The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-31
ELECTRIC RAILROAD SIGNALS.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Experimental.
With Navel Invention:
4lfOoD pnn S,r

iho rcnnsylvanta Railroad Experimenting
With Navel Invention.
Altoona tPtnn.) Sun.
At present the PENNSYLVANIA Rail.
road is experimenting with electric
signals on their line. Eight electric
signals have, been placed oifthe eastern
slope Of the mountain division at in
torrhls ni Two miles and Il half, COLI
Meeting all tho blocks in TINT section of
The road between Altoona and Gallit:
zln. The Invention thus to be tested
is owned by Boston ii IN, and 80 far
it has worked admirably. The block
signals require no attendance but
lighting UP the lamps. The ends of the
roll opposite each block are insulated.
and circuit is thus formed runniuw
along both rails OF the track, cast and
west, but detached by the insertion of
a web between the joints Mt the insu-
lating place, 50 that this circuit is CON-
plctc between each set of blocks, the
signals Of which the electricity moves.
Wien the wheels Of an engine or car
run inside OF, ,,say.. tho. block ut the
cast end Of Il tunnel, the red light or
"banncr' is automatically SET, thus
notifying nnX trains, following that the
ncXt. NSllaii,tg.pincc-is is m6t' clear. The
cutting Of tht circuit by the, whcG!e
sets this signal, but the moment they
cross rhe ilss'latin~ point ut the next
one the current of clect7'icity-is :rrstOr-
cd, and the white disc takes the pace
of The red on the very Instant, thus
showing that the tiTrCt for two or two
and a half miles ia certainly clear.
Should 4 rail break .Gctwenu ~any, two
sigma stations, the Interruption 40 -thc
circuit vii cause the green signal to
b" shown in each Of tAc..IDwers cnn.
nectcd, and the trainiDen thus notified
10 proceed with caution. A:.le)I.tafu'!
wircisrrun' on the telegraph: hosts: to
he several telegraph tOWci3, and this
Ff* arrnngrdto Operate BY: elpctricity:;a d
miniature bl'n:& IN each, inst aa. tho In+
sulatcd'rai1s work The large. ones. :, ..;
CRAWLED IN Al 1.-THE WINDOW The
renegade dc.-Fir2! !ninnlIas invited iiu,ncrI
uns ) >krtelics OF the situalibn; the On
changes arc full Of the,h, hut the fol-
lowing extracted from the Loui.villc
Gon1ieI-./oUrnni is'-porhnps the. most
.9raphiG as well as the most faithful: ::
"Mahonc seems to he one ofth0sc balf-
educated men who mistakenly imagine
that Whtn.a man has. rcuchcd' tie Sell
ate of tho Emitted Statcslp has ~got to
heaven. The Senate is rather n snug
place to him who can afford it, and
who goes in head and tail erect. But
tho distance between il and pdradisc~is
lall the way around Robin Hoods
barn, and, except it be entered by the
front door, it is not worth entering ut
all. Mahonc Inns not even :: entered bv
the back door. lie has crawled in at
| the window" '.:
i.".: ..
Said old Mrs. Philanthropy the
other day. accosting prccocious urch-
in III the street, with a wardrobe re,
m0rkabic for its vchtilating advantage;
"BuBby, why don't yotf go home and
hive your mother sew up that awful
hOle'in, Your tr0wsers?" ...
ooh, YOU git ont, old 'oman.H was
tho rcspectfulrcply, '"our folks are
cconomizihg; h6lo wiH:last longer
1 than patcli any day"
=. The old lady's' honest sympathy was
wasted, while the .youngeter beat a
];hasty rctreat around tho. corner, dis.
playing . flag OF. trncc iii tho rear; =.