The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-12
A. t. 5. WILL HAVE
 ELECTRIC SIGNALS Being Installed Between Me-
 ridian and York MR. G ARRETT TAI K s General Manager H. 3. Spencer of the Southern Is In the city-union
 Station Conference and
 Other News.

A portion of the Alabama Great South ern is to be equipped with electric block signals at once The announcement was made yesterday by General Manager w. A. Garrett of the Queen and Crescent route. He has just returned from Me- ridian and York, between which two places the system will be installed.
 MT. Garrett arrived yesterday morning and will remain in Birmingham until late this afternon In speaking of the block system yesterday he said:
 'The Queen and Crescent has com- plete block signal system between Cin- cinnati and Chattanooga on the Cincin- natl, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, and this is the only complete system used by any road in the south.
 We are now installing an electric signal system on the A. G. s. At first 1t will be tried between York and Me ridian. Of course this Is in the nature of an experiment"
 will it be tried on the entire A. G. S. ?f' was asked MT. Garrett.
 Well, that remains to be seen. We are trying it on a portion of the road at first. and we will decide later about the remainder. If it proves a success we are apt to equip d large part of the A. G. S.
 You know this system makes 1t almost impossible to have an accident. We put batteries beside the rails and they gov ern the signals at certain places. If a rail breaks or any other accident hap pens when a tiRin is on certain por- tion of the road, this electric equipment causes the red light to show at the end of that section of the track and the light warns an approaching train not to enter on that section.
 "The lights are placed at stated dis tances. They show white when there is no train or no accident on the section they govern, but the moment there is an ac- cident the red light shows No two trains can go on a section at the same time, for that reason, and collisions are avert ed. As long as train is on a section the red light shows"
 H. B. Spencer, general manager of the Southern railway. arrived in Birming- ham last night at 10:2O o'clock over the Queen and Crescent from Chattanooga. He was accompanied by Assistant General Superintendent Richey. MT. Spencer will be in the city until tonight. His private car was switched into the yards last night and early this morning he will go over the yards and the tracks near Bir- mngham.
 C. s. McManus, general superintendent of the Southern, spent yesterday in Br- mingham. He expects to leave this morn ing for Atlanta.
 c. H. Ackert, fourth vice president of the Southern railway, is expected in Birmingham this morning. He will have conference with George Harrison, the engineer in charge of the construction of the new union passenger station and also with the officers of the Birmingham Ter minal association.
 H. H. Brown. superintendent of the with headquarters in Memphis, spent yes terday in Birmingham.
 The railroads have announced a round trip rate of s62 from Birmingham to LOS AnBeleS on account pl iHe hnfludi convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, which will be in ses- sion from October 2b to November ?.
 The tickets will be on sale October 1920, and the final limit is November 30. Stop. overs will be allowed at certain places.
 W. L. seddon of the engineer corps of the Seaboard, with headquarters at Ports mouth, Va, is in the city