Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-26

rent which operates the electric er
gines. Now, for instance train No.
leaves this station at a. m.
According to the schedule.
reaches Lenox at s:15. by running 4
miles per hour; therefore. on the rhee
stat which you see here beside th
switch we place the pointer opposit
the figure forty, and the train can rui
Just 40 miles per hour no more AM
no less.
1--WE start the train at this station
and we know that at precisely s;15 1
will be at Lenox; therefore, at tina
moment we pull the switch, cutting of
the current, and the train is at I
standstill in front of the Lenox sta
ton. Then we throw the switch, anC
away goes the train on its journey, tc
be stopped at the proper moment al
the next station, and so on to the end
of the line.
THE starting and stopping is all
done by the Office boy in the dispatch
ing room. and he will be able to handle
, any number Of trains by simply con.
sulting the schedule"
"lmmense!" cried the president
~But | see a drawback. What is to
prevent a person from purchasing a
ticket for the next station and riding
to the end of the road?"
Such possibilities Of dishonesty
have been anticipated" replied the
specialist. I'm these cars a certain
number of seats are set apart for each
station and are duly labeled. The sta
ton agent sees to 1t that the passen-
gers occupy seats labeled to CORE
spond with their tickets, then he takes
the tickets. locks the doors, and the
train starts.
"An automatic arrangement, anoth-
er invention of mine, sets in motion a
photograph when the train is within a
half-mile of station, and until that
station is reached the photograph an
nounces its name many times, so there
is no possibility Of passengers not
realizing when they have reached their
destination.
But, to make doubly sure that none
ride by, another of my simple but eff
fective inventions sets in motion a
small pneumatic jack-screw under the
inner end of each seat, and at the
same time opens the doors in the side
of the car. The screw slowly lifts the
seat and gently slides the passengers
out of the car and onto the station
platform.
They then go to the baggage COM
partment and get their baggage. This
they will positively do, as they know
that If they don't It will be carried on
by the train"
Il am convinced" said the presi-
dent, who forthwith called a meeting
of the directors of the road, and, as a
result of their deliberations, the ex-
pense reduction specialist was in
to equip the road with his In
ventions, he to have half the saving in
expense during the first year.
]. Greathead Thinkist Immediately
began work, and in due time the line
was equipped, all train crews we're
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a few brief directions for the operation
Of the apparatus.
The first train that started from
Pittsfield was stopped at Lenox by
the boy, precisely as the specialist
said 1t would be, started again in ac-
with expectations, and pro-
ceeded down the line and back on per-
'ect schedule.
Great was the pleasure and salts
action of the president and directors
when they saw the new scheme put in
operation. They refused
the Office boys request for a 25-cent
Increase in salary, and turned their
attention to the obtaining of legisla-
ion more favorable to their interests,
and hoped for a large increase in the
selling price of the stock.
Other roads, which continued the
and wasteful methods OF
operating their trains, we're green with
envy.
Then the unexpected happened.
When the Office boy started car from
Pittsfield one morning. he surreptiti
Dusly removed from his jacket a copy
Of Old Cop Callers latest work, en-
titled "Cross-Eyed Sam, the Terror Of
the West, or the Hero of Dead Mans
Gulch."
This was the authors masterpiece,
and the boy soon became so thorough
ly engrossed in the portrayal of the
heros escapades and thrilling expert
ences that he forgot his duties, and
the car sped on and on. the phono-
graph wildly proclaiming the names
Of the stations past which the car
at full speed.
Suddenly the boy realized the situa.
ton. sprang wildly for the switch, and
brought the car TO a stop as II was
crossing the bridge over the Housa,
tonic river between Sheffield and Ash.
ley Falls.
He also touched the button operat.
Ing the Ienox seat iacka and ona n,