiIin themselves. and then
through liberal and per>sten: advertising
making the people thoroughly acquajntc,i
with ihrir Cnutl qualities. Men d. not suc-
c"cd Ia an;tNsiug great fortunes, estai'lislinE =
! ihiriiC and prrHaucu. hu>iiIrss and tcUHa-
iHg substantial institutions Like. pr. Pirrrr-
Grand TuValtls' Hotel at Buffalo. " whicl
: cost over two hundred thnu..iu6 dollars
unless their business hr legitimate, tl.rii
CoD,tS IneriioriuUS, and 'hcir servicrS wi,isi
; they. N.ren'icr lie people genuine aud valualilr
DT. Pierce does u',i attempt tu huWi,Ig wa
= 10y telling Won that his q pli-n Medical Dis
: cUv-ry Viii cure all diseases. He says, ii
, your lungs arc half wasted Ivy consumpii3u
\ my Discovery will not cure Won, vel a. :
d remedy for severe Cnughs, aud all clrnhi,
q bronchial, throat, aud lung affections bc
J. lcVc il to be unsurpassed az Il reuptlV
= The people have confidence in his tnrticiu,t
because be does uOf oV"r-rrCoIuutnd them,
aud viirn tried they give satisfaction. ii
- Medical Adviser. a book uf over nine hun
drrd pages, iliuSIritrd hy fwo huI:tirtti a.
eigtiy-two eEgraviuEs aIGd is,und ia c,nil
and gilt, is uf rr, tc the pcnpii. nj So mod
eiate price Isl 30, rusi-pajd) tia j: j. "a
wonder thai almost hundred ihruSaur
have already been sold. HIS memoranda,
, hooks are on every druggists > counter tu
free distribution.