The Greeley tribune., 1907-02-14

burg. The battery used on the sig
nal isa tour-cell storage of about
two volts The signal used is the
one made by the Union Switch s.
Signal company. AS to the efficiency
of this signal compared with others
the manual, for instance, comparison
is made with roads in the east
equipped with the latter. The
wreck on the Atlantic sea board in
which President Spencer was killed
was over tracks supposed to be con-
trolled by the manual system. The
Union Pacific is purely automatic.
Any failure of any kind, the break
ing of wire or battery plug out,
puts the signal to danger, and puts
the train Oh the safe side.
The advocates of the system claim
that 1t is superior to man control, as
there is no chance for the wrong sig
nal to be given, as has been the case
with Irresponsible, careless or over
worked operators of the non-auto-
matte system of signals. The infer
ence Is drawn that man as machinery
Is tists sAeast dependable organism
that is in general use. In the case
of this automatic signal any varia-
tion from an absolutely safe situa-
tion puts the signal to danger and
warns the approaching train. A
switch open the least bit, q car not
in the clear, a broken rail, any one
of these conditions hoists the signal
to avoid wreckage and disaster. The
signal that is used is the semaphore
type, the same as the order board
signal. 1t is rumored that the sig
nal system throughout the whole
Union Pacific trackage as being i'm
proved at present means the outlay
of $1,000, 900. However, that may
be, it Is worth all that it has cost,
aud will make the travelling public
in this part of the country feel
degree of assurance on boarding a
train that has not been the undis-
puted possession of the patron of
railroads during these past few
months of seemingly ruthless de-
struction of life.
4 new power house is being COM
peted just south Of the depot, In
which the storage apparatus will be
installed and Elvin Gregory of La
Sale will be in charge as soon as the
building is completed. The tenn
porary building will be taken down
and removed to the main line where
further signal construction is under
way.
LaSalle has system of schools
which are source of much satisfac-
tiou TO the patrons. They have
,threero building with ample
play ground fitted for basket Dali,
etc, and have an excellent corps OF
teachers. headed by Principal john
Harbottle, whose home is Greeley
Mr.. IIarbottle superintends and has
charge Of the grades from the seVehlh
to the tenth; Miss Alma Midgett,
originally of Denver, has charge ol
the intermediate department, when
covers work from the fourth to the
sixth, and Miss f. Esther Ellis has
chargt of the first three grades, the
primary department. The .hiSh
scho5. numbers 26, the second de-
pnrtmcnt 40 and the primary depart
ment .ifty, with total average at-
tendance of fifty. The compulsory
education law is observed. not as
matter Of legal compuIsion, but by
puplic sentiment. The school diS-
trict comprises territory of about
two by five miles and is No. TO-
The PRESIDENT of the board OF educa-
tion is A. l.. Reeves, Chas. Mckeh-
pey is secretary and c. B. Norris Is
treasurer. 49,.
Business conditions seem especially
GOOD in LaSalle, everybody is busy
Several eating houses seem to 90
GOOD business. Sherman Bros. man
age both hotel and restaurant, Jollh
BENTLEY furnishes food for the nun