Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1910 — TRAINS RUN BY TELEPHONE. [ARTICLE]

TRAINS RUN BY TELEPHONE.

Number of Southern Railroad* Are Adopting the Xew Syxtein. The Georgia Railroad will install within the next few weeks telephone equipment for dispatching trains between Augusta and Atlanta, Ga., a iistance of 171 miles, and from Camak, Ga., to Macon, Ga., a distance of 74 miles. There will be twenty-eight regular stations and five siding telephones on the line from Augusta to Atlanta, and twenty regular stations from Camak to Macon. The Georgia installation is the first one in that section of the country. Railroads in the South have recently been very active In adopting the telephone method of handling the movement of trains, an exchange says. The Southern Railroad has purchased from the Western Electric Company equipment for the installation of telephones and selectors on a portion of its line, and it is reported that the equipment of the other division on this road will soon follow. r The Chesapeake & Ohio has com pleted the installation of ‘similar equipment on the Cincinnati division and expects to have installed within a short time equipment for handling train movements by telephone on three of its other important divisions. The Norfolk A Western Railway has equipped a large portion of its line with telephones, and plans to cover its entire system as soon as possible. The Seaboard Air Line has installed the telephone on two of Its divisions and reports that the operation of telephones for handling train movements Is so satisfactory that the extension of the service Is being considered. The Atlantic Coast Line has for some weeks been handling train movements on one division by this method, and plans to extend the service on other important divisions as soon as construction work can be completed.