New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-16
FuIiry, "The three men are deserving OF erga'
praise for their bravery in rescuing Miss Danoi''
pIsPosING OF THE DEAD

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praise for their bravery in rescuing MISS Dan'o''
DIsPosING OF THE DEAD.
There will he services over the body Oh oe"ao''
Webster Wagner to-day'at p M, at MS no"se' w.
IA East Forty y-fourth-st. These will he private anu
will he conducted by the Rev Dr. watkins OF 'no
Holy Trinity Church The funeral will take place
at Palatine Bridge tomorrow at p. m. spec'a'
train will leave this city for Paatne brioee az
500 a. rn returning the same day. lhere WIN oo
four palace cars on the tram and thS noiace
engine will be dTaped in mourning. ptner paw to
cars will he taken on at points along the route Two
of them at Atkay. The services at Paiatpe prsEo ~
WILL be public and VIII be c3nnncso ~ o that place
The funeral of thc Rev. Frames AaVleI Na ~ TO-
takes place at the Church of St. Francis A"'i'i "
j. Albert Richards's funeral is appointed Tor TINS
afternoon az the house Of DR.. Moat, in scheriher-
horn.st, Brooklyn. ,,.s. ,uoro held
yesterday afternoon at ST. Johns Churcn, 1ra Nor.n
Adams Mass In which they were married OIL on lnyio W.
day. The hodies will he taken to Bennington w.
The BODY of Mrs. Mary L. Brown, Of No 400 Vest
Forty thrd-st will be taken to-day 10 uitnTS, i
VT, her former home, where the funefai VIII oo
The body of Oliver b. Kelley was sent to Phlla,
delphia last night and'that of Darwin H. Ransom 10
Massina St. Lawrence Comfy, on oatuIuay nns"''
WHAT THE BLOCK SYSTEM IS.
Practically il is impossible for one passenger
train ON the Pennsylvania Railroad to run into an
other said former official Of that road yesterday.
1.-THE block signal system there used" he con-
timed "is so perfect that with the aid OF hagmeh'
who are provided with torpedoes, telescopihg is
an impossibility." II, ~ lamar,
CITY and saw the working of the system, ana au /.
eX1IaIned by the operator in charge. There are
seventy signal stations between jersey wy anu
Philadelphia, ten Of them being east OF Ne"arn ARK
where the trains are the most frequent, over tw9
hundred pa sing every day. At no place on the roau
does train run tonr miles without passing
one of these stations. AT each one tnGIe Is soe
oraph operator with three telegraphlc Instruments
one benq used SIMPLY for sending general nessaHeS.
Another instrument sends none but sgnal messaees
TO Jersey City, and the third is connected WIN ony
three stations and is for local purposes over tne
desk upon which the Instruments are pIaced nans'
rope which runs through the roo1 OF tne ~
connecting with wire which ID turn Is asIcleu W
a glass slide III square box either above or au Une
side OF the track Fastened to this slide is piece
of red flannel. There is also slide arranged wItn
green flannel In the back part of the box there Is
white painted board, in the middle OF when is
| common lamp. In the daytime, when mere ; - m ~
train in sight, the red slide Is pulled down, showing
a Ted circnlar surface ten feet above the ground,
| about twenty inches in diameter. AS the tranl APP
proaches if the block ahead be clear the operator
pulls the rope above his head, raising the rea
| slide. showing the white surface. lie Is
compelled to hold the signal up r,lant until
the train has passed aud displayed Two IKE rsd
or green flags on the lie then lets tne reu
| slide fall aud calls " the operator in tie station
ahead Having received an answer, he SENDS, SENDS ine hi
|
office and states that the green flags were all lght-
| TO be sure he has made no mistake the receivlhg
OperatOr repeats the message aud receives an aoWel
from the operator who sent II before ne allows tne
| train tn pass his station. Beside warning the sIa-
ton ahead of the approach OF the Iraln z siinial
record of every tram Is forwardeu 1; y ~
fine train dispatcher's Office III jersey CITY, so that
the exact positou OF every tram on the wnole road
! is known at any minute of the day OF nlght AileI
| one passenger train has passed station no otner
passenger train can pass II until the operator mas
received the message from the agent ahead thI tno
track is clear up TO that point Inc use OF tue green
signal advises the engineer tc use caution uhtil ne
| has seen a station displaying white signal ~ Is
used principally signify that the last tfalh "ch
passed was freight tram ana mas not yet reaengu
| the next station Freight tTalns are not usuahy
r1n on schedule time but are allowed 10 1oliOW
| each other at short intervals. depending wholly on
the signals uispiayed; in this way several irelght
| trains NAV he between two signal stations at a
tlme and If the last one had passed the hrst OF the
| two stations some minutes previously the operator
| stops an approaching passenger uaD, STATES tue
facts to the engineer and tlen raises tine green sig
Ifal and allows him to proceed; Gut no oihei pas,
seuger train can go past ne station ultlI al tnc
| preceding trans including the passenger has been
reported from Ghe next station. lhS Is an lmpeIa-
| live rule and can only be suspended by an order
from the central office III jersey CityY when @ may
have some information sufficient to order the tralhs
This system checks the danger of man allowing
a tram TO pass by being asleep, for although he may
fall aseep and fail to know that there Is
a train approaching the red signal winch Is al, al
ways displayed unless raised oy tHe operator VIII
sto the traIn and the cause of the detention must
ne aScprtaned Ii operator should fall 10 report
the tact that train had left his station 1t Is stop
ned by the next operator and the reasons for his not
reporting are asked. If no answer Is oDtalned the
| central office is informed. 1t mas happened that a
train occasionally breaks III two when makes ieceS,
| sary the rule of repOrting that tho markers
ora seen Al night the system is the same as III the
| DAYTIME with the exception that the lamp III the
box Is l2hted and the red lanterns instead oI the
| green flags are used as - markers"
! When Tor any reason a tram makes an irregular
stop the rear brakeman tlagman is ordered To &c
back 600 yards, carrying Ied lantern or nag, alc
to D. ace on the track an explosive cap ne InuS
then 20 600 yards further and place two OF these
caps on the track, three yards apart Ihis done n'
| musf 90 toward his train 300 yards and remain
tlere till ordered to Leave the place by hi
engineer. Upon returning to his train lie takes up
the first cap that he placed the ral Dut leaves th'
warns the engiaeer following that there IS dangel
ahead or that there has been, and lie must proceed
cautiously until he learns Why those caps were leI
there. The explosion OF q single cap Is the sigma
| inr the engineer to $ op his train. Brakemen are
frequently left to stop the following tram aftel
theiI own has gone and are taken up: inc hagno, M
have nothing to do with the black signals and are
thus held as responsible as those OH other roads
ASSEMBLYMAN PATTERSON IN SAFETY.
ALBANY n y Jan. l5.-Assemblyman A. NJ. Pat
terson. of Geneva Seneca County, who was reported
"a having been passenger on the ill-fated 2:4O p
IN. train from here on Friday, has teegraphed t
Senator Lord who is here, that he is safe at In
home in Geneva and was not on the wrecked tram.
MOURNING AT BENNINGTON.
| BENNINGToN, VT, JAN 15.-The bodies o
Pa Valentine and his wife, two of the victims of tn
spuyten Duyvi of Friday evening" arrived her
this morning The parents of both the bride and groom
Mr. and Mrs W. II. Gaylord. Of North Adams, ant
Major Valentine and wife, of this village-are almos
distracted with grefand receive the sympathy of the
tire community.
The fate of the young couple the general them