The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-28

-. dend returns. These are all so-called
| little railroads" Nevertheless. the word
| little is comparative"
The Danville QlI) Commercial News
says:
The decision of the Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railroad to install this lat
est device for saving loss Of live and
property by disastrous wrecks. puts II
a notch ahead Of all other roads in line
of progress. It is declared by the manu-
facturers and those who have inspected
it, to be the most complete and most
practical train control ever offered to
the railroads of the country, and rail-
road engineers everywhere have predict
ed that within ten years all of the rail-
roads Of the country will recognize its
efficiency"
1T will be recalled that on October 4.
1911. this same device was thoroughly
tested near Hoopeston in the presence of
over 100 railroad men from all over the
country. Since that time the work of
perfecting the control and making 1t ap-
plicable to all conditions has been quiet
ly going on until 1t looks as II Danville
in after years will have every reason to
feel proud of the fact that the first real
train control, which is readily recognized
as being as important in the railroad
world as the air brake. was made in the
railroad shops at Oaklawn.''
Railway Journals Praise Miller Train
Control.
Having read Ebert Hubbard's illumi-
mating production on the latest and most
wonderful railroad safety device the rep
resentative Of The Herald continued to
pursue the subject into technical fields.
He found that a number Of the leading
trade journals of the country had pub
lished articles from time to time con-
corning this device. all of which gave
the system the stamp of approval
Among the periodicals that have pub
Iished complimentary notices are the
Journal of the Switchmen's Union Of
North America, in its issue for February,
1915, which is published at Buffalo, NY;
The Signal Engineer. published in Chi
cago, which has had two illustrated arti-
cles. one in its June issue. 1914. and the
other last November: Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers Magazine, the official
organ for the National Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen and Engineers; The
Railway Age Gazette. Chicago. in its
issue for November. 1914, also had q
splendid descriptive article. with illustra-
lions, which article was freely quoted by
The Literary Digest in its issue of jan
uary ., 1915
Referring to the successful operation
of the Miller Train Control in severe
weather The Railway Age Gazette said:
"a good example Of the successful oper-
alton Of the apparatus under adverse
conditions Is given in the report of In
spector Wanda, of passenger train No.
4. on February q, 1914. when there were
snow drifts six and eight feet deep in
the cuts and the temperature was about
zero. The storm had begun on the morn
ing Of the day before and continued all
night. snow falling continuously and
drifting badly. with a strong northeast
wind The windows Of the cab of the
locomotive were covered with snow on
the outside and with a good deal Of ice
on the inside, caused by the melting and
the subsequent freezing Of snow which
was drawn into the cab by suction.
The engineman's clothing was 80
badly frozen by the snow. which was
blown In and covered everything in
the cab. that he had to be relieved for.
q part Of his trip by t..s Inspector.
who had been an engineer on the road.
Most of the signals were not seen at
all and dependence was placed entirely
on the automatic apparatus. All of
the sixteen signals shown on the re-
port indicated proceed except one. No
10e. 1t which the train was stopped
BY the control Apparatus. After the
train was stopped. the signal was seen
to be red. The train made practi-
cally its running Time. the ensineman
declaring that he felt safo because of
his knowledge Of the reliability of the
trair control apparatus. At the end
of the trip the apparatus-shoe, wiring.
plpins. and all dstails-was sxamined