The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-15
RAILROAD ITEMS.

RAILROAD ITEMS.
The aunusl meeting OF the Nnrialia
Railway company ZOO u'fc. DO Hr'.uNilie,
Illinois, ON the q d. lqtiu', IIU Ef''H earn
inp- Tor the year were ti,iD''li. FSlru sos,
81, 3O6 O67. net cnruiuEl ,aJt eS1 Rental
from 500 2S6, from wuicu lrihuI Interest
on bonds, $4,000. tases, cite, tit9-l leave
iug surplus tor flc yrHrl tlJt so IAo
eGpruse account includes sll5.Oi 'og be'-
teiments.
The 81. Joseph & Western railway WIS
taken out Of the hands u' Lle receiver rs
order OF me cour, the differences among
tho stockholders having been adjusted
Along the London underground railways
there Is not that moldy dNmp uh-'slye
dor which one would naturally expect;
but the almost nJistlUsi cars, uraTu bF
smoke-consuninE eusiuts, glide along
brightly lighted avenues, ana wonders of
smali-warss fruits etc, are 20 be seen on
either baud.
degtee of unauimify upon all other su1.
iec,s except freight aud passenger rates.
Having disposed 90 the hugbcHr ui time
standards by reducing h'iy-turee iular
mouious varieties oi TINE tll' A0 evenly
divided, the TniIr0aG' Ur. u'" .lacu-viue
the means by which al trEir-
running or road sl-ua.s shall be
present there are a. many WAYS of signal
ing Tor auy one object 40 here are roads
10 Rome. Ia the one matter OH. 'oclWp i've
whistle signals tlarc are lIfy different
systems now Ia use, aud lht sy5ta,hb
agree only In one particular Tnel all
give he same sign Co rack sine 'rsiu-'h-ee
snort tools close togetber-Hu. ia all other
matters an enCineer t;Ui0a1 or on. pIg
road would be almos {. ignorant iL eel tu.
cine cab on another Dad ..lt Boo lad spe E
his lie IN u lush baggage Cal. L. b.
much the sGut IN the matter OF conduct
ors' hand signals oy da7 and lantern sE.
mails Dy night, aud also Win regard 80 bell
cord signals, torpedo signals ana .tionary
or rca0 side ri male.
A comrnittee of theroughly representa-.
tive railroad men. WITH james McOres,
Manager OF the Chicago, s. Louis & Puts
burgh, as chairman, was iutrusiei with The
work OF bringing order out OF 10 S chaos Of
movements. They nave made their report.
They took twenty-five bag railroads a. toe
basis OF their study, and thus found out
what were considered the most DHturai aud
efficacious ways of giving the various sig
nails. With regard to hand aud lamp sig
mailing, they examined various persons VINO
knew nothing about railr 1ading, IN order
to tind out what the ordinary individual
wonld do IL he wanted TO motion 10 another
man to 81 op train, or 10 back il, OF 60
ahead with II, or to tel him that ne train
had broken In two. AS result the COM
n,ttee will recommend the following hand
and lantern signals:
Go Ahead "A motion up and down.
Stop--A motion or0sswise with the track
Back Up-A motion IN n verJiole circle.
Train Parted-A motion In ytrtiCle cir
Gle ut arms leRgth across the track, given
continuously until answered by the engl'
neer.
The committee will recommend the ioI-
lowing bsI cord signals; One bell TO start,
train ssanuing. two bells 10 stop, traiu run
ming; two to call in hlgman, trAiu standing;
thrse 20 stop a. Hext station, ttalu running;
three TO back, train standing, four TO re-
duce speed while running For Will lie
signals eleven arc recommended The
principal ones are: Long blast for approach
ing stations, crossings aud functions; short
toot for apply brakes; two blasts for oil
brakes; two toots as an answer TO any sig
nal; three blasts for train parted, and three
too for back up.
Under the heading of stationary and
fixed signals thei recommendations are
thorough Fur tornedo signals they rpco N
mend one torpedo Tor danger aud twO Tor
caution, the latter SO that il one misses fire
the other will bril- & the train TO stop.
The report OF the committee will be re-
ceiyed BY the next convention, and IL is
believed will be accepted with very slight
notifications, II 1t Is not adopted outright.
Unlike the time standard THIS VIII anecL
none but railroad men, yet IL Will De oil
great convenience to tnem.
Tue Texas ~ Peclhc railway mas placed
on each OF its outgoing, Ire ght trains each
day a car which Is exclusively devoted To
freight for Shreveport thus avoiding any
delay In transfer between New Orleans and
that point. Under TINS arrangement freight
for Shreveport Will make much better time
than heretofore.
writer in an English josrnal under
takes 10 show tina. railway trains ARE sale IN
proportion TO their speed. He argues thai