The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-14

1t. and another rip the two pieces apart.
 Because of these hidden dangers the New York Central has made an unusual effort to devise protective measures The first thing. of course. is to find the crack the moment it oc- CUTS. The human eye being unable to see it. we have perfected an electric eve all the rails will be connected by an electric wire which will be looped into the signal towers. The least change in the condition of any rail will be observed by the electric eye, and Ine information will be winked into the nearest tower. Automatically the dan ger signals in that block will be set against trains on the track and will remain go until the cause of the dan- ger warning has been discovered and remedied.
 ".As yet we have not learned how to make the electric track guard tell lis just where the alarm originates, so if will be necessary for employees to hasten to the block and examine every rail until the defective one is located. Until such discovery is made no trains will be permitted to pass over those tracks,
 Southern WilI Not Impair Service.
 MT. J. s. B. Thompson, General Agent of the Southern Aailroad in Att lanta, in an interview published in The Birmingham Age Herald, is reported as saying:
 ''The Southern is not going to curtail it's service In any way, so far as I know. We have in fact put on new trains within the past few months, thereby increasing the service. which does not look like retrenchment policy.
 ''I saw what the Atlanta paper had to say in regard to this matter and told the editor and owner of the paper that 1t was not true. I asked him for in formation on the subject and told him that so far as knew there was noth ing in the report.
 "The statement that one section of train 37 had been abolished and that this was a sign of retrenchment is ri- diculous. We used to run No. 87 in two sections because 1t was too heavy for one engine. Now we have on an addl- tIonal through train and several locals to look after the business that 37 for merly handled, and we have cut out a number of stops that 37 formerly made, thereby giving the train more time"
 Penby Fights the Tvvo-Cent Rate.
 The following statement has been authorized on behalf of the Pennsylva- mia:
 "ohio being a pioneer State in the enactment of two-cent fare laws it's experience is constantly referred to In the discussion of similar law in Penn sylvania. In Ohio excursion rates, cler- teal rates, and special rates of all kinds have been almost entirely withdrawn. The State now pays twice as much for transportation of the national guard as it did before the two-cent law was passed. The number of trains discon- tinued is not large, but many com munities have been inconvenienced greatly by the reduction in service that the railroads have been forced to make.
 "The low communication rates and fre- quent local express service prevailing in Pennsylvania were unknown in Chic, Consequently there is no basis of com parison between the two States in this respect. In so far as conditions are similar, Ohio's experience bears out the prediction that the effect of a two- cent law in Pennsylvania will be the raising of rates which are now below that figure.
 ''This will mean in the case of the Pennsylvania Railroad, that 72 1-2 per cent of it's patrons, who now pay less than two cents a mile. will pay more.