Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-13
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PENNSY ORDERS CARS
FOR ELECTRIC LINES
Must Be Ready by Spring; Steel
Equipment Will Have to
Wait Until Later

Altoona, Pa, Feb. 10. That the
Pennsylvania Railroad coptemplates
more activity toward the electrifcation
OF its system, came with the announce
ment to day that recent orders for steel
cars were side e-tracked in order that
work might be taken up on electrical
equipment.
The order calls for fifty MPB-54 class
coaches to be used on the electric lines
They will be assigned to the PaoI rnn M
ming from Paoli to Broad Street Sta
ton, and on the Schuylktll Division. On
these lines large number of coaches
early in the Spring and the company
wants the coaches delivered as early
as possible.
shop and plant, which has not yet ar
rived, thus throwing a force of ninety
one night men out of employment, is
be put on full time as well as extra
hours. Much work is being delayed
owing to the nonarrival of the steel
from the mi manufaetureirs; AT "a present resent
the the 1000 cars @ about April !, enough
work will be had to Keep the shops
busy for months to come.
should Observe Rules. - That il is
not sufficient for railroad to have
the officials to know whether or not the
rules are observed" was declared yes
terday in report to the Interstate
B. c. by H. ". Belnap, chief inspector
| of safety appliances upon the accident
on the Vermont Central Railway near
| Georgia, Vt, on November l6 last, when
one fireman and one trespasser were
killed and two employees were injured.
At Euoia Y. NJ. &. A. - The regular
weekly service at the Enola Young
ing, will be addressed by the Rev. An
drew l.. Fraser. a missionary from
China, His subject will be, what Is
| Faith?"
Freight Men Held. - Three mem
bers of a Pennsylvania Railroad
freight crew were sentenced yesterday
| at Washington, Pa, to ninety days
In the county Jail after admitting that
they had robbed cars in their charge
The men whe entered. pleas of guilty
were j. c. McKenna, conductor, OF
Pittsburgh: +. S. Humberson. brake
man, of West Brownsville, and ]. p. r
| Dillon, f1agman, of Duquesne.
Successful Airbrake Tests.-Train-
men of the Pennsylvania Railroad
system are manifesting much interest
in the improved airbrake contests
conducted jointly by the Pennsy and
the Westinghouse Airbrake Company
| The recent contribution to airbraking
is of particular interest because OF
proposed legislation to enforce the
general use of steel cars. A train COM
prising twelve cars running at 60 miles
an hour stores UP 2S4,000,000 feet
pounds of energy sufficient to raise il
120 feet. With the brake equipment
in present use, could be stopped with
emergency brakes in distance oi
| 900 to 1900 feet. The new brake
shows that a train operated at the
same speed could be stopped within
1000 feet. These improvements con-
sist of clasp brake having two shoes
for each wheel instead of one. with q
change in the position of the brake
shoe along with improved methods
of applying the brake.
| Track Foreman Retires. - After
| faithful services for thirty-five years
assistant division foreman on the Bal
| timore Division from Marsh Run tc
Middletown Ferry, H. L. Boyer will &C
on the retired list March /. Foreman
Boyer started March 2s, 1871. as track
| laborer He was made assistant fore
man in 1876 The Northern Central road
was a one-track division. Mr.. Boyer is
now making his home with his daugh-
| ter, at Enhaut.