Evening journal., 1910-03-19
u. C. CLICK in
THRILLING RIDE
Successful Test in Georgia, a
Device Invented by VIII
minStOn Men
HALTED FAST TRAIN In
PERIL OF DESTRUCTION

The thrilling experience OF riding on the
front OF big Baldwin locomotive, going
at % mics an hour straight into an open
switch. was enjoyed by President L. G..
Click OF tho Railway Automatic Safety
Appliance Company. on Wednesday and
Thursday OF this week Mr. Click enjoyed
st because the safety device manufactured
by this corporation was on the engine and
track. and he knew the train would be
stopped at the switch instead Of plunkng
on 10 destruction FOR train and men, Mr..
Click returned last night from two
weeks trip to Atlanta, Georgia, whore the
device was tested on the Georgia Railway.
A train Of twenty cars was used. going at
twenty miles an hour. Tho officials clung
TO tho engine, or stayed IN the cab, The
engineer threw the throttle wide. and
calmly hung his arms ont OF the window.
Far ahead was an open switch a sud-
denly stricken engineer, open switch.
head-on collision. death. all the conditions
were there IN a startlingiy real way Then
why nothing happened. Tho train just
stopped There was no jarring or ioltlng,
but tho train had come 10 a standsull
within twenty seconds after reaching the
safety device. and within its own length.
Alongside the track stood an upright
device with a bar protruding through
its upper part In a horizontal direc-
tion. When the switch was closed.
this bar remained parallel to the direc-
tion Of the tracks. and hundreds Of
cnkines might pass without its pay
ing any attention. Tho opening OF
tho switch, automatically whirled this
horizontal bar around until IL went
across instead Of parallel 10 tho tracks.
When. the engine came along, this pro-
: e,nding bar hit the lever fastened to
The front OF the engine, protIuding at
just its own height, and the moment
this safety-lever was struck the air
brakes were automatically thrown on
and the. engine stopped.
a Wilmington Invention.
The inventors Of the device are Ed
gar NJ. Cain and John w La Barre.
hoth Wilmington mct who are rcspec-
lively tho general manager and olectri-
cal engineer OF the Railway Automatic
safety Appliance Company. "a Della
ware corporation. made up Of Delaware
men. The device is manufactured for
them by Garrett Miller and Company,
OF Wilmington.
In addition to the two inventors and
President Click. there were present at
tho tests. Harry A. Cain. vice-presl.
dent, and Joseph Scarlet treasurer
The tests were made on Wednesday
and Thursday The spectators included
the board OF directors OF the Goorgi,
Railway. the Railroad Commissioner
OF the state of Georgia, Governmon
Inspector w. p, Borland. OF the Traii
Control Board of the In
terstate Commerce Commission
Governor Brown, of Georgia; Mayo
y s}d,iert r. Maddox. OF Atlanta Cover
ment Inspector ID. p. Calhoun, and othe
prominent state city and railroad OF
hcials. Three Of the Georgia Railroad
most experienced engineers took turns a
the throttle. n. T. Guyton, C. =. Ezell
and f.. A. Ewing. Tho tests were eminent
ly successful In every respect
Superintendent OF the Terminal Railwa,
John Patterson said that he had only on'
fault 70 md with tho device-that 1t wal
not on every railroad IN the country. The
next tests VIII probably be made in De
troit in May The device has been 'riet
onco before the Atlanta tests. In Wash.
ington. ID. 6. AT present the company Is
connning IFS activities TO demonstrating
tho safety, train-stop device. aud has mo-
manufactured it commercially as yet
Railroad men present at the test, however
uniformly consider the device thorough,
practicahle and successful.
The results Of the two DAYS testing fol
low.
March Is 1910.
Train No. ] stopped in IS seconds. stean
or 30 miles per hour rate.
Train No. stopped in 90 seconds. steun
en. e5 miles per hour rate.