The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-09-14
TO ABOLISH WRECKS
DEVICES INTENDED TO MAKE
RAILROAD TRAVEL SAFER.
inventions Recently Patented by an
Indiana Man Which Are Hoped to
Do Away Entirely with Pres.
ent Despatehing System.


of Knightstown. has just patented two
devices invented by him which no
hopes will prevent many railroad acct.
dents and make travel on trains much |
safer than IL is at present
Steiners devices do away with tho
present despatchine system and put In
its stead an automatic system. lilo
worked for two years on his lnyen.
tons, and he thinks he has succeeded.
lie says his system has the following
advantages.
II does away with all possibility OF
rear or head-on collisions. as each
train crew knows at any time Just
whore all the others ara
Il Is security against any train run.
ming into an open switch. AZ the reg
ister on each train shows whether Tie
switch be open or closed.
II does away with telegraph opera.
tors, thus saving millions In salaries
To the companies using H.
The system cannot go 10 sleep At
the instrument or the switch aud can
work a hours day without food.
fatigue or pay.
being purely mechanical Il ia infal.
lible, and canno, make mistake or
misinterpret orders. and even II IL
could disaster would be- impossible.
II does away with the necessity OF
making stotS fof any purpose except
to take on or discharge passengers or
freight
/ With the train reporting system
said Steiner. "a railroad may DO
equipped at regular Intervals Of any
distance desired with stations in tho
track bed. each Of these stations DO
Ing connected BY circuits Of electric
wires with the central once When.
ever a train passes over one % the sta.
tons Il automatically registers tho
number " he tain and ,he number
Of the station. so that the central
dispatcher can tell az any moment Just
where any train Is
In addition every switch on tho
line IL equipped With stations. and tho
minute a train cutters siding the de-
spaieher viii be notified hy Il by tho
automatic register OF tho numhr OF
the train. a switch Is always regis.
tered open or closed. and II one IL In.
advertently left open the register will
show IT. and an approaching train can
be advised Of It from the central Of.
fee
! With the intevommunioatlng sys.
tenn bis second device - attached.
there is nothing left TO be- desired In
system of train despatching. ny
means OF this system the central de-
spatcher may communicate order to
an engineer. Conductor or train crew.
either while the train is standing suIl
or moving. and In the same manner
the crew can answer the orders The
system IL 80 arranged that each train
makes constant circuit with the cen.
trail Office and each train Is constantly
In a circuit with every other train on
the same division. Thus one trim
crew can communicate with any other
crew and the register on one train
%iii shOw just where every other train
I on the road is NJ any given time. An
engineer can look at the register and
tell lorg before he reaches Il II q
switch which the train Is approaching
is open or closed. and he knows NJ a
glance just how far ahead or behind
him is any other train. in whichever
direction Il may he going.
J. The system would do away entirely
with telegraph operators at way alta
4 tions, so far as delivering and reoeiy
: ing orders are concerned II would
even be possible for trains 10 run un
der this system without a despatch
er. as each train would know at any
time where other trains we're located
This. OF course, would be- imprRctica
r BILE. as II would give free rein to trAir
crews to run too puch at will
Power for the system ia furnished
i by either storage batteries or dyna
n mos Once installed the system woult
q be inexpensive as the first coat woult
be the greatest Il is adaptable Il
electric roads as well as to steam rail
roads.
Steiner. who is rural mailcarrier
first began TO think OF his invention
Is two years ago when he heard railroad
men on train discuss the problem o
railroad accidents and their proven
ton. He then resolved 10 use his me
chanical talent and ability In that di
rection, and he hopes that he will sooI
/ see the results OF his labor in genera
use