Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-09
AID FOR ENGINEERS
SAFETY TRAIN ORDER SIGNAL
THE LATEST.
TRAIN ORDERS FOLLOWED
Device Gives Mechanical No fication
to Engineer Under Desired Circum-
stances and Automatically Stops
Tram If Warning Is Not Heeded--
A Valuable invention.

There is a small automatic deVlce
being tested on several of the passen-
ger trains on the Milwaukee road Ce-
tween Milwaukee and Chicago, which,
according to experienced railroad
men, is "a little wonder" 1t is per-
fectly round and not larger than an
average sized hanging clock, it's di-
ameter being 1012 inches, and it vs.
sesses the power, when in position
and set, to announce to an engineer
that he is approaching station for
which he has orders and should ST Up.
If the engineer fails to heed the no:i-
This device is known as the "safely
trein-order signal" and it seems to re
all that it's name implies or its invent
or claims for it. The usefulness Of
the little machine lies chiefly in the
fact that it is capable of absolutely
preventing the disregard of train or
ders, meeting points with other
thains, or any other orders issued to
engineers or conductors requiring a
reduction of speed or full stop, be it
for railroad crossings, drawbridges,
bad places in the track or anything
else. To accomplish this, the ma
chine first gives warning to the en-
gineer &C the approach of his train to
regul"r meeting points, or to points
named in his orders where other
trains are to be met or PISSED. Then
it automatically applies the airbrakes
and stops the train itself, at safe dis
lance from the point designated in his
order or on time table, in case the en-
gineer neglects to heed the warning
given by the patent signal 1t also in
dicates distances travelled by train
and permits the engineer to tell exact
ly, in darkness, storm or fog, where he
Is, when familiar landmarks cannot be
distinguished. Furthermore it auto
matically sives signal or disorder
alarm" in case the device itself should
get cut of order without the knowl-
edge OF the engineer, and when he
might be relying upon its watchful.
mechanical intelligence to run the
| tire in" for him. The device is con-
ST. lcted Ct metal. and is placed in the
engine cab in plain view and within
easy reach of the engineer. In circu-
| lar positions on the face of the signal
machine ere two rows of figures, the
| inner circle showing the mileage from
to 100 miles and the outer the same
except that it is graduated on larger
scale. The length of division or a
run" is said to cut no figure so far as
| effect on the working of the device is
concerned. If the engineer has an or
der tc stop or slow down at a place,
say thirty-two miles from his starting
point, he simply sets the automatic
/ signal hand to 81, which gives the de
sired distance of one mile to run after
| the signal has announced the fact tina.
the train is approaching the specified
pclnt. This announcement is made by
shrill whistle by the signal itself
ard unless the engineer responds to
this call at once and lets the little
machine know that he is "at atten
tion," it will continue to whistle until
he does notice the warning. If for
any reason he neglect the warning
the device will bring the entire train
to dead stop within several hundred
yards of the station, crossing or par
ticular point for which it was set. Its
warning ceases as soon as the engi-
neer attends to his business by prepar-
ing for the stop just ahead.
| Samuel p. Bush, superintendent Of
motive power of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee ard st. Paul railway system, Las
rendered his resignation in order to
become connected with manufact1r-
ing company in Columbus, o. No SUE
cessor to Mr.. Bush has yet been
named. Orange, N. j.. was the birth
place OF Mr.. Bush and he is SO yea IS
old.