The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-20
SAFTY FACTOR
VERY COMPLETE
lN0NEMANCARS
sew System Gets Try. Out
Today With Good
Results

That's the big point about the
new sone-llati cars that the NJ. P. &
B. company put in operation today
"a Fairmont on the Edgemont line.
Possibility Of accident from the
human factor that plays such an
important role in many tragedies
is reduced TO a rock bottom mini
mum through automatic air control
that keeps one jump ahead OF a
personal oversight al the time.
About the only way a person
could be injured by one Of the new
cays would be to jump out a win
dow while the car was In motion,
For step directly in front Of a NOV
] ing electric omnibus.
There is but one entrance to the
new cars In use at one time-the
one where the motorman- conductor
stands. 1t Is impossible to start
the car while the entrance door is
open; and conversely it is impossi-
= Ne 10 open the doors while the car
tls in8motion. Entrance and exit is
made at the same place, so that
possibility of accident by boarding
or getting of the car while in
motion is no longer a possibility,
but rather an impossibility.
Buty are told this is a one man
sar. What II the motorman-con-
ductor tainted or dropped dead or
got excited and took his hand off
the control handle while the car is
lpeeding along? What will hap
IN then? How will the safety of
sine passengers be preserved?
n Very simple, very aimple, no dan
ger at all.
Just as soon as the motorman-
conductor gets in such fix, old
friend Automatic System steps in.
Bingo-a little air operated ham
mer gises the overhead circuit
breakera a slap on the nose and off
goes the current, and at the same
time old Friend Automatic System
A puts on the air brakes an dapplies
| ba1d 70 the tracks front and rear.
! The car stops within 80 to so feet
without jarring the passengers.
I Them the mo otorman-conductor or
my other person with a grain of
sense can release the air, throw
Z she overhead back in gear and
evcrything is lovely. And then
here Is i special hand brake for
special emergency times, which
worked from either platform will
wrap up the brakes on both ends
of the car
While the car is in operation the
man IN charge must either keep his
hand pressed down on the regular
3 sontrols handle or on foot valve
on the floor, or off goes the power
/, and on go the brakes and sand.
A,sfellow has to keep his mind on
his lob or he gets a swift check
7 ing up from the safety system.
and may be applied at any time by
simply pressing down on the air
brake, and besides there is the
hand release for sand as on old
CARS
It's all SO delightfully."- simple and
effective that 1t gives you a pain
4 to think that no system like this
was devised long ago by the West
3nghonse Electric company.
a reporter, with Howard Hard
" acting as guide, boarded the
k0:1b car at the court house and
started out Locust avenue, II. E.
Watson. operating the car. Watson
] viii hereafter work from 2:45 in
the afternoon until midnight and G.
G. Surrey from 5.45 in the morning
until 2:45 in the afternoon.
When the car was speeding along
out Bell Run, Hardesty told the
fnotofman-conductor to take his
hand of the control handle. He
Flop went the overhead and off
went the current. The brakes
gripped the wheels without jarring
he Passengers and the car came to
u dead stop 35 feet from the place
| It was when the order came to try
the emergency.
WHATS the matter, Mama 2"
said q little girl across the aisle.
Just trying out the new auto
mai L system" said Mr.. Hardesty
with smile. And while the little
child did not know an automatic
system from brass monkey, she
knew q fellow with a smile like
thapt would not do anything dan
gef5us.
IL isythe plan Of the company to
put on Cleveland fare boxes to IA
eilitate the motorman.conductor in
ASollecting fares, and 1t will save
ne and money if patrons will
4ther have the exact fare ready or
tConttnued on pare tourl